Hawkwind in Cornish

Jonathan Jarrett jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK
Tue Aug 3 12:15:24 EDT 1999


        It would seem we are not the only ones engaged on this final
dreadful quest... Yours,
                         Jon

P.S. sent to me by a friend: I don't actually read it myself you
understand...


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 00:24:12 GMT
From: andy roberts <andyrobts at zetnet.co.uk>
Newsgroups: uk.media.radio.archers
Subject: Re: Hawkwind in Cornish ( was Worst first record. (Was Men & Sex in TA)

>In a pleasing confluence of threads, my first single was Hawkwind's
>"Silver Machine".

In a pleasing confluence of newsgroups, somebody really needed to know
the cornish ( kernowek) translation for "I've got a silver machine"
and lo, the answer has been forthcoming:  " yma jynnji arghans dhymm".

It's pronounced [imah gingee arkhanz thim]



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