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01 Jun 07 - 08:13 AM (#2065625) Subject: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: Stu The last of the Welsh speakers in my family died some years ago, but mum and I still use tiny snippets of the language here and there (although I've never lived in Wales). One phase my Mum's Gran used was Welsh for 'up your arse', and we often use this now - can anyone spell it so I can write it down? Dim diolch, stigweard |
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01 Jun 07 - 09:37 AM (#2065685) Subject: RE: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: GUEST I don't know what the Welsh for "et in ano tuo" is, but why did you sign off with "no thanks"? |
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01 Jun 07 - 10:43 AM (#2065718) Subject: RE: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: Stu That'll be the English half of me exerting an undue influence over the Welsh half . . . I did of course mean Diolch yn Fawr |
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01 Jun 07 - 01:00 PM (#2065833) Subject: RE: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: sian, west wales Would it be, "twll dy din di"? (The 'up' is implied.) sian |
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01 Jun 07 - 01:04 PM (#2065835) Subject: RE: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: Stu I think that might be it - can you right it phonetically? |
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01 Jun 07 - 01:55 PM (#2065874) Subject: RE: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: sian, west wales 'Write' it? Too(LL) duh deen dee. With the LL beeing the ... umm... well, the 'LL' sound, right? As in Llangollen. sian |
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01 Jun 07 - 07:01 PM (#2066099) Subject: RE: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: BanjoRay For the LL sound, touch the tip of your tongue to your upper gum just behind your front teeth then exhale through your mouth. Sounds like a whale blowing... Ray |
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02 Jun 07 - 05:46 AM (#2066386) Subject: RE: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: Stu Thanks Sian - this is exactly as we say it, so I just wanted to check. Ieychd da! stigweard |
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02 Jun 07 - 12:01 PM (#2066544) Subject: RE: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: sian, west wales Croeso, Stigweard. (Oh, and "Iechyd Da".) There are some that suggest that if you 'blow' out both sides of your tongue,you're a Learner. Then right or left side is a North/South thing ... but I can't remember which is which, and I've never done any independent study to support the theory ... sian |
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03 Jun 07 - 07:06 AM (#2067071) Subject: RE: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: Stu Nice to know my spelling is as bad in Welsh as it is in English. Must try harder! |
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03 Jun 07 - 01:40 PM (#2067364) Subject: RE: BS: Help with Welsh phrase From: sian, west wales You're doing OK. And you actually say, 'twll dy din di' to your mam? Sheesh. Mine would wash my mouth out with soap ... sian |