Nick, I like your explanation of "Appledore" and "Barnstaple". I
presume that "...dore" is the river Taw. But what river name gave
"...staple"?
Martin Counihan
On 23/09/2014 10:54, Nick Corbett wrote:
> hi everyone,
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2. dating WCB new penultimate accent. shift the PNs Appledore and
Barnstaple appear to me to be PNs of the type Aber + RN with modern
penultimate stress present before these names were re-interp. as English
place-names Here is what NJ Williams says (the most significant figure
in the Cornish revival - I think an Associate Prof. of Celtic at UCD.
"the accent shift occurred throughout the Brythonic languages except in
the SE part of the Breton speech-area, Jackson has dated this accent
shift to the 11th Cent (LHEB 669) but it is probably much older than
this. Since it occurs throughout the Brythonic world it is likely to
have occurred when WCB were a cultural unity". N J Williams - Cornish
Today 3rd ed. Everytype 2006. (he makes a case for Cornish having
survived longer than OJP would agree with in E. Cornwall - his case
largely PN-based, so a most interesting chapter. I'm going to have to
re-read several times to evaluate.) I have rhe 1990's 4 Courts Press DUB
reprint of LHEB. The person writing the intro says that KJ himself said
in the 1960's that if one thread of the garment is unpicked, it all
unravels. This person quietly signals a couple of things that need
revision, without more openly saying that LHEB has had its day. I'd
agree. Thanks everyone for reading this nick
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