Agan Tas ni, eus y’n nev,
bennigys re bo dha hanow.
Re dheffo dha wlaskor,
Dha vodh re bo gwrys y’n nor kepar hag y’n nev.
Ro dhyn ni hedhyw agan bara pub dydh oll,
ha gav dhyn agan kammweyth
kepar dell evyn nyni
dhe’n re na eus ow kammwul er agan pynn ni;
ha na wra agan gorra yn temptashyon,
mes delyrv ni dhiworth drog.
Meulwers (Doxology):
Rag dhiso jy yw an wlaskor,
ha’n galloes ha’n gordhyans,
bys vykken ha bynari.
Amen.
Just try saying “Myttin da” in New York.
In the show Deadwood on HBO they have some Cornish characters. They are minor characters, who play miners who are treated poorly by the mine owners for stealing gold and organizing unions. That was aired about 20 years ago and the show took place in the late 1880s. But there’s several scenes of them speaking Cornish - the townsfolk and the Sheriff have a hard time understanding them and need an interpreter.
What is psych-pop?
William Shatner speaks Esperanto.
When Anglo Saxons invaded England from what now is Denmark in the 5th and 6th century AD they pushed the native Celts westward into the remote areas of the Island Wales, Scotland, and Cornwall The Celtic languages survived in these areas.
Down in Cornwall / Cornwall Bridge the natives say “ yuht” for yes, “nuht” for no, and “I sez to him I sez” for I said to him.
MRS. ROSS: It’s Cornish game hen.
FRANK: What is that, like a little chicken?
GEORGE: It’s, uh, it’s not a little chicken. [laughing] Little chicken. It’s a game bird.
FRANK: Gamebird?
GEORGE: Yeah.
FRANK: What do you mean? Like, you - you hunt it?
MR. ROSS: Yes.
FRANK: How hard could it be to kill this thing?
Wonder if there’s a Duolingo course?