[Spellyans] Holyer an Gof 2010

[Ray Chubb]

On 22 Est 2010, at 20:17, WILSON NANCY wrote:

> I now have my UCR copy of Testament Noweth and NJWilliams UCR  
> Gerlyver to help me with any 'stumbling' in the texts. Both books  
> are from Evertype/Spyrys and I highly recommend them. They rather  
> reinforce my instinct that UCR, for all it has been so prematurely  
> dumped by most, is still the richest form of Cornish.

We must remember that the intention of the SWF was that it should be a  
compromise spelling for use in Statutory Education and Public Life  
only.  It was never intended to replace anything that went before.   
With hindsight I think that a big mistake was accepting that what used  
to be referred to as the Single Written Form was in the future to be  
known as the Standard Written Form.  This implies that everything else  
is in some way inferior.

At a personal level I use UCR and will continue to do so and yes it is  
a rich form of Cornish based firmly on the historical texts.  I  
sincerely hope that what ever changes are made to the SWF in 2013 will  
give it the regularity of KS but at the end of the day KS like the SWF  
is a compromise spelling and, apart from the stated uses, not  
something for those of us who wish to imitate Cornish at the high  
point of its history.

Ray Chubb

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