"I'll admit I may have seen better days, but I'm still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, "(Margo Channing)
Olwena Hughes and Gwyneth Jones.
This video I think will be one of my favourite blog entries out of my entire 4 years of blogging.
In response to some of the requests to hear spoken Welsh from my last blog, I conscripted lifelong friends Olwena Hughes and Gwyneth Jones to give my non Welsh readers a bit of a Welsh treat.
The two ladies were going to discus yesterday's belly dance ( yes Belly dance) demonstration in the memorial Hall.( but were in fact chatting about the fall sustained by a 90 year old friend)
As a social document, I think It is priceless
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Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely priceless. :)
On reflection, I doubt these two are actually chatting about the belly dancer as they indicated that they were!
ReplyDeleteWhat Linda said.
ReplyDeletePriceless!
I like their beautiful smiles and that infectious laugh!
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat! Didn't understand a word of course but how fun to get to listen...
ReplyDeleteYep, Linda said it for me. Priceless.
ReplyDeleteThe lady on the left looked very severe until her lovely smile at the end! You really need to supply sub-titles, John. Am I right in assuming that these ladies are bi-lingual and equally comfortable in both English and Welsh? Some of the elderly Maori in this country speak only Maori and little English, but that is quite rare these days.
ReplyDeletePriceless! I see what you mean John. Something to hold on to for sure!
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PS: Belly dancing?! LOL!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a keeper, John! I didn't understand a word they said, until you thanked them! They need some kind of prize!
ReplyDeleteThat was fantastic! Thank you and both those wonderful ladies for posting this. I've read the occasional Welsh word in books but to hear it spoken was, well, neat.
ReplyDeleteThat was bollocks, John - I am a fluent Welsh speaker, and I know they were making it up just for you.
ReplyDeletetom,you are as welsh as tom jones' wig
ReplyDeleteThe Welsh love a good joke!
ReplyDeleteWhat a treasure!! Thank you so much for going to the effort of putting that together, John. Welsch IS a beautiful, musical language, just like I'd always heard. I loved it when Gwyneth seemed to be echoing something Olwena