Cymraeg: the language of the Land of Brothers (Cymru) Welsh is easier to pronounce than an English reader might imagine. There’s an excellent explanation of how to cope with Welsh pronunciation on Linguata’s site: http://www.linguata.com/welsh/welsh-pronunciation.html In short, here are some useful tips: 1) Stress falls on the last syllable by one. There are a [...]
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An English speaker’s guide to pronouncing Welsh
Posted: 23rd September 2011 by Martyn in Life, Wales and the WelshTags: ARIAN, AROS, ARR, BANGOR, CAUGHT, CH, COAT, COOK, COOL, CORNER, COT, DD, DEEP, DIM, EE, England, English, ER, FARM, FF, FINGER, FUR, GWYN, Hen Wlad, HINT, IAITH, LET, letter, LL, MAP, NG, NICE, PAGE, PAPER, RH, RRRR, SH, SISTER, SONG, SUGAR, TARDY, TH, THIN, Wales, WATER, welsh-phrases, YARD
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The English invasion
Posted: 4th February 2011 by Martyn in Joke de jourTags: angry-welshman, angry-welshman-blog, blank-book, English, hts, One Welshman, read-write, readwrite, TWO, Wales, welshmans-blog, welshmen-in-the-army
The English decided to invade Wales. The army had just crossed the border and came to the first forest when they heard a voice shout: "One Welshman is worth two Englishmen". The army commander couldn’t resist the challenge and promptly sent two men into the forest. After 10 minutes the voice shouted: "One Welshman is [...]
Useful phrases for the English / Saes, when they visit Cardiff / Caerdydd for the rugby
Posted: 25th January 2011 by Martyn in LifeTags: Anglo Welsh, Cardiff, Cont Tew, English, english-saes, f, game, help, Loudon Square, Please Pen, richard-thompson-cardiff, saes, saes-english, Twp Slebog, useful-phrases-english-trip, Wales, Wales Daclus, welsh-for-english-saes, welsh-phrases-rugby, welsh-phrases-saes, welsh-rugby-phrases-in-welsh
As everyone knows, most residents of Cardiff are fluent in Welsh, so be prepared to enjoy a warm Welsh welcome by speaking a few words of the lingo. To help you on your way, I've prepared a small number of handy phrases: Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod – My hovercraft is full of eels [...]
Richard Thompson at St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Posted: 23rd January 2011 by Martyn in Life, Live Music, MusicTags: Bob Dylan, Cardiff, day, Dream Attic, English, f, Fairport Convention, Finance Industry, love, Mark Knopfler, Money Shuffle, New Zealand, read-write-co-uk-richard-thompson-davids-hall-cardiff, Richard Thompson, richard-thompson-at-st-davids-hall, richard-thompson-at-st-davids-hall-cardiff, richard-thompson-in-cardiff, richard-thompson-set-list-cardiff-2011, rugby-union-back, St David, st-davids-hall-cardiff-fairportconvention, Wales
If Mark Knopfler could write songs like Bob Dylan and had a half decent singing voice, he would be Richard Thompson. If there were any justice, Thompson would be a superstar and if I ever go to a better concert than this, then it will be the day after Wales beat the All Blacks… in [...]
A quiet life
Posted: 2nd July 2010 by Martyn in Britain - the greatTags: 1, According Queeney, Beryl Bainbridge, Beryl Margaret Bainbridge, caption, English, en_zt, Henry Hester Thrale, Hester Thrale, Martin Amis, Muriel Spark, pegatron-drivers-g310de-video, pegatron-drivers-video-card, pegatron-g310de-video-card, Penelope Fitzgerald, Queeney Thrale, Samuel Johnson, Sweet William, Twentieth Century, www-readwrite-co-uk
Beryl Margaret Bainbridge was, my favourite English language writer from the second half of the Twentieth Century. Although the great and the good (The Times greatest British writers since 1945) have her at number twenty-six behind such luminaries as Muriel Spark, Martin Amis and Penelope Fitzgerald. Ah well, so much for the great and the [...]