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Thread #53919 Message #832592
Posted By: sian, west wales
22-Nov-02 - 11:14 AM
Thread Name: BS: What have the Welsh ever done for us ?
Subject: RE: BS: What have the Welsh ever done for us ?
The "=" sign.
America, or at least the name, "America".
18 signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Ioan Gruffydd.
Some great hymns: Hyfrydol, Cwm Rhondda, Aberystwyth, et al.
All Through the Night
Deck the Halls
The Actuary tables (for insurance)
Those hedging coniferous things that I can't spell but make neighbours want to shoot each other. Leilandi?
The first mail-order catelogue business.
Robert Owen.
Some might say Merlin.
First beer in tin cans.
Corgis
Those terriers that look like lambs and were bred in Pembrokeshire - can't remember the name of the breed. Bedlington?
sian