snapshots and observations

Tuesday 11 October 2011

the language of heaven







as you all know, welsh is the language of heaven.

it's a magical language that sounds beautiful, even when duffy is singing it.

it is pleasing to look at, even though it resembles a bad hand at scrabble.

here are a few snapshots from my recent trip to y fenni.

even a car park sign looks good in welsh.
ha ha ! look at the welsh word for 'display'... what a great word.
damn i've got to learn to speak at least a little bit of welsh.








wales is a fair trade nation
translates as...








mae cymru yn genedl fasnach deg
which i must admit, didn't go down too well with my spellcheck just then.








well i never knew that about abergavenny
did you ?








and here's another sign regarding the syrup making skills of the locals
i must admit, i saw nobody in abergavenny last sunday wearing periwigs.
lot's of baseball caps but no periwigs.








even the post office stamp machine held a strange fascination for me
when it's instructions were printed in welsh...
hmmm... at least the welsh for 'hour' looks like the way you pronounce it.








i wonder why there is no welsh word for 'post' ?
and why is 'get more' three words in welsh ?
i need to learn welsh.








another ceramic piece of welshness
nice rabbit.








i went to abergavenny castle. if you can guess what i bought in the gift shop
there i will give you £100 cash
i'll show you in another post soon, but basically it's something you wouldn't
expect to find in a castle gift shop.








what the what ?!
oh that's not nice.
memo to self... if an englishman invites you over for christmas dinner, don't go.








no idea what this means, i just love seeing welsh words.
and i'm going to start learning the language of heaven soon.





2 comments:

  1. 'Mwy i chi' literally translates as 'more to you' but Welsh grammar is pretty damn complicated.

    That last sign says 'Danger. No climbing on the walls'

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  2. I've got something for you... email me your address (or venture over to N7/N19 borders)

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