Welsh Channel 4.

[rastamanblues]

'please dont be I go ' heartburn usual stupid Saxon I go knows anything or anything about other nations cultures or ' group I love with sheep'

Right lost in translation I think . . .

Although more than likely dodgy translation site!

[iranu]

I used to have a friend at Cardiff Uni many moons ago and we'd visit her on occasion. Her flatmates would come in after lectures and find four of us stoned, laughing our heads off as we watched Postman Pat in Welsh.

[funke_munke]

Originally Posted by AledJ

Its alright i told the boys to be nice to you, and not lynch you that badly lol Welsh is not a daft language, but one that is full of history and culture.

I was only joking... I'm just jealous


My entire class got dropped from Welsh back in school because of general underperformance... Although giving you 50 minutes a week to learn Welsh is a bit daft in the first place!

[chicken]

Originally Posted by coco

blesio paid a bod a 'n arferol hurtyn Sais a chnotiau ddim ai ddim am arall cenhedloedd ddiwylliannau ai 'r cara chan dafad

Try growing up with no Channel 4 and seeing great stuff in the Radio Times just to find out it's not on S4C!

Bitter? Not terribly, but as I got 95% in my French SATs it's a shame I had to drop it for GCSE because my 2nd language HAD to be Welsh and now it's a shorter drive to Paris than to my parent's house.





*Pronounced "pie'd ah"

[psd99]

Oh Hollyoaks in Welsh I'd love to see that
does it come on?

[Stewart]

I like the way some words don't have a Welsh version, so if you are watching, say, a Welsh chat show, you can pick up the odd word of English during the noise that it Welsh.

Tylfltl ftytytf tlytyl tylf tytfflty ftytylftyt killer whale tflttytld, ftytl tytyllty ftyltllffty ftytllfty double glazing ftltylfltytlf tylft, ftytltyftytlftl ftylf tytllf tytylf auto erotic asphyxiation.

Tflttylftf fltylt flt, fltytll ftytlf rainbow, ftlt flltytylf tytllfltyt ftyl fltyl macaroons!

Flty tlytfl tylf tlytly giant ostrich fltytytl, ftlyl ltyltlf tlytlf ftyltlft! Fltry fltyllty ingrowing toenail ftytlft, ftyltlf microwave, fltyt flty! Ftltylf! Second law of thermodynamics! Ftyllf tyl, fltyltlfltlytlyltyltyltlytyltlyttttt!

[AledJ]

Originally Posted by funke_munke

I was only joking... I'm just jealous


My entire class got dropped from Welsh back in school because of general underperformance... Although giving you 50 minutes a week to learn Welsh is a bit daft in the first place!

I know you were joking hence the reference to sending the boys round lol .......... or should that read' sending the sheep round' lol

I had some friends who like you only had 50 or more min a week to learn welsh, which is not enough tbh!!. Luckily I went to welsh school so learnt it all day long.

[santa claus]

Originally Posted by Stewart

I like the way some words don't have a Welsh version, so if you are watching, say, a Welsh chat show, you can pick up the odd word of English during the noise that it Welsh.

Tylfltl ftytytf tlytyl tylf tytfflty ftytylftyt killer whale tflttytld, ftytl tytyllty ftyltllffty ftytllfty double glazing ftltylfltytlf tylft, ftytltyftytlftl ftylf tytllf tytylf auto erotic asphyxiation.

Tflttylftf fltylt flt, fltytll ftytlf rainbow, ftlt flltytylf tytllfltyt ftyl fltyl macaroons!

Flty tlytfl tylf tlytly giant ostrich fltytytl, ftlyl ltyltlf tlytlf ftyltlft! Fltry fltyllty ingrowing toenail ftytlft, ftyltlf microwave, fltyt flty! Ftltylf! Second law of thermodynamics! Ftyllf tyl, fltyltlfltlytlyltyltyltlytyltlyttttt!

The English language is full of 'foreign' words isn't it? Piano, umbrella, bungalow etc.

Welsh words I like are: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Katherine Jenkins, Kylie and Danii Minogue. Yum.

[JK Ferret]

Originally Posted by santa claus

Welsh words I like are: ... Kylie and Danii Minogue

Have they changed nationality without telling us?

[santa claus]

Originally Posted by JK Ferret

Have they changed nationality without telling us?

They have Welsh roots. And it was no good sayin' Tom Jones and Harry Secombe was it?

[JK Ferret]

Originally Posted by santa claus

They have Welsh roots. And it was no good sayin' Tom Jones and Harry Secombe was it?

In that case, has Wales changed nationality, from Aussie to British?

And there's nothing wrong with TJ. At least, it's not unusual...

[santa claus]

Originally Posted by JK Ferret

In that case, has Wales changed nationality, from Aussie to British?

And there's nothing wrong with TJ. At least, it's not unusual...

I felt the knife in my hand and he laffed no more

[Stewart]

Originally Posted by JK Ferret

And there's nothing wrong with TJ. At least, it's not unusual...

Patient: 'Doctor, I can't stop singing 'The green, green grass of home'.'

Doctor: 'That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome....'

Patient: 'Is it common?'

Doctor: 'No, but it does give you AIDS'

Patient: 'Aww, I was expecting you to do the 'its not unusual' joke'

Docotor: 'Nope. Its going to give you AIDS. Sorry about that'

[santa claus]

Originally Posted by Stewart

Patient: 'Doctor, I can't stop singing 'The green, green grass of home'.'

Doctor: 'That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome....'

Patient: 'Is it common?'

Doctor: 'No, but it does give you AIDS'

Patient: 'Aww, I was expecting you to do the 'its not unusual' joke'

Docotor: 'Nope. Its going to give you AIDS. Sorry about that'

[TheAnimus]

Originally Posted by noTHINGface

Good on you boss - it's a shame others can't see this.

It's fair to call it a daft language because it lacks a lot of the logic and structure other modern languages have (even the oriental ones, which are just so damn confusing).

For example, take the english for microwave oven.

Microwave to describe a catagory of wavelength that includes those which excite via resonse water.

Take the welsh.

oven and 'ping'.

Wounderful langauge.

Whilst its not bad that learning a language is a bad idea, its just that often languages are used as barriers between peoples and cultures. Who on earth wants someone who can speak welsh and english, over someone who could speak spanish/french/german/cantonease/english. Who?! How on earth is that good for the evooluation of man and english.

[Stewart]

Fing is, the Welsh teach their children Welsh because of national pride. English is clearly of more use, but if da kidz don't speak Welsh they can't teach their kidz, and within a few generations it would be extinct.

Thing is, a language where some people born in that country can't speak it is always going to be in this situation. Have you ever met a French person who can't speak fluent French? A German that can't speak German?

Plenty of people in Wales can't speak Welsh.

So its not a 'proper' language, in the sense that a proper language just is. You are born, you speak it, everyone you know speaks it. Welsh has to be protected and nurtured. It needs help to avoid going extinct.

All very strange.

I suppose Cerdic thought the Welsh were strange when he turned up in the 6th century, and found them only using a bit of the land in the West, leaving the area that comprises modern day England empty.

He settled it, peacefully I might add, and for centuries we English have had to live in fear of constant attacks and invasion from the savage, warlike Welsh. Somehow we clung on, probably because they were too busy building the First Millennium Stadium or worshipping their strange Gods at Charlotte church.

So now they speak Welsh as a way of saying **** you to the English, basically.