2021 Day 142

2021 Dedh Cans Dogens ha Dew

De Sadorn, nessa warn ügens mis Me

Saturday,22nd May

 

Newher, my a gosôwas ort kestalk tredh dew scrifer marthys a levrow rag flehes: Michael Rosen ha Philip Pullman. Ma scrifys gen Rosen cans lever ha dogens, ha thew ev professor lien flehes en Loundres. Pullman a recevas dygnita marhek en werison y ober rag lien flehes. Kescows pur dhe les o. Pullman a dhescas y gerenja geryow en scol en Kembra. Gen geryow còmpes ma'n blew kil a'n pedn ow sevel mes. En Ûniversita Resohen, Pullman eth dhe üdn areth. Ev a's cavas blewek, etho na wrüg ev mos dhe voy anodhans veth. Anjei a gowsas adro dhe redya. Mars eus whans dhewgh bos scrifer, whei a res redya. Anjei, an dhew, a gar whedhlow. G.K. Chesterton a lavaras "Lien ew finder: füglien ew othom." Gwell ew redya whedhel da scrifys dicreft es redya whedhel drog scrifys gen creft. Aga whedhlow ew da ha scrifys gen creft. Ma othom dhe nei a lies whedhel da en Kernôwek. Ma dhen nebes, bes ma othom dhen a voy.

Last night, I listened to a conversation between two wonderful writers of children's books: Michael Rosen and Phillip Pullman. Rosen has written 140 books, and he is professor of children's literature in London. Pullman was knighted for his services to children's literature. It was an interesting conversation. Pullman learnt his love of words in a school in Wales. With right words the hairs on the nape of the neck bristle! At Oxford University, Pullman attended one lecture. He found it boring, so he didn't go to any more of them. They talked about reading. If you want to be a writer, you must read. They both love stories. G.K. Chesterton said, "Literature is a luxury: fiction is a necessity." It is better to read a good story badly written than a bad story written with skill. Their stories are good and skilfully written. We need lots of good stories in Cornish. We have some, but we need more.

Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today­

areth (f) lecture

blewek boring, monotonous

finder (m) luxury

füglien (m) fiction

gosôwes ~ goslowes ort to listen to

gwerison (m) award, reward, prize, etc.

kestalk (m) conversation

lien (m) literature

newher ~ newer ~ nehewer last night, yesterday evening

othom (m) necessity

whei a res you must