Courtenay Rule 〓〓
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Dydh da! Kernewegores ov, burjyses ostralek ha bretennek. Trigys ov yn Pow Chester Est, ogas dhe Gembra! (Nyns yw ogas dhe Gernow, soweth.)
Gav dhymm ow hammweyth yethel ☺️
Gav dhymm ow hammweyth yethel ☺️
"Kyfeyth Kynsa", if you want to say the whole of it in Cornish (and it's alliterative that way, too). 😁
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Kyfeyth Kynsa", if you want to say the whole of it in Cornish (and it's alliterative that way, too). 😁
Tony, yma an lyvrik ma dhymm dhyworth an klass Loundres. (Gav dhymm ow Sowsnek) Will it ever be reprinted, maybe by Kowethas an Yeth? Dhe les dres eghen yw! ☺️
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Tony, yma an lyvrik ma dhymm dhyworth an klass Loundres. (Gav dhymm ow Sowsnek) Will it ever be reprinted, maybe by Kowethas an Yeth? Dhe les dres eghen yw! ☺️
Yn hwir! 😁
There's a very useful guide to mutations published by the London City Lit Cornish group — I got it there when they were still holding classes (pre-Covid). I wish it could be reprinted. I will ask Tony!
There's a very useful guide to mutations published by the London City Lit Cornish group — I got it there when they were still holding classes (pre-Covid). I wish it could be reprinted. I will ask Tony!
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Yn hwir! 😁
There's a very useful guide to mutations published by the London City Lit Cornish group — I got it there when they were still holding classes (pre-Covid). I wish it could be reprinted. I will ask Tony!
There's a very useful guide to mutations published by the London City Lit Cornish group — I got it there when they were still holding classes (pre-Covid). I wish it could be reprinted. I will ask Tony!
I was just going to say, too, words beginning with "kr" and "kl" don't get the third mutation after "ow" (because it sounds too awkward) — hence "ow krow", "ow klappkodh", not "hrow" / "hlappkodh". ☺️
October 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I was just going to say, too, words beginning with "kr" and "kl" don't get the third mutation after "ow" (because it sounds too awkward) — hence "ow krow", "ow klappkodh", not "hrow" / "hlappkodh". ☺️
If I owned a B&B in Cornwall the website would have a page in Kernewek, which would include "50% discount if you phone or email and make your booking entirely in Kernewek!" — but I wouldn't mention that on the English page, so only people who can understand Cornish would know... 😁
October 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
If I owned a B&B in Cornwall the website would have a page in Kernewek, which would include "50% discount if you phone or email and make your booking entirely in Kernewek!" — but I wouldn't mention that on the English page, so only people who can understand Cornish would know... 😁
I often think, if we could get enough Cornish speakers to move to the one town and all set up Cornish-speaking businesses (shops, cafes, pubs) — maybe English allowed where necessary in order to reach the general public, but instant "mates' rates" if you come in speaking Cornish... 🤩
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I often think, if we could get enough Cornish speakers to move to the one town and all set up Cornish-speaking businesses (shops, cafes, pubs) — maybe English allowed where necessary in order to reach the general public, but instant "mates' rates" if you come in speaking Cornish... 🤩
An peswora treylyans, yn hwir, mes ny vern. 😉
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
An peswora treylyans, yn hwir, mes ny vern. 😉
Here's another one you might appreciate (I don't know if it's accurately attributed, but it's a good point)...
October 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Here's another one you might appreciate (I don't know if it's accurately attributed, but it's a good point)...
