[Spellyans] SWF questionable wordforms

[Michael Everson]

On 11 Sep 2008, at 10:00, Jon Mills wrote:

> I agree that it isn't 1904. However a criticism frequently levelled  
> against revived Cornish orthographies is that the prescribed forms  
> lack legitimacy because they are unattested.

In orthography design one does NOT simply take any form that happens  
to be written down. It's a normalization based on the principles  
agreed for spelling. Lhuyd's <Kernûak> and <Kernowek> are not  
incompatible; Cornowek isn't "better": the Kern- is well attested even  
while Corn- may also be. <û> and <ow> are a matched set. <-ek> is  
productive and well-attested in itself.

> Are we reviving the Cornish language or creating a conlang? Attested  
> forms should not be ignored be cause they are inconvenient or at  
> odds with 20th century practice.

I don't think that we're "ignoring" attested forms.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com

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