Re: Saying "Thank you."

On 21 Aug 2001, at 19:21, Thomas R. Wier wrote:

> So, how early did Wessisc split off from Anglo-Saxon? And,
> where is it spoken again (lost the URL when last you posted)?
> Most of the dialects  IIRC of the South palatalized their /k/ in
> some contexts, so that's something to consider.
I expect it split off around 600 CE. I dunno yet tho' as I'm still
making up the history. URL is
http://members.tripod.co.uk/damonmlord/wessisc/ Kerdic/Cerdic is
popularly hailed as founding the kingdom of Wessex, landing there in
495 CE an died in 534. He is remembered by the Wessishmen as many
Cambrians remember Arthur, so I guess his lot may well be responsible
for the birth of the Wessish langauge. :)

Wessisc is a hybrid of P-Celtic and Anglo-Saxon, blended inexpertly
(cos I've never studied Anglo-Saxon). It was spoken on the Isle of
Wight in Ill Bethisad, where it died out in about 17-1800 CE. I'm
lifting a lot of the history of the Cornish language *here*, and
transplanting it *there*, with alterations. I'm not very scientific
about this. I pinch what looks good from Cornish and Welsh, and blend
it all up to make a Germanic feeling language with Celtic influences.
It's the taste I'm aiming for, rather than the actual scientific
shakedown on whether and how it was possible.

> > (ti - i as in "bit"
>
> Interesting -- how do you get from /T/ to /t/ here?
Pinched that bit from Welsh 'ti' (you). It stays as TH (as in thing)
in nom. and acc. The word "you" in modern-english declines thus:

Second (Singular) þau(nominative) þi(acc) ti(dat)

Second (Dual) ghy(nom) ghæ(acc) ghir(dat)

This is a borrowing from Welsh "chi" (you, polite) and I just messed
around with the endings.

Second (Plural) geo(nom) geo(acc) geom(dat)

This is related to modern English's "you".

The reason I have three forms of the word you (singular, dual,
plural) is because I was originally intending to make the lang have a
dual form for first person, as well as having singular and plural. I
messed up drawing the tables, and didn't want to have to rewrite
everything again, so it's stuck this way. :)

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igh wær go, hwær ðy Scyp na dear go.
http://members.tripod.co.uk/damonmlord/wessisc/
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Damon M. Lord
Estydent Yæiþau
LordDM@cf.ac.uk
dirtybiblestories@priest.co.uk

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