Covyon Richat Gendall 3

This article from Tavaz a Ragadazow by Richard Gendall (2000) has been put into SWF L trad. spelling. See earlier extracts.

Porth Dewnan en termyn an gwerryans.

...Üdn dra pòrresys dhe y dhesky a veu fatla gwil dha oll sortow tüs, rag thera an da ha'n drog meskys; na whath, my ow honan o kemerys kerdh* en scol ostya, nanj o vy ûsyes dhe deffrans hasow a varchan(t)s. En lel jeneral, tho anjei tüs vas; an is-sodhek o servys rag an bagas nei o creiys Pittock, ha den kelednek o; ev o onorys dhort nebün gwithres ha browys; whath, an sodhek o dresta nei, an Pedn Leder Searle, o den ongrassyes a wrüg ûsya y honan car dre via oll an bes y escar.

Emesk an marners lies, tho nei radn pub ehen a düs tredh methek ha stout. Nebün còthman dhemm, Alban, a olas pa na veuva dewisys dhe vos marner cader; ken onan, gwas garow dhort Liverpool, a veu den an tan kens, o bahwah, nevra bostya dro dhe y vrâs oberow mesk an mòsy, ha pub pres stivya dhe vos kensa e'n stemm.

A-hes, me a veu devenys dhe Porth Dewnan. An spladna covyon eus dhemm an termyn-na, thens dro dhe b/pilya tettys, golhy an cauns (SWF cons) ha fugednow tos delicyous a vedh gwerrys/gwerthys e'n canteen... 

*kerdh: one of many words where dh may be silent.

Notes: gwil dha oll sortow tüs: deal with all kinds of men; nanj o vy ûsyes dhe: I was already used to; ev o onorys dhort nebün gwithres ha browys: he was decorated from some action and injured; car dre via oll an bes y escar: as though all the world were his enemy; bahwah: a loudmouth; kensa e'n stemm: first in the queue; pilya tettys: peeling potatoes.