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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Cause I've been playing with toys all morning
And apparenty this is learning
(, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 10:25, 1 reply, 15 years ago)
There has to be something bad about your degree
Ah, yes, you have to learn Welsh.
(, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 10:29, Reply)
I would love to learn Welsh,
I think it sounds beautiful and is also a link to the past in a world so horribly modern.
(, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 10:33, Reply)
Unfortunately
Welsh hasn't evolved, so a lot of words are merely phonetic Welsh approximations of English words, which would jar a little if you're learning it for romantic reasons, I'd have thought.
(, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 10:36, Reply)
I's like to read the Mabinogion in Welsh.
No modern words in there anyway...
(, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 10:38, Reply)
That book's mostly about a giant cow
It's very silly.

My, I'm being such a Debbie Downer today.
(, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 10:38, Reply)
Debbie Downser, more like.
My grandfather's good friend Gwyn Jones did the definitive translation of that book many years ago.
(, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 11:04, Reply)
surely cornish would be better
you don't have to converse with welsh people, for starters.
(, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 10:37, Reply)
I'd like to learn that too.
Unfortunately languages are not my strongest suit.
(, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 10:38, Reply)
We were using toys for maths

(, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 10:53, Reply)

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