As part of the Gwelan podcasts, with artist Emma Smith, we continued our exploration of Mounts Bay, this time through the lens of myth, legend and language. We start with a poem from Angie Butler, who lives in Penzance. An avid book reader, as a child, with first dibs on the books which came through […]
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Dialect of a Cornish farmer
John's Story- dialect of a Cornish Farmer from StoryLines on Vimeo. Here is the 1st of 10 digital stories which have been made as part of ‘Tallys an Tir.’ In this John talks through some dialect words that he has grown up using farming around St.Wenn. Thank you John for your time and photographs.
Some more Cornish dialect for you
Descriptive words Cabby: Dirty or Messy Braave: Good Licker: Something really big Abroad: Open as a window, door etc Skerrick: Something small, a wisp Smeech: A small pan, something burning Scat: 1. A tear or rip […]
Lets celebrate Cornish Dialect…
There’s something wonderful about Cornish dialect… And speaking to Cornish farmers has revealed a whole range of interesting words and phrases. Of course these can vary hugely depending on where you are in Cornwall. I am currently making a short film with some of these in… but until then here is some local dialect for […]
