Tunodo

The Tunodo was the slang of the ragmen and the roofers of the area of the Rock-Derrien in the Trégor.

He was initially studied in 1885 by Narcisse Quellien, then by other collectors: Emile Ernault, Alain Diuzet and Ernest Barzic.

Only one another Breton slang is known, the Chon surroundings of Pont-l'Abbé.

Example of sentences in TUNODO

Here an example drawn from the presentation of the work referred to below

In order to appreciate all the originality of it, here a fragment of dialog between two roofers and a ragman, whose translation appears p.91-93 of this work:

Tremnet eo year daouzek abostol?
Miñson.
Gourd eo ober grallik, Pa vez aet year osrand have rear it hoe.
Kelien! Year ambrelhin eo…
Miñson oc' H da lugnañ: a daouanenn eo deus rear vilaj… Huonik 'zo Tom: gourd eo of year taouenn mount war rear beoz.
Gourtoc' H da baotred year tok-tok ober moris: miñson 'vo year tarieg.
Goje. Ho ches has zo 'vel or rup puts: bezañ hoc' H have ur choufretezen 'saw my fopulo?
Miñson. Rufan 'zo 'barzh rear it hoe.
Boss! lugnit rear wammel hag hi He deus lakaet year erlekin war He dron.
Letez has vo 'your year talar bihan? My jes has chomo neuze da dunodiñ.
Goje.

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