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21st March 07, 08:09 AM
#1
 Originally Posted by Mike1
Here's another -
sgian dubh
Not skin, skein, skeen...
how aboot...
Skiing dew???
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21st March 07, 08:45 AM
#2
How about Cilt? Those Welsh just HAD to be different. HAHAHAHA
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21st March 07, 09:10 AM
#3
Originally Posted by RockyR
How about Cilt? Those Welsh just HAD to be different. HAHAHAHA
Ah but Rocky that it totally consistent with the principles of Welsh orthography! Without exception a C is always hard and therefore means a K.
Unlike English where sometimes a C is pronounced as a K and sometimes as a "see"...
So it's korrect rather than inkonsistent in Welsh so you can be sertain!
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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21st March 07, 08:09 PM
#4
Originally Posted by McClef
Ah but Rocky that it totally consistent with the principles of Welsh orthography! Without exception a C is always hard and therefore means a K.
Unlike English where sometimes a C is pronounced as a K and sometimes as a "see"...
So it's korrect rather than inkonsistent in Welsh so you can be sertain!
Soooo, what do you use the "k" for? Or vowels whilst we're on the subject? Oh and a previous poster wrote neighbor, it's neighbour, honour, harbour...
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21st March 07, 08:19 PM
#5
A BIT off topic, but one I see often in other forums:
"Bassball"
Is that something involving a large fish and a bat?
Another (more on-topic):
Flashes
NOT "Flashers" (a kiltless man in a trenchcoat)
-If it was a woman, she would be called an "exhibitionist"
Did I say that
Bad MacWage! BAD!!!!
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22nd March 07, 03:48 AM
#6
Originally Posted by ccga3359
Soooo, what do you use the "k" for? Or vowels whilst we're on the subject? Oh and a previous poster wrote neighbor, it's neighbour, honour, harbour...
Simple, Welsh doesn't have a letter K as C is always hard. Not all vowels are used as in English and some consonants become vowels. Y would be used for U (or sometimes for I) as U has a long E sound. A single F is a V so you need two FFs for an F.
And if you think that's complicated, Gaelic orthography is even worse!
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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24th March 07, 06:05 AM
#7
Originally Posted by McClef
Simple, Welsh doesn't have a letter K as C is always hard. Not all vowels are used as in English and some consonants become vowels. Y would be used for U (or sometimes for I) as U has a long E sound. A single F is a V so you need two FFs for an F.
And if you think that's complicated, Gaelic orthography is even worse!
The word that's often used to fox English radio/TV announcers isn't LlanfairPG (that would be cruel: Llanfair pwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch , just to show off) but Cwmtwrch.
As for Gaelic - how about Beinn Laomainn (Ben Lomond) to take a simple one?
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