Ask MetaFilter questions tagged with welsh

Latin translation, please...

soulbarn — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:34:46 -0800

Can anyone tell me what this says (if you want to know, it is above a hearth in Cors-y-Gedol hall, Wales.) Here's a picture.

Did Indian accent descend from Welsh tutelage?

IndigoJones — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:30:00 -0800

I heard once that the Indian accent for spoken English is a legacy of Welsh missionaries/teachers in the subcontinent. Granted, the cadences are similar, but on the whole the story sounds a little far fetched to me. Can anyone out there confirm or deny the truth of it, preferably with footnotes? Many thanks.

How do you refer to a female librarian in Welsh?

rikhei — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:05:08 -0800

What is the proper way to refer to a female librarian in Welsh? Bonus if you can tell me (an English speaker from the Midwest) how to say it correctly. I did a little googling and discovered a Welsh-English dictionary that suggests both llyfrgellydd and llyfrwr as translations of the word librarian. However, this dictionary and another one both tell me these are masculine nouns.

(I have asked this question of the Ask Cymru service, but they've not responded to me yet.)

So...do I use one of the above words to refer to myself (a female librarian) or is there a more appropriate term to use?

(In case you're wondering why I'm asking, I plan to use the word as part of my new domain name.)

Welshman in GTA3?

Mayor Curley — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:57:08 -0800

Can someone confirm that there's a pedestrian in the game "Grand Theft Auto 3" with a welsh accent who says something to the effect of "Hey! Where are you going?" (emphasis on the "you".) An acquaintance is accusing me of fabricating the story and I don't have a copy of the game handy. I'm know I heard it on the middle island.

Help me speak Welsh!

amtho — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:02:32 -0800

Who knows how to pronounce Welsh near Chapel Hill, NC? I think I'd like to throw a small party at which we all learn the basics of pronouncing Welsh, and I'd love to find an expert, preferably one with experience teaching, to help us. I tried looking for Welsh-language teachers on the UNC web site, but no luck. I found an older AskMetafilter thread about free online resources for learning Welsh, and that's going to be helpful, but I'm really looking for a person whom I can somehow persuade to come to my gathering.

Any ideas on how to throw a "learn-to-pronounce-Welsh" party would be welcome. I also hope to find some nice things to read out loud. I'm a singer, so songs might be nice, too.

Learn Welsh online

samstarling — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:44:03 -0800

Where can I learn to speak Welsh online? Preferably for free, and preferably with accompanying audio - hopefully as an MP3. I'm half Welsh but speak only a couple of words of the language, I thought it'd be something nice to learn.

Non fiction recommendations for Celtic and Welsh mythology?

Apoch — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 22:05:09 -0800

I have recently developed an interest in Celtic (Irish/Celtic) and Welsh Mythology as well as in books like _The King of Elfland's Daughter_ by Dunsany and _The Once and Future King_ by TH White. Any reocmmendations for nonfiction that covers the mythology or fiction that uses it?