How do you pronounce that? Ar-gah or Agg-ah?miss hellfire wrote:Is it 'cos i don't have an Aga?
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Going all suvvern on yer. I pronounce it Arr garr! Or hows about a wood burner instead. Just to make fings simple.
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The basic Brythonic heritage of the Cornish and Welsh is the same. We even share some words in the language, and most are fairly similar.Jamez wrote:You're all half-Welsh down there in Cornwall aren't you?Alexia wrote:Ah.Jamez wrote:Arr-Guh.
Kernowfolk pronounced it Agga, as in Daniel. Never understood that.
For example: the Welsh word for "language" itself, is "iaith" (pronounced yaith) - in Kernewek it's "yeth". Similarly, "Merry/Happy Christmas" in Cymraeg is "Nadolig Llawen" - in Kernewek, "Nadelek Lowen."
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Alexia wrote:The basic Brythonic heritage of the Cornish and Welsh is the same. We even share some words in the language, and most are fairly similar.Jamez wrote:You're all half-Welsh down there in Cornwall aren't you?Alexia wrote: Ah.
Kernowfolk pronounced it Agga, as in Daniel. Never understood that.
For example: the Welsh word for "language" itself, is "iaith" (pronounced yaith) - in Kernewek it's "yeth". Similarly, "Merry/Happy Christmas" in Cymraeg is "Nadolig Llawen" - in Kernewek, "Nadelek Lowen."
I think I'm in the wrong job. I should be an ethno-linguism-vexillologist. I'm fascinated by word origins and political sociology.
Ahem! Thames estuary at past midnight! Stop being so smart. My brain is hurting!
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Lay off the weed. I can almost see your IQ diminishing...miss hellfire wrote:Alexia wrote:The basic Brythonic heritage of the Cornish and Welsh is the same. We even share some words in the language, and most are fairly similar.Jamez wrote: You're all half-Welsh down there in Cornwall aren't you?
For example: the Welsh word for "language" itself, is "iaith" (pronounced yaith) - in Kernewek it's "yeth". Similarly, "Merry/Happy Christmas" in Cymraeg is "Nadolig Llawen" - in Kernewek, "Nadelek Lowen."
I think I'm in the wrong job. I should be an ethno-linguism-vexillologist. I'm fascinated by word origins and political sociology.
Ahem! Thames estuary at past midnight! Stop being so smart. My brain is hurting!
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Oooh Lexi, strange you should ask. I'm a little dry. A double Jd and coke please. And For Mark. He'll have a brow wax, and a Brandy to numb the pain.Alexia wrote:Apologies. Drinks can be had in the Mark Grindon thread. I'll get them in.
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