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Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 17 Mar 25

You all know how much I like shopping. So I thought I'd do a Welsh lesson on shopping! Shopping in Welsh is siopa and it's pronounced sh-oh-pah The shop in Welsh is y siop and it's pronounced [i]uh...

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Christmas in Welsh.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 11 Dec 24

I'm going to teach you how to say some Christmas phrases in Welsh, from the picture above. I will write the English in normal type, then the Welsh in bold, and the pronunciation in italics. (What I like about the picture above...

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More Welsh phrases.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 11 Nov 24

I previously talked about how some Welsh words appear in a different order to those in English. So today I'm going to go through a few phrases, and see where parts of it are said in a different order to English. [b]Rydw i'n...

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words that appear in a different order to english

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Today's Welsh phrase of the day!

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 5 Nov 24

Today's Welsh phrase of the day is:- Dw i'n hoffi coffi This means in English:- I like coffee It's pronounced doo-een hoffi coffi Lets look at it closer. i in Welsh means I or me. It is not capitalised...

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Some Welsh phrases I've learned from my new book about Wynne Evans.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 25 Oct 24

The first phrase of interest from the book is:- pan o'n i'n ifanc This phrase means in English:- When I was young So I know that in that section of the book he's talking about when he was young. I don't know what...

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Wynne Evans is doing Strictly.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 16 Sep 24

Strictly Come Dancing is a dancing competition in the UK, where celebrities are teamed up with professional dancers and taught to dance, then on the Saturday they dance live on air and get critiqued by four judges, then given a...

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Fancy speaking your own language!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 3 Oct 22

A few days ago I was at a social function where we were all seated at tables of six or seven, most of whom didn’t know each other. So people were trying to make polite conversation, asking how we knew the host, where we lived...

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That time an entire village in Wales lost internet every morning for 18 months

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 11 Mar 21

Subtitle: That time a television caused the entire population of a Welsh village to lose internet connectivity every morning at 7 AM. Well, that about sums it up to be honest... But I'll post a link below if ya want to read a...

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I'm trying to learn Welsh.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 12 Nov 19

I'm trying to learn Welsh. I haven't got very far yet really. I'm not that good at retaining information. I've got plenty of books to help me learn Welsh and a few apps on my tablet to help. I hope to learn Welsh because one day I...

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I can not find the meaning of this welsh word

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 15 Apr 19

I am either not looking in the right spot, or not looking hard enough. I was reading yesterday and came across a welsh word that I assume is either a curse or an adamant way to say no. Nargois is the word. This is one of...

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The "Welsh Not"

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 3 Feb 19

Some of you on here may have heard about this. I am sure there's every possibility that some were even taught about this in schools. The "Welsh Not" was a piece of wood, often a ruler, with the inscription of "WN" on it. This...

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One of my favorite welsh songs..

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 22 Jan 19

I don't speak Welsh. I mean, I could tell you I like coffee in Welsh (one of the first things you learn when using online resources) but that's about it. (Dw i'n Hoffi Koffi, for those wondering.. Though I may have the Dw i'n part...

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Mythology Wednesday : King March's Ears

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 9 Jan 19

This is actually somewhat of a long tale so I am going to try to consolidate it as best I can. I'll share a link to those who want to read it in it's entirety. [i]There once lived a just and noble King by the name of March. His...

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Mythology Wednesday : Lovespoons

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 2 Jan 19

Okay, so technically this isn't a part of mythology. Actually, there's no technically about it, it flat out isn't a myth. Several places in the world have had this tradition, though I don't believe it's in practice anymore. The...

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Creiddylad in Welsh Mythology

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 17 Feb 16

Creiddylad is the Welsh Goddess of love and flowers. Her story is sort of a sad one. She was promised to one man but stolen by another. The man she was promised to was also the man she truly loved. He set off to rescue her and...

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Spurs superb performance..especially gareth bale

adhyz82 @adhyz82 (36248) • Indonesia 27 Dec 12

Spurs get the superb result in Boxing day..what a great momment especially for the scorer of hattrick, Gareth bale.. and the bad day for aston villa.. Bale is main actor when his team beat Aston villa 4-0..the rest goal is...

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The Gold generation of belgium National team

adhyz82 @adhyz82 (36248) • Indonesia 7 Sep 12

don`t you consider that now belgian National team is one of the hot prospect national team in the world?? the lucky for the coach, Mark wilmots.. let check it out the first.. It reminds us like Gold generation of Portugal when...

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Ginger my Corgi

NekoWashu @NekoWashu (106) • United States 26 Aug 09

I recently got a pembroke welsh corgi of my very own. Her name is Ginger and she's absolutely amazing! She's smart, energetic, quiet, well behaved and just sweet as can be. She's everything I could have ever wanted in a dog. ha ha...

Are people stereotype because of where their come from

welshdai @welshdai (77) 17 May 08

During a converstion with two of my friends the question of what do we get stereotype as a certain way,due to come from somewhere like Wales,Liverpool for example. Both me and my friend were called agressive just because we come...

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My dog died :-( What experiences have you all had?

Dominicc2003 @Dominicc2003 (57) 2 Mar 08

He was called Rocco, and here's a link to a picture I took of him: http://www.mylot.com/w/image/1871890.aspx It's not the best of pictures but it's the only one I have immediately available. How did you guys all cope with the...

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