shak wrote:On my way out it struck me that those kind ladies had treated me like any Welsh speaking person and I was thrilled to bits.
Iestyn wrote:shak wrote:On my way out it struck me that those kind ladies had treated me like any Welsh speaking person and I was thrilled to bits.
Sorry, Shak - that's all you are now, just another Welsh speaker. You've gone through the excitement of being an excellent Welsh learner, now you're just a Welsh speaker.![]()
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shak wrote:I had a funny encounter yesterday, running back over the hill from Dyffryn Glyn-Cul. I met two men and two dogs by a stile and started off, 'Bore da i chi, mae'n wyntog iawn y bore 'ma'. 'Erm, good morning', says one bloke, looking horrified. I was about to explain I was learning Welsh when I realised he was looking at the blood down my arm and the amount of mud I was carrying. Instead, I just told them I'd slipped off a sheep trod and fallen about 20 feet down the hill. You can be too self conscious about your language
Aran wrote:Gold dust. I remember dropping a load of change in a shop once, and instead of feeling embarrassed, just thinking 'Oh good, now they'll never notice all those mutations I just got wrong'...
sumsmeister wrote:Nothing wrong with Corris! There's an interesting Arts and Crafts Centre there. And one of the shops runs courses on making furniture from recycled wood and slate and other bits of worn-out Welsh countryside. Anyway, Mach is a fascinating place - especially the old parliament building. They've spent a bit on it recently...
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