Just thought you might appreciate this... 😁
October 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Just thought you might appreciate this... 😁
Interesting number of words for "fart" in Breton 😳😁🤪 (We just have "bramm" in Cornish. "Bramm an gath!" ("the cat's fart") is a mild expression of annoyance 😼)
October 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Interesting number of words for "fart" in Breton 😳😁🤪 (We just have "bramm" in Cornish. "Bramm an gath!" ("the cat's fart") is a mild expression of annoyance 😼)
Ragov vy ynwedh 👍
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Ragov vy ynwedh 👍
Every time I visit Cornwall (I live in Cheshire) I see more and more businesses and organisations using the language in names and signs at least a little. And there's no-one making them do that, so they obviously feel it gives them a good image and is a positive thing... 😎
October 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Every time I visit Cornwall (I live in Cheshire) I see more and more businesses and organisations using the language in names and signs at least a little. And there's no-one making them do that, so they obviously feel it gives them a good image and is a positive thing... 😎
There are quite a few fluent Cornish speakers here on Bluesky. I would love to help but there are others here with better knowledge of the language than I have, so I'll share your post further. Meur ras for helping to get the language "out there" ☺️
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
There are quite a few fluent Cornish speakers here on Bluesky. I would love to help but there are others here with better knowledge of the language than I have, so I'll share your post further. Meur ras for helping to get the language "out there" ☺️
Kurri gwiwerow yw sawrek, dell hevel 😁
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October 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Kurri gwiwerow yw sawrek, dell hevel 😁
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Yes, "teg" means pretty / attractive in Cornish too. Of course there's some overlap in meaning between "teg" and "brav" — as there is between "beautiful" and "fine" in English — but they definitely both exist in Revived Cornish and have differing shades of meaning as well.
September 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Yes, "teg" means pretty / attractive in Cornish too. Of course there's some overlap in meaning between "teg" and "brav" — as there is between "beautiful" and "fine" in English — but they definitely both exist in Revived Cornish and have differing shades of meaning as well.
Pur dhe les arta! (Very interesting / useful again.) You've put "teg" as meaning "fine" in Cornish and Welsh, and "brav" (with less common "tek") as the Breton equivalent, but we use "brav" in Cornish to mean "fine" as well. "Teg" in Cornish also means "beautiful".
September 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Pur dhe les arta! (Very interesting / useful again.) You've put "teg" as meaning "fine" in Cornish and Welsh, and "brav" (with less common "tek") as the Breton equivalent, but we use "brav" in Cornish to mean "fine" as well. "Teg" in Cornish also means "beautiful".
Looks like a reinterpretation of the middle part of the Cornwall coat of arms, with a jackdaw instead of a chough, and only one very big gold bezant... 😁
September 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Looks like a reinterpretation of the middle part of the Cornwall coat of arms, with a jackdaw instead of a chough, and only one very big gold bezant... 😁
There are so many inexplicable and abnormal grammatical mistakes in this blog that I can only guess it's written by an AI bot. A poorly trained AI bot.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
There are so many inexplicable and abnormal grammatical mistakes in this blog that I can only guess it's written by an AI bot. A poorly trained AI bot.
Block and mute accounts not powered by real human beings. 😡
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Also e.g. skovarn (ear) + -ek = skovarnek, "eared thing" = Cornish word for a hare. 🐰 And so on. "Kewsel" (the verb "to speak") MAY be connected with "wekw" — not sure — but the "-ek" suffix on Kernewek etc. isn't.
September 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Also e.g. skovarn (ear) + -ek = skovarnek, "eared thing" = Cornish word for a hare. 🐰 And so on. "Kewsel" (the verb "to speak") MAY be connected with "wekw" — not sure — but the "-ek" suffix on Kernewek etc. isn't.
Um, the suffix on Kernowek (or Kernewek) isn't from "wekw" meaning "to speak". It's "-ek" — not "-wek" — and is an adjectival ending not confined to language names. Kembrek = Welsh; drenek = thorny; pyskek = abounding in fish, or place of many fish (the word can be an adjective or a noun). TBC...
September 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Um, the suffix on Kernowek (or Kernewek) isn't from "wekw" meaning "to speak". It's "-ek" — not "-wek" — and is an adjectival ending not confined to language names. Kembrek = Welsh; drenek = thorny; pyskek = abounding in fish, or place of many fish (the word can be an adjective or a noun). TBC...