Talk:Les Merton
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[edit]Les Merton is notable since he had made significant efforts to re-popularise the Cornish Dialect, notably by authoring "Oall Rite Me Ansum"", which follows in a tradition of books about the dialect, which include Ken Phillipps 1993 volume "A Glossary of the Cornish Dialect" and earlier works dating back to the foundation of the Old Cornwall Society in the 1920s by Robert Morton Nance and earlier works in the 19th century (e.g. Jago - http://www.scribd.com/doc/3980618/The-ancient-language-and-the-dialect-of-Cornwall) Govynn (talk) 20:25, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
- Sorry, but this man is a nobody - he writes self published books for the small press as do many other poets. 81.100.127.239 (talk) 20:20, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Reference to Les Merton in scholarly literature
[edit]Payton (2003) affirms this in his recent studies, arguing that A. L. Rowse was caught between periods of academic discourse. He was a pioneer of the New British historiography and its Archipelagic debate, but the academic climate was not sufficiently developed, or ‘devolved’ for his identity and Cornu-English background to be accepted. The fear is of no consequence, however, to a writer such as Les Merton, who perhaps has managed to transcend the world of dialectician poetry with his new investigations of Cornish experience. For Merton, the trick would be to handle the delicate negotiation between the retention of comedy, but to match this with a subsequent progression of the form. This is best seen in his poem “Arfurr,” where the reader encounters the self-confident identity of a very manly, and modern Cornish “King Arthur” in a non-compromising form of Cornu-English:
e wuz fo-wur fut nothun,
eed go to a do un sey,
‘Who wuz tha tallust bloke
furr I cum un.’ (Merton 2000: 24)
His poetry is also quoted in Chatter of choughs : an anthology celebrating the return of Cornwall's legendary bird [2]
Govynn (talk) 20:45, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
- ^ Kent, Alan (2006). “Bringin’ the Dunkey Down from the Carn:” Cornu-English in Context 1549-2005 – A Provisional Analysis, in (PDF). Potsdam: Univ.-Verl. Potsdam. p. 27. ISBN 3-939469-06-8.
- ^ Chatter of choughs : an anthology celebrating the return of Cornwall's legendary bird. Penzance, Cornwall, UK: Hypatia Trust. pp. xxvi, 43–45. ISBN 9781872229492.
Bias Outlook
[edit]There seems to be a very bias outlook on this page, as soon as you add facts they are deleted. What a shame that only one person is getting to put their point of view across 82.11.110.10 (talk) 20:44, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
- Please read WP:V - you need to provide sources for "facts". Zangar (talk) 21:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
- The fact is I've known Les for over 20 years, you've locked his page? Good God, what a shame people who know him can't have their say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.17.50 (talk) 17:41, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
- No, what's a shame is that some people are not prepared to read or abide by our rules, which forces the imposition of protective measures. —SMALLJIM 19:19, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
- Your rules? I have read the websites rules and many many pages that don't follow them; but your rules are nowhere to be seen. How do I confirm the fact that I'm a long term friend of Les'? May I also ask if Les himself came onto the page adding facts about himself would he be told to prove it? 82.27.17.50 (talk) 20:00, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
- Being a friend of a person with an article here actually puts you at a disadvantage regarding editing that article. Our guideline on conflict of interest explains why. Our policy on Biographies of living persons is also very relevant, and includes guidance on edits made by the subject of the article himself. Our Verifiability policy underlies everything, so you need to understand that too.
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- Being a friend of a person with an article here actually puts you at a disadvantage regarding editing that article. Our guideline on conflict of interest explains why. Our policy on Biographies of living persons is also very relevant, and includes guidance on edits made by the subject of the article himself. Our Verifiability policy underlies everything, so you need to understand that too.
- Your rules? I have read the websites rules and many many pages that don't follow them; but your rules are nowhere to be seen. How do I confirm the fact that I'm a long term friend of Les'? May I also ask if Les himself came onto the page adding facts about himself would he be told to prove it? 82.27.17.50 (talk) 20:00, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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