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# cerys am byth
why does her t-shirt say gymru instead of cymru?

(andysith vs. the becardiganed mousethra. EEK, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:03, archived)
# because the welsh can't spell
nationalism: the new racism? Discuss.
(martian, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:04, archived)
# carry on
i'm going home. i'm too scared to annoy the welsh.. they're fearsome peoples

(andysith vs. the becardiganed mousethra. EEK, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:05, archived)
# actually it's a mutation
it happens for different letters in different types of sentence, like D mutates into Dd in one type of sentence and Gn in another.
Which is why i failed my welsh gcse.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:05, archived)
# my mother was forced to to welsh even tho she was from london
she now 20 yrs later knows not a single word of it
what a waste of time that was
(Alpen, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:07, archived)
# I was forced into it
i didn't want to, but they threatened me with evil scary stuff.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:07, archived)
# like lanolin?
/stereotyping
(martian, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:08, archived)
# you what?
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:09, archived)
# clicky
here.
(martian, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:15, archived)
# that's actually fairly interesting
a similar thing happens in older english; s becomes f in certain parts of words - i think it's if it's at the ftart of a word or fentence.
(martian, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:07, archived)
# bringing to mind
the only really funny bit in Vicar of Dibley

"Succour"
(I helped save b3ta! crouchingbadger, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:10, archived)
# terry pratchett's "carpe jugulem" featured the line - from a man with a lisp -
"TAKE THAT, THUCKERS!"

i asked him how he got it past his editor. he doesn't know.
(martian, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:13, archived)
# i think
that was just a typographical thing though, not how it was pronounced
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:13, archived)
# quite possibly
that lecture was a long time ago.
(martian, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:14, archived)
# I was just about to say that
rydw in byw yn gymru, ar y pen-y-bont
(I helped save b3ta! sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:14, archived)
# i never liked essays
i deligate this task to others
(Alpen, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:06, archived)
# because
certain letters at the beginnings of words are "softened" depending on the preceeding word.

They aren't just pretty faces, the Welsh, you know.

Some might say they aren't even pr... no, let's not go there.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:07, archived)
# HEY, i'm pretty
oh, i was born in Wycombe...
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:09, archived)
# hey
are u still in wales - if u are where
(I helped save b3ta! sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 18:24, archived)