Wiganeese???

Aren't Wiganeese words difficult to spell. Just before dropping off last night the thought occurred about a word used on PaD the other day, it was cornish. Surely a corruption of the continental derived and useage of corniche. The Lancashire tongue would have corrupted to the slightly different pronunciation as we now know it. So, how should it be written in Wiganeese, spell it corniche but pronounced cornish?

in Wiganese it woud be cornish because Wiganese is about the accent and the dialect words.

Is cornice not the correct spelling??

Never thought of that one broady. Cornice is definitely a more fitting description of a cornish. I find corniche nearer to the pronunciation.... 'oh dear' no wonder I was a long time dropping off last night.

Who bloody cared!

Exactly,aussie94, why would anyone care??

And Sonia started a thread about folk being nasty on here.

Slightly hypocritical in my view.

Exactly and Wednesday must be the day Aussie goes out for a sniff of the barmaids apron.

I am sorry but I don't think the thread was that interesting , but I do find it interesting to see how surnames have got changed over the years but not for a spelling. Sorry if I have offended anyone,not meant to.

Sonia, You certainly didn’t offend me for one. Keep posting and enjoy yourself. There are some interesting topics.

This, Soniab, it a typical example of why less and less people are posting on here, nasty uns I tell you.

Ok thanks for replies.

Sonia..stay with us love.

You don't offend anybody, Soniab, just ignore the "nasty uns" and please keep posting 👍

Saint Basil,
Did you ever explain why you were banned from here at least five times. Pretend for a minute you have grown a pair and answer the question.

Sonia.... I don't think aussie94 meant he didn't care about the thread content, I believe he was aiming at me in a personal way.

Anne, I think he had been drinking. He has been re-writing the English language on the Sports section.

That may be so broady. However I once disclosed I was a royalist, all of whom he disparagingly calls forelock tuggers as opposed to his republican views.
Thanks for your insight.

Anne, Proud to say I too am a Royalist with reservations. I admire the Queen immensely but I fear for the future when/if Charles takes over.

Thank you so much for your replies. I am in agreement with Broady about being a Royalist but with reservations,really admire our Queen but I can't really weigh Prince Charles up.Would rather have William or Harry any day as a king.

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Going back to the original post, wasn't a cornice the shelf part of the fireplace surround???

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Good morrow. To pronounce the word cornice would be cor-neesh, as in the French pronunciation, not Cornish. However, cornice is translated as a shelf or ledge crowning a piece of furniture, not necessarily a fireplace, but a fancy addition to any structure, even a building. Hope that clears things up.

Not to be confused with Corniche.
This article is about the architectural feature. For the overhanging snow form, see Snow cornice.

An example of a cornice, above large corbels, along the top of the maxwell Center Building in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, United States.

The Egyptian Building (1845) in Richmond, Virginia, with massive cavetto cornice and bell capitals
A cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or furniture element – the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the top edge of a pedestal or along the top of an interior wall. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown.
From Wiki.

People, I wasn't asking what a cornice or corniche was it was how to spell it in Wiganeese. As can be seen I have deliberately spelled Wiganeese in an exaggerated form. I am sure in my neck of the woods it was pronounced ont' cornice but in other parts of Wigan it seems ont' cornish. Perhaps it should be left a mystery.

yes cornice is the correct English s[elling but Anne mentioned Wiganese which concentrates and promotes Wigan dialect words and the local accent and that's why I said in Wiganese it would be cornish. Sorry if I bore anyone!

Sorry Anne. In our house it was Cornish 😂

When I was at junior school in the 1950's we used to sing songs like Bobby Shaftoe etc but one song mentioned Cornish men.I was very puzzled because to me and my mates a cornish was a fireplace or mantelpiece.

My Grandad and his brother, owd Uncle Harry, both ex-miners, born in the late 1800's, used to talk about things being "on t'cornish".

How strange was that? because neither of 'em were from Wigan and I'd bet neither of 'em ever went there!!!

Its a dialect, who knows what the right spelling was. it was a spoken word, the local people didn't write it down they just said it.

You brought back memories of primary school retep 1949.
We used to sing the same song, about the men from Cornwall.

A good sword and a trusty hand
A merry heart and true
King James's men shall understand
What Cornish men can do.