[Spellyans] KK ha'n SWF - pronunciation

[Craig Weatherhill]

The ones he used to construct KK for his original thesis for Rennes 
University, later published and promoted as "The Spelling and 
Pronunciation of Cornish" (1983, I think).  At one point, he (or his 
close colleagues) was denying that any computer had been used but sadly 
forgot his talk to Ottawa University on reconstructing Cornish on a 
main-frame computer.  He has been asked to release his data-base for 
examination several times but simply won't do so.

Craig


Harry Fraiser wrote:
> What computer and data-base are these? Why have they been kept secret?
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> Harry
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> On 8/9/08, Craig Weatherhill <weatherhill at freenet.co.uk> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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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