• The Cornish dialect (also known as Cornish English, Anglo-Cornish or Cornu-English; Cornish: Sowsnek Kernowek) is a dialect of English spoken in Cornwall...
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  • a select list of Cornish dialect words in English—while some of these terms are obsolete others remain in use. Many Cornish dialect words have their origins...
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    is icumen in (13th century) is a notable example of a work in the dialect. The Cornish language (and Breton) descended from the ancient British language...
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  • free dictionary. Emmet (alt. spellings emmit, emit) is a word in the Cornish dialect of English that is used to refer to tourists or holidaymakers coming...
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  • Insular Celtic. Joseph Loth viewed Cornish and Breton as being two dialects of the same language, claiming that "Middle Cornish is without doubt closer to Breton...
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    Gouren wrestling style. It is colloquially known as "wrasslin’" in the Cornish dialect of English; historically, this usage is attested by Chaucer, Shakespeare...
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    Cornwall. Writing in the Cornish dialect existed from the 19th century; in the 20th century the revival of interest in the Cornish language led eventually...
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    Pasty (redirect from Cornish pastie)
    A pasty (/ˈpæsti/) or Cornish pasty is a British baked pastry, a variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, but has spread all over the...
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    The Cornish Family by Bernard Deacon Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall (Page 48) Cornish Language, Place names in Cornwall and Cornish dialect words...
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  • as Cornish, which is a Celtic language related to Welsh, and more closely to Breton. The Cornish dialect of English spoken in Cornwall by Cornish people...
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    origin. It is also sometimes referred to as mundic, a word derived from Cornish dialect and which also refers to a copper ore, as well as a form of deterioration...
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    speaking Cornish in a dialect form at home." Ellis, P. B. (1974) The Cornish Language. London: Routledge; p. 80 Peter Berresford Ellis, The Cornish Language...
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  • or box to hold food for animals Mid-morning break for a snack, in Cornish dialect Nativity scene, a depiction of the birth of Jesus as described in the...
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    Cornwall (category Articles containing Cornish-language text)
    -wəl/; Cornish: Kernow; Cornish pronunciation: [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]; or [ˈkɛrnɔ]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic...
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    Origin and Wide Distribution (1888) Fred Jago The Glossary of the Cornish Dialect (1882) Nihar Ranjan Mishra, From Kamakhya, a socio-cultural study (New...
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  • to capture the character's child-like energy and chose to use the Cornish dialect to differentiate Tom from the series' other characters and reflect...
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    Sun dog (category Articles containing Cornish-language text)
    from παρά (para, 'beside') and ἥλιος (helios, 'sun')). In the Anglo-Cornish dialect of Cornwall, United Kingdom, sun dogs are known as weather dogs (described...
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    Archived from the original on Nov 15, 2022. OED, "Maid" In Anglo-Cornish dialect "maid" is commonly used to mean "girl"; Bal maidens were women working...
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    problematic requirements would explain why the halo is very rare. In the Cornish dialect of English, a halo around the sun or the moon is called a cock's eye...
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    type or size of fish, is first attested in 1841. It is from the Anglo-Cornish dialect word scraw: Fish are scrawed when they are prepared in a particular...
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  • IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. The Cornish language separated from the southwestern dialect of Common Brittonic at some point between 600 and...
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    PMC 3601259. PMID 23519009. Phillipps, K. C. (1993). A Glossary of the Cornish Dialect. Padstow: Tabb House. p. 57. ISBN 0-907018-91-2. "Vaccinium myrtillus"...
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    English by Cornish miners. Most large towns in South Australia had newspapers at least partially in Cornish dialect. At least 23 Cornish words have made...
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    The Cornish people or Cornish (Cornish: Kernowyon, Old English: Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall and a recognised...
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    word "wrasse" comes from the Cornish word wragh, a lenited form of gwragh, meaning an old woman or hag, via Cornish dialect wrath. It is related to the...
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    West Country (category Articles containing Cornish-language text)
    West Country has a distinctive regional English dialect and accent, and is also home to the Cornish language. The West Country is bounded by the English...
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  • The Cornish language revival (Cornish: dasserghyans Kernowek, lit. ''resurrection of Cornish'') is an ongoing process to revive the use of the Cornish language...
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  • Cornish surnames are surnames used by Cornish people and often derived from the Cornish language such as Jago, Trelawney or Enys. Others have strong roots...
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    Schlag-Ruthe ('striking rod'). This was translated in the sixteenth century Cornish dialect to duschen[clarification needed] (duschan according to William Barrett)...
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  • humour and Cornish dialect. In 2002 he founded Poetry Cornwall/Bardhonyeth Kernow, now defunct. In the same year his poem "Gud News" won the Cornish Gorsedd...
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