General Chat

MrD Say mint???? Breathe and they run a mile. I used to be the main rounder up in Abergwyngregyn for what we called a Noson Lawen. And you have to wear wellington boots up on Drum according to the rules of that form of entertainment. No socks - you cannot be in sane.

Wellies are quite squeaky and difficult to run fast in - particularly high on a cold mountain side.

Once you trap the sheep, they tend to really enter into the spirit of a Noson Lawen (merry evening). Bit of complaining and bleating, but they are so tuneful when they belt out Dafad y Garreg Wen (the sheep on the smiley crag) to "Run for the Hills" by Iron Maiden. Before they are sacrificed to the Welsh pagan god Llond Bol. :-) ;-)

Purely Lingua Francas, John. But I love word play, and it's unfortunate that the fertile plains of the English language do not translate easily into others....but then, understandable when you look at simple things like bow and bow.
To us, depending on how you pronounce it, it means to bend, or is a weapon.
In other languages you would have to differentiate - stipulate 'to bow' or 'a longbow'. Makes jokes difficult :-S

As for the other night, a situation where 'sanau ar dan' or (easier) socken flammen, was not conducive to a discussion about linguistic abilities (or lack of)

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Sheep is easier - say 'mint' and they run a mile !!

Lecture over :-D :-D :-D :-D

IF YOU SEE A BIG GOAT,DRESSED IN WHITE ROBES AND WEARING RED FRILLY BLOOMERS,


RUN FOR YOUR LIFE :-D :-D :-D :-D

Brenda :-D :-D :-D

AnnC (a gentle ignore) :-)

The sighting of the spooky white apparition has made me quite nervous and although talking about it should make me feel better,in fact it has made me want to hide in case he is coming to get me.....
So I am off to lock myself in the bedroom and hide under the bedclothes.....will see if you have got any more evidence or sightings tomorrow!
Nite x x

a degree in Welsh when you don't know the difference between a goat and a David!!!!

MrD I never realised your talent for languages. You never showed me any of your lingua the other cold night :-) ;-)

Brenda, fear not !! If a Yurt is in evidence, go to the grave, walk around it three times whilst sprinkling milk and a few sweets around the grave. Wear a blue silk something.

Moving away from the grave, have someone waiting for you with a bowl of milk and a sugar cube. Dip the cube in the milk and eat it. Then leave, but do so by a different route to the one you arrived - this is to fool the spirits.

Should be okay after that. Simples !!
:-D

If the Lady Druid still bothers you, I've always found a right hook and left uppercut works well !!! :-D :-D :-D

No need for fluency, Brenda. Just a love of Wales and a love of all things Welsh.

Oh, and a University degree in Welsh. Or, like Suzanne, a book published in same language. MrD has no hope. Nor me. According to Hayley, we know no Welsh. He is German and I am English :-( :-( :-( How the h*ll does a 27 year old know so much :-0 :-0

This Lady Druid has a yurt in her garden....her husband is buried in a cardboard coffin in the ground near....All sounds very spooky...So I don't think a white onesie would fit in with the image.

Think I would have to join the order .....Will have to go to night school so I will be fluent in the language so I can really fit in.

Already done it Mr Daff ( breaking T&C ) as I do every day by saying S'mae.

JOHN

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Brenda, just don't turn your back !!! Alternatively, get a white onesie to blend in, seems they are all the rage, anyway

Just looking through my book cabinet and found a one I'd completely forgotten about, but is most apt : Fremdsprachen für Engländer - Walisische für Ziegen und Schafe
Quite amazing I still have it, to be honest! Aber , wir können nicht alle perfekt sein :-D

Translations free on request, so as not to break T &C's :-D

You certainly never seem to have them close to your person, Suzanne ;-)

Disgusted of Pontypandy :-) ;-)

it wasnt me MRDAFF

I WOULD HAVE PUT MY FRILLY RED KNICKS IN AN ENVELOPE AND SENT THEM THOUGH THE POST :-D :-D

Certainly R L has got no mussels. Wonder who this Lady Druid could be from his childhood. Think my mil (95 last Thurday :-D :-D) is safely at home in Holywell? Not 100% sure, though. :-( ;-)

Suzanne - Oh! You are naughty!!! But I love you !! (Apologies for the plaguirism!!)

I still want to know who sent me the catalogues, though...just found another one that was caught in the letterbox - "Dillad isaf ar gyfer defaid". Must admit, not really into underwear for sheep :-S :-S :-S :-S
Any takers -its quite, umm, small ! ??

I know a lady Druid living near Conwy...perhaps he was having a secret tryst with her....before heading back to Nefyn?...reminiscing about his teenage years catching crabs!

Brenda. He is an awesome star in the firmament :-D :-D

And R L is pretty awesome too. Glad he looks down on all the werin like me and MrD from a lofty place. What an eminence gris of the Welsh language!!!!

MCDAFF


I did lose my knickers,but the goat found them,he was wearing them when i met him on the road to PWLLHELI .

BRENDA
you very well may have seen Robin the Bard in Conway,
he may have been reliving teenage memories of catching crabs in conway
:-D