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Thread #25318   Message #3029539
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
11-Nov-10 - 01:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Strike the Bell (Ron Shuttleworth)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Strike the Bell
Gwenno knitted socks by the fire heaped with coal
Better than mine, "curse you Penelope Pitstop"!

V2. "Mam was set to quarrel, like a woman from the choir" LOL! Really? Is this the new benchmark for madwomen?
I couldn't see a direct translation for fel dynes o'i cho', so I may have been a little fanciful, but you should hear our altos arguing!

V5: Having spoken QUIET? words through that little key hole.
Taken almost directly from your translation: having spoken a quiet work through the little key hole

Cheers
Nigel