Fulub, as the Cornish Democrat, shouldn't you support the wish of the majority of Cornish speakers as to how they wish to spell the language?
Also should you not question the validity of the conduct of the Partnership which breaches Nolan on several fundamental points as well as coming squarely within the parameters of Wednesbury unreasonableness?
The problem with mudhook's comment is that, just as the rights and wrongs of an argument in a language one doesn't understand is unascertainable, so is an argument about a language one doesn't understand.
Without a thorough understanding of the subject, making a judgement at all is foolish.
Judging all parties to a dispute to be equally at fault is the sort of behaviour that little old women who 'can't bear argument' indulge in, with self-righteous clucks.
I'm not saying either side is worse than the other, but taking moral high ground would suggest you do sit and smile.
The continuous to and fro on these forums is clear to even the most impartial observer to be a waste of time and energy, and all those involved are being idiotic.
Think of it outside the kernewegoryon box for a moment.
These people are arguing about the spelling system of a language that has been dormant for 200 odd years spoken by a few and fluently so by even less like it was the brink of nuclear war! The main sticking point is they have 3 perfectly good spelling systems - 2 additional compromises and a state backed compromise being developed with the differences incredible small, whimsically so. The spoken form remains intelligible between all factions as does the written forms.
It reminds me of the episode of Red dwarf "waiting for god" when they decipher the cat bible and find the cat people had holy wars over the colour of their hats!
The Kernewek language is the only real thing that sets Cornwall apart from other parts of the UK and so is pretty fundamental to any Cornish cause. I would find it incredibly easy to argue that other topics are not too dissimilar in Cornwall, especially many that you discuss Fulub.
As a consequence the language is very important and the experts should be allowed to discuss it freely. That everyone can defend their point is democracy. Otherwise we will end up with a meaningless hybrid and be subject to ridicule. The form of language chosen should be self-consistent and not a mixture. If this is achieved, it does not matter what 'mudhook' and the like think as the expertise is above them.
He's saying that the point Mudhook has put forward is that we are not strengthening the prestige of the language by attempting to say one form or other is better, whether it's been created by one man, whether its a mixture of periods, or whether its a reconstructed late 19th century version.
The point is, damage continues to be dealt to the repuation and authenticity of the language worldwide whilst it is fractured.
Hence the importance of all speakers pledging alliance to the SWF.
Myself, like many, are not ready to learn the language properly until the complete SWF is agreed upon.
Double the interest will arise once that difference has been concreted.
I would suggest that Mudhook is a miserable Plymouthian, with a little to much time on his hands.
There is a lot of anti cornish feeling in Plymouth.
We should have cornish classes there when the SWF is ready, there are many cornish men and women about who would learn.
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