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Thread #107561 Message #2235290
Posted By: Mick Tems
13-Jan-08 - 07:47 AM
Thread Name: Les Barker ill
Subject: RE: Les Barker ill
"I spent the evening taking part in the local Mari Llwyd tour..."
Glad you're all right, Les.
We don't want to raise your heart rate some more, but Welsh has some amusing mutilations - we mean mutations - which have caused Welsh learners to hang themselves. "Llwyd" means "grey", but "Mari" is feminine and always takes the mutation "l" instead of "ll" - so it's "Mari Lwyd." Just thought we could help...
Incidentally, the best way to take aspirin is to wash it down with Tim Taylor's Landlord. Get well soon!
Mick and Olly (from the Llantrisant Mari Lwyd party)