This is a newspaper advertisement from the 1960s. The open and naked prejudice of it is staggering in this day and age, but it was still only forty odd years ago. Today, of course, the modern Conservative Party has moved on from this and now embraces a non-discriminatory stance. I’m glad about that, not just [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wales’
What a long way we’ve come
Posted: 17th January 2012 by Martyn in Racial equalityTags: Aretha Franklin, Conservative Party, day, Jimi Hendrix, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Politics, Seema Malhotra Dec, Wales
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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
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 [...]
Wales and the Red Zone
Posted: 12th September 2011 by Martyn in SportTags: bangersandsmash, David Cameron, death, Don, FFS, game, GEORGE, NORTH, NOTHING, Shane Williams, smash, South Africa, South African, use, Wales
I just watched the Wales vs South Africa game again and I have to say that when we got into the red zone, we were almost completely ineffective. It was either smash it up the middle or rumble through the forwards. South Africa dealt with both easily. They never look flustered in defence. Not once [...]
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 [...]