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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 21h

Ragov vy ynwedh 👍

Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 1d

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... 😎

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 1d

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

Amanda Mugford 〓〓 @amandamugford.bsky.social · 1d

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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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 1d

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" ☺️

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 1d

Kurri gwiwerow yw sawrek, dell hevel 😁
www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/tand...

Tandoori Squirrel Recipe

This stunning tandoori squirrel recipe from Cinnamon Club head chef Rakesh Nair will convince even the staunchest of game critics to tuck in to this abundant meat

www.greatbritishchefs.com

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 8d

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.

Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 8d

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".

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 11d

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... 😁

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 11d

Gorthugher yn Lostwydhyel

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 11d

Ow treusi an Tamar

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 11d

Golow hus war heyl Teign, dhyworth an tren de

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 13d

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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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 13d

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.

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 13d

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...

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 17d

Actually, the most common version of the Cornish legend says that Arthur was reincarnated as a chough (whose beak and legs are red with the blood Arthur shed in his last battle), and that's why the chough is a symbol of Cornwall...
www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment/...

The Cornish Chough - Cornwall Council

The Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) is a member of the crow family with a red beak and legs, and an excitable, high-pitched 'chi-ow' call from which it gets its name The Chough is included in the cou...

www.cornwall.gov.uk

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 18d

Yn tevri. Ow dyskadores Kernewek yw hi ynwedh (yn klassow warlinen). 😎

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 18d

Kensa's interview is from 39:30 - 51:40. Really worth listening to. Meur ras hag ober splann, Kensa! 👏
#Kernow #Kernewek #Cornwall #Cornish #Cornishlanguage

University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 19d

Dr Kensa Broadhurst from @hass-cornwall.bsky.social @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk spoke to BBC Radio Cornwall about
her new book "The Cornish Language in the Nineteenth Century". Listen again here!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio Cornwall - Julie Skentelbery, 19/09/2025

Daytimes with Julie Skentelbery, where Cornwall comes to talk. Call: 0808 100 1039.

www.bbc.co.uk

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stevescullion.bsky.social @stevescullion.bsky.social · 23d

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 23d

My a welas henna. Pur gostek yw lyvrow akademek, soweth. Versyon "eBook" (eLyver?) yw kavadow ynwedh, rag £87.50 😁

Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 23d

Rather than that "Global News" bot that doesn't have the decency to provide a link, here's the actual article:
#Kernewek #Kernow #Cornwall #Cornish #Cornishlanguage
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Cornish clung on as living language beyond Dolly Pentreath, says writer

Author of new book suggests Kernewek continued to be spoken in the 19th century, albeit in ‘tiny numbers’

www.theguardian.com

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 26d

"Scone" is in fact an Aussie slang term for "head", at least where I went to school (and to get "sconed" was to be hit in the head during sports, usually by a stray cricket ball or similar missile), so I don't know if that has anything to do with anything 🤪

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 26d

🤣🤣🤣

Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 26d

Not to me they don't. But then I'm an Aussie (with Cornish ancestry), so maybe I just see everything upside down compared to you. 🙃

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 26d

😋😋😋
(Q. What do you call a disappearing cake?
A. 'Sgone.)

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Courtenay Rule 〓〓 @courtenayrule.bsky.social · 26d

You do realise though, don't you, that a lot of Cornish people do not WANT Devon and Cornwall to "devolve together"... 🙄

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