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Post by Rob on Sept 7, 2024 12:20:46 GMT
There are of course two words for the translation of sheep. It depends if you are referring to a sheep (dafad) or more than one (defaid).
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Post by bpg on Sept 7, 2024 13:40:11 GMT
Not to be confused with Daffyd
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Post by Rob on Sept 7, 2024 15:42:31 GMT
Was/is Daffyd an actual Welsh name? I didn't think it was. Not sure they'd get away with that style of comedy now thanks goodness.
The Welsh traditional version of David of course is Dewi. St David was Dewi Sant. The name that's spelt similar to that above and is the other version of David is Dafydd. One f and two d's (although dd is a single letter in the Welsh alphabet).
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Post by bpg on Sept 8, 2024 5:48:43 GMT
My personal pet hate is when people say “haitch” instead of “aitch”. If done too often in quick succession it can induce a twitch in me. 😬 You bugger, you! You've reminded me of its cousin the hidden 'r': Ba'r'th; o'r'n; o'r'ffff. That last one is a great indicator of how far up one's own fundament one has ventured with additional 'f's. I'll have to go to the dentist for teeth grinding correction now. |
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 9, 2024 7:52:50 GMT
Sign in our downstairs loo..
It's Bath not Barth.
To which a London born neighbour commented... "It's Barth not Barth?"
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Post by bromptonaut on Sept 9, 2024 8:12:25 GMT
Was/is Daffyd an actual Welsh name? I didn't think it was. One or two sportsmen called Daffyd and a politician: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_WigleyAlthough he was named David at birth and seems to have adopted the Welsh(?) alternative later. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2024 8:20:50 GMT
I think the Welsh language version of David is Dewi, but Dafydd is a Welsh spelling of the English name David.
If that makes sense.
I'll give Welsh one thing, the spelling is easy to follow and makes sense. Unlike flippin' Gaelic whish I just can't comprehend. Why they don't just give up with the stupid dh bh gh stuff and use the full Latin alphabet, Lord alone knows. And leave out the unpronounced letters. Then again English is equally guilty of that crime.
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 9, 2024 10:11:15 GMT
Although we have a go at the Americans (and I do!), their version of English is much more logical.
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Post by Rob on Sept 9, 2024 14:29:59 GMT
That's my point - the Welsh version of the English David is Dafydd... one F and two D's and not the other way around. Dafydd will be quite common. Daffyd is not.
I'd already said David in Welsh is Dewi.
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Post by bpg on Sept 11, 2024 21:55:58 GMT
Car and caravan. Isn't caravan in modern terms the shortening of car and van ? You don't have a car and car and van.
I know the traditional meaning is a pack of animals or vehicles traveling one behind the other but a caravan is only one vehicle and it can't move on its own, ignoring those little electric motors you can fit for final positioning because those old bones can't shift stuff like they used to.
It's a van for sleeping in or playing cards while the heavens do a Manchester weekend weather outside, it's not a car and van.
Rant over, back to more cerebral stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2024 7:59:29 GMT
That's a bit like my irritation when people say PIN number.
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Post by bpg on Sept 12, 2024 9:23:03 GMT
Or the garage needing the VIN/FIN number/nummer when taking your car for service.
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 12, 2024 10:35:18 GMT
Your garage needs a VIN for a service? Can't they just read it from the OBDII?
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Post by bpg on Sept 12, 2024 11:16:23 GMT
I think it's more of a control so they know who the registered keeper is for billing. By law you have to carry part 1 of the registration document in the car at all times incase of an accident or police stop.
Not really much of a hardship giving the FIN to the garage given the legal requirement for documentation.
Speeds up road side stops over what you see on TV in the UK:
Police: Got your driver's licence ?
Driver: Nah, mate.
Police: Got any form of ID, bank card, passport ?
Driver: Nah, mate.
Police radio for someone to come with fingerprint reader.
Meanwhile,
Police: Got your insurance documents (computer has already told them no MOT, no insurance markers)
Driver: just bought the car this morning, my grannies, uncle's, 2nd cousin five times removed next door neighbours dog took a policy out for me.
Police: Got a copy of the policy or an email of the policy.
Driver: Nah, mate.
Over here no insurance the police come round and remove the plates, same thing for no MOT after a one month grace period. Licence plates can only be bought from official outlets and have to be taken to vehicle registration for a registration marker to be applied together with relevant MOT sticker. No insurance or no MOT = no plate.
Cloning isn't a thing here, consequences aren't viewed and dealt with as a minor hazard of doing something illegal.
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 12, 2024 12:18:51 GMT
Licence plates can only be bought from official outlets and have to be taken to vehicle registration for a registration marker to be applied together with relevant MOT sticker. Wish we did this in the UK. And in the US, you have a plate which you move from car to car and it is re-stickered every year. |
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