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Author: | EMP [ Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:58 am ] |
Post subject: | Another New Year |
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Author: | tycho [ Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:54 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Another New Year |
Many thanks, Ed, for that inventive and most attractive greeting. I do hope we can regain some of our momentum in the coming year. A small forum like ours needs a driving force to keep it lively, a commitment that I'm not in a position to give at the moment; but Nil Desperandum! Let's hope for a following wind in the new year. Greetings to all for 2015! |
Author: | Devenish [ Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:10 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Another New Year |
A Prosperous and Peaceful 2015 to all members. |
Author: | tycho [ Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:54 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Another New Year |
As Ed, like me, is a resident of Wales, perhaps I should have added a New Year greeting in Welsh - - Blwyddyn Newydd Dda! |
Author: | Devenish [ Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Another New Year |
Anna, I bet you had to look that up! |
Author: | tycho [ Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:46 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Another New Year |
Not at all! My grandchildren are learning Welsh at school and take pleasure in teaching me Welsh expressions and correcting my pronounciation. I should have added 'Nadolig Llawen' to my Christmas greetings. (Look it up, Kester!) |
Author: | Devenish [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:33 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Another New Year |
My apologies. So is Welsh spoken, rather than English, or are they on an equal footing? |
Author: | tycho [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:17 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Another New Year |
The grandchildren have Welsh lessons in school and enjoy showing off their Welsh but the main teaching language is English. There are schools where the teaching medium is Welsh. - Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, by the way, is pronounced BLOO-WITH-IN NE-WITH THA (the th sound is voiced as in THAT.) Can I give this a Nelsonian twist? How many of Nelson's captains were Welsh? Foley was, I think. |
Author: | Devenish [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:23 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Another New Year |
Anna, Thank you. Yes, Foley was born near Narberth in South Wales in 1757. As to your other question I have no idea, but it might be interesting to find out. Incidentally, according to Victory's muster roll, there were nine Welshmen aboard the ship at Trafalgar. |
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