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[Tahl]

Was writing an email just now (to somebody who's first-language Welsh). Looked at a word I'd included and thought, hmm, I need to check the gender of that.

What I'd written was llysnafedd.

What I wanted to say was 'Ambassador.'

Unfortunately, llysnafedd turns out to mean 'slime, snivel, mucus.'

The word for Ambassador is llysgennad.

[SJ]

Oops! Thanks goodness you checked!

That's exactly the reason why I put emails through Google Translate or Cysair before I sent them - even if I'm 100% sure they're right!

[Iestyn]

It would make a very entertaining Ferrero Rocher advert:

Monsieur Mucus us so kind!

I can't think that high level political negotiations would be helped over much either.

But the question occurs to me: What international plot is being cooked up here that requires Ambassadorial discussions?...

[RobertBruce]

Diane's thinking of emigrating and she's asking for advice from the American ambassador in Buenos Aires.

(not true, by the way )

[Tahl]

Diane's thinking of emigrating and she's asking for advice from the American ambassador in Buenos Aires.

(not true, by the way )

Don't be silly.

I'm selling American nuclear secrets to the Ambassador from Mars, who's been following SSiW for years.

I mean, obviously.

[jashwntw]

Was writing an email just now (to somebody who's first-language Welsh). Looked at a word I'd included and thought, hmm, I need to check the gender of that.

What I'd written was llysnafedd.

What I wanted to say was 'Ambassador.'

Unfortunately, llysnafedd turns out to mean 'slime, snivel, mucus.'

The word for Ambassador is llysgennad.

Oh You should have sent it that way. It will have bought a smile to their face, I'm sure

[Aran]

Oh, what a pity you checked!

I still regret telling Catrin not to ask the waitress for a bañador on the ferry on our way back from Bilbo, because what she actually wanted was a tenedor (ie a fork rather than a swimming costume). Me and my big mouth...

[jashwntw]

Oh, what a pity you checked!

I still regret telling Catrin not to ask the waitress for a bañador on the ferry on our way back from Bilbo, because what she actually wanted was a tenedor (ie a fork rather than a swimming costume). Me and my big mouth...

For holiday purposes I'd stick to learning one magic word Aran, 'cubiertos' that covers all cutlery

[Aran]

For holiday purposes I'd stick to learning one magic word Aran, 'cubiertos' that covers all cutlery

The saddest part is that every time I try to persuade her to ask for a bañador these days, she remembers what it means...

[jashwntw]

For holiday purposes I'd stick to learning one magic word Aran, 'cubiertos' that covers all cutlery

The saddest part is that every time I try to persuade her to ask for a bañador these days, she remembers what it means...

Okay then, you could try bragas, or sujetador