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malthaussen

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4. I'll never get those Scottish place names in a million years...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 09:31 AM

Sep 2015

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Liam Dutton nails pronouncing Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch [View all] demmiblue Sep 2015 OP

Nice smug look on his face when he was done....he deserved it. Lochloosa Sep 2015 #1

Never even hesitated. Byronic Sep 2015 #2

Do you speak Welsh, Byronic? ailsagirl Sep 2015 #17

Not as well as I would like, ailsagirl Byronic Sep 2015 #27

I'm impressed! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #30

Dal ati Byronic bach! geardaddy Sep 2015 #32

Diolch yn fawr! Byronic Sep 2015 #37

Impressive! sarge43 Sep 2015 #3

I'll never get those Scottish place names in a million years... malthaussen Sep 2015 #4

The name he was trying to pronounce was Welsh, not Scottish. SwissTony Sep 2015 #5

Wow... thanks for exposing him to those of us that weren't in the know. demmiblue Sep 2015 #6

Rolf Harris is in prison, not Liam Dutton, right? The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2015 #7

Yes, it's Harris. SwissTony Sep 2015 #8

Yes, that's the joke, you see. malthaussen Sep 2015 #9

So, if you wish to post videos made by child molesters, SwissTony Sep 2015 #10

How do you know the song came out before he "started all that?" demmiblue Sep 2015 #11

He is only convicted for acts dating back to 67, IIRC. malthaussen Sep 2015 #12

You're in some sense defending this guy? SwissTony Sep 2015 #14

Wasn't Harris a friend of Saville's? They had a lot in common the fecks. mackerel Sep 2015 #38

Yes, but how can we be sure he got it right? Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #13

Hah!! Good point-- we'd never know ailsagirl Sep 2015 #16

He got it pretty much right geardaddy Sep 2015 #35

He sure nailed it!! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #15

Welsh is listed as "vulnerable" by UNESCO hunter Sep 2015 #19

+1 (and then some) demmiblue Sep 2015 #20

Preserving languages is very important ailsagirl Sep 2015 #22

I think hi speed internet may help preserve languages. hunter Sep 2015 #24

Well, thanks for letting me know! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #25

It's also an easy way for non-speakers to learn about the languages ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #26

I could wander around Omniglot all day. hunter Sep 2015 #29

Yes, it's very much alive in Northwest Wales geardaddy Sep 2015 #34

No dearth of vowels geardaddy Sep 2015 #33

Thanks for posting, demmiblue!! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #18

It means frogmarch Sep 2015 #21

Wow!!! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #23

Heh! demmiblue Sep 2015 #28

And nearly no one ever calls it by its full name in Wales geardaddy Sep 2015 #36

Da iawn chdi! geardaddy Sep 2015 #31