tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post7120793905005625402..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Why I simply cannot pronounce WelshMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-68269825814727812222011-06-02T21:13:52.217-04:002011-06-02T21:13:52.217-04:00Anita, clearly I need to go back and get one!Anita, clearly I need to go back and get one!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-84090143154555608422011-06-02T16:37:29.311-04:002011-06-02T16:37:29.311-04:00You won't believe this, but I actually have a ...You won't believe this, but I actually have a bumper sticker that reads:<br /><br />Llanfairpwyllgwyngyllgogerchwyrndobwllantysiliogogogoch<br /><br />You should see the people sitting behind me at intersections,craning their necks and looking befuddled!Anita Millsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-79565998136306003552011-06-02T16:36:12.051-04:002011-06-02T16:36:12.051-04:00You won't believe this, but I actually have a ...You won't believe this, but I actually have a bumper sticker that reads:<br /><br />Llanfairpwyllgwyngyllgogerchwyrndobwllantysiliogogogoch<br /><br />You should see the people sitting behind me at intersections,craning their necks and looking befuddled!Anita Millshttp://anitamills.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-4293262388598667312011-05-17T21:00:01.983-04:002011-05-17T21:00:01.983-04:00I adored Wales and got lots of invitations to go t...I adored Wales and got lots of invitations to go to Cardiff! Now if somebody will give me a large pot of money... But they don't, you know, they don't!marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-86187414788068933152011-05-17T20:09:17.709-04:002011-05-17T20:09:17.709-04:00Somehow I missed this, and also missed Wales when ...Somehow I missed this, and also missed Wales when I was in the British Isles. Don't know whether I'll ever pass that way again. Perhaps when I am teaching writing on a cruise ship or something.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-52439501993372752352011-05-16T10:12:10.337-04:002011-05-16T10:12:10.337-04:00Harrisonburg, VA on the road
Hi zephyr--
Just wa...Harrisonburg, VA <i>on the road</i><br /><br />Hi zephyr--<br /><br />Just waiting for my eldest to finish eating pancakes! Shall be home tonight and then picking up the middle child at college and then home for a bit, hurrah! And shall post my wonders from Wales...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-39338109918213382772011-05-16T10:05:58.292-04:002011-05-16T10:05:58.292-04:00Family travelers once sent a postcard from "t...Family travelers once sent a postcard from "that" town with the name taking up the entire length of the bottom of the card. Baffling.<br /><br />Wonderful to see a post again and looking forward to tales and photos.zephyrhttp://www.thegarden.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33798747013868276162011-05-15T22:41:18.876-04:002011-05-15T22:41:18.876-04:00I came a cropper with Rydderch...
Yes, Welsh is l...I came a cropper with Rydderch...<br /><br />Yes, Welsh is lovely!<br /><br />Would say more, but I am on the road between Cullowhee and Cooperstown.<br /><br />Was that Paul?<br /><br />marja-leena,<br /><br />Yes, the Artlog is doing a good job! As always. But I'll have my own little bit to come. See you then...marly youmansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-75910589943889986422011-05-15T19:24:03.661-04:002011-05-15T19:24:03.661-04:00One pronounces Welsh as one would pronounce 'W...One pronounces Welsh as one would pronounce 'Well she' but without the e sound.<br />There, cleared up now : )<br /><br />My sympathies are with you Marly (and Maja-Leena too!). Welsh is the language that washing machines would speak if they had a language and could speak.<br />When I see Welsh written out I just can't help searching for anagrams. When I hear it spoken I can't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-67725038106916934652011-05-15T12:40:59.033-04:002011-05-15T12:40:59.033-04:00Glad you've had a marvellous time in Wales, an...Glad you've had a marvellous time in Wales, and glad I'm not the only one who cannot pronounce Welsh! Good thing your readings were in English, eh. Looking forward to more stories and photos though I've been following it at Clive's blog. I think I've turned a slightly green shade and not just from our damp spring...marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com