[Spellyans] KK ha'n SWF - pronunciation
Harry Fraiser
harryfraiser at googlemail.com
Sat Aug 9 15:13:37 IST 2008
What computer and data-base are these? Why have they been kept secret?
Harry
On 8/9/08, Craig Weatherhill <weatherhill at freenet.co.uk> wrote:
> I retain the same opinion I had 20 years ago. KK has several graphs
> introduced into Cornish by Ken George (or more accurately, his computer)
> that never occurred in historical written Cornish and these became
> hailed as Cornish when they are not. Computerised and unproven theories
> produced by one man and a machine cannot be defined as Cornish unless
> there is firm historical precedence. Don't forget, after more than
> twenty years, Ken has never allowed his data-base to be released for
> public scrutiny.
>
> But, if well publicised and continuously insisted upon, then people will
> accept it. This is why some Cornish people refer to Cornwall as a
> "county" (which, legally, it is not) - because the word is incessantly
> used by the media -, or accept signs saying "English Heritage" beside
> sites and monuments that have nothing whatever to do with the English
> peoples. Tell a lie often enough and it gets to be believed.
>
> Unfortunately, the SWF main form retains some of these non-Cornish
> graphs. I will never be using the main form and certainly will not
> teach it. I will teach, use and write only what is demonstrably Cornish.
>
> Craig
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