Desky Kernowek by Nicholas Williams certainly has its fair share of faults – the petty and sometimes downright insulting tone in regards to the activities of “revivalists”, the unreasonable density of material presented, some questionable ideas about the veracity/usability of sources, among others – but the greatest fault I personally find with it is the incomplete index that prevents any meaningful searching of important topics. So, that’s kind of why I’m calling this series of posts Bullying Desky Kernowek, because I’m essentially targeting this book specifically in hopes of making it a little bit more usable.
My goal in this is fairly simple: piggyback off of Nicholas Williams’ work and use his gathered attested samples to help paint a picture of grammatical features that I feel he has neglected or left unexplained. I plan to start the posts with what Nicholas Williams has said in regards to it… or, at least, what I could find in his tension-headache-inducing masterpiece. Then, I’ll follow it up with the attested examples that I lifted from throughout the books in page order, with sections and original sources. Of course, if I find more examples after posting, I’ll add it in an edit. I’ll also be posting directional links at the end of every post for easy (hopefully) browsing.
Edit: I will be writing all Cornish (except for the original sources) in SWF. I’m sure Nicholas loves his idiosyncratic orthography very much, but nobody else does.
Hopefully these posts will prove helpful!
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