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[Colin Rowledge]

Hi Mark.
What a 'bleddy' mess that was - as my Cornish great-aunts would say!!

Swearing was never allowed, but the word 'bleddy' was very common and frequently used to describe 'certain things'.

[MarkJ]

We still say "bleddy", Colin

Mark

[Colin Rowledge]

We still say "bleddy", Colin

Mark

"Gesson' was another word they used. Is that the correct way of using it - ie when something was byond the norm?

48 years in Canada and 52 since my last visit to Cornwall, I love the lingo from there. I did purchase a book on the language a year or so ago and I'm still fascinated by it.

[MarkJ]

"Geddon" or similar such as "gerron" as in "gerron wiv 'ee" - basically Get On - is used to express disbelief etc, so I assume that is the same thing?

I speak the actual Cornish language (badly!), but I guess you are referring to the dialect words? I have some great little dialect books - mostly little stories or poems.

Mark

[Colin Rowledge]

I am referring to dialect words and phrases - just like another branch of my mob were Cockneys. Put both branches together and you would have a language that no foreign power could crack with a code-book.

I enjoyed the few moments of reliving my youth, but we are getting a bit

Mark, why not start a thread using the Cornish dialect and see what other dialects come into play? Could be very interesting