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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 10h

I know "briythys" for "spotted" because we came up with a mad name for my Mum's spaniel, based on the rhythm of the Trumpton intro...
Biff, BRITH, Bosvenegh Wiff, Shallowford Flyer Scott.

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 11h

Spayngi brithys teg, yn nev ki!

(A beautiful spotty spaniel, in dog heaven!)

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Sodhva an Yeth Kernewek | Cornish Language Office @saykernewek.bsky.social · 9d

Update on the Cornish language collaboration with The Writers' Block.

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 14h

Ow lyvrow nowydh. :D
(My new books).
#kernewek

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 1d

Pyth yw an eneval ma, y'n vilva?
Goodh estren yw. Y hanow yw "Asbo"!

(What's this animal, in the zoo?
It's a strange goose. His name is "Asbo"!)

#kernewek

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pretty good rule of thumb, as far as my experience goes (I'm a solo learner, so I rely on mp3, TouTube and An Radyo to hear accomplished accents).

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 2d

Woodland:
gwedhek, or koos

The woodland:
an wedhek, or an goos.

(These final s's are pronounced like a z.)

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 2d

Y'n wedhek de, bara-pyski!
(In the woods yesterday, pixie-bread!)

#kernewek

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 2d

Splann! (Brilliant!)

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Matt Spry @mattdspry.bsky.social · 6d

Koffi ha kows rag dyskoryon #Kernewek ha Kernewegoryon yn #Aberplymm dy'Gwener 10ves a vis Hedra 5.30-7.30pm yn Caffeine Club. Pubonan yw wolkom!

@kowethas.bsky.social @saykernewek.bsky.social @plymouthherald.co.uk @cornwalllive.com @speakcornish.bsky.social @cornishlanguage.bsky.social

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 3d

Y'n vilva an seythen ma...
Maisie an strus!

(In the zoo this week...)

#kernewek

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 3d

Y'n vilva an seythen ma... Jiraff!
(In the zoo this week...)
#kernewek

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Stuart 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇵🇸 @jacobitebyname.bsky.social · 8d

Well, you 'created' the fucker, God. What the fuck were you thinking of, you despicable cheap-shit amateur deity? Like weren't Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar, Hitler, Napoleon, Stalin and latterly fucking Netan-yahoo enough for your sick and twisted sense of fucking humour? Fuck you.

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 4d

Ow kelwel Kernewegoryon a Ebronlas — a yllyn ni gweres Amanda? 😀
#Kernewek #Kernow #Cornwall #Cornish #Cornishlanguage

Amanda Mugford 〓〓 @amandamugford.bsky.social · 4d

I need some help from a proficient Cornish language speaker please! I paint landscapes & when my work is based on my homeland I always use the Cornish language as titles. The trouble is I don't speak it. Literal translations from English don't always work poetically so a little conversation 1/2

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 4d

Will always help if possible, but I'm also not proficient ... yet! A lot of us have this problem, as there is a shortage of Cornish teachers. I'm a retired English teacher, so I understand grammar pretty well, at least.

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Amanda Mugford 〓〓 @amandamugford.bsky.social · 4d

I need some help from a proficient Cornish language speaker please! I paint landscapes & when my work is based on my homeland I always use the Cornish language as titles. The trouble is I don't speak it. Literal translations from English don't always work poetically so a little conversation 1/2

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 5d

A fine point of grammar, that. :)

Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 5d

meur ras

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 5d

"By Tre-, Pol- and Pen-, ye shall know your Cornishmen", I was taught as a kid, and it's clear that really old British placenames are everywhere, not just in the modern Celtic nations.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 10d

“Should anyone present know of any reason why this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or-“

“You don’t have to do this, Sarah.”

An officiant and a couple stand at the altar. A seated golden retriever places its paw on the bride's hand.

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 5d

Rag an studhyoryon kernewek:

Yn = In.

Ow = my, which causes 3rd (or 'breathed') mutation. This changes K to H, P to F and T to TH (in other words, unvoiced plosives to fricatives).

Fenn = head, which is in the dictionary as 'penn', but after the breathed mutation, becomes 'fenn'.

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 5d

"Greater Cornwall"

Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 5d

Yn ow fenn.
(In my head)

#kernow #kernewek

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 5d

Coming to a Dartmoor woodland near you. Go Martes!

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Onnen Jolly @onnenjolly.bsky.social · 5d

Myttin da!

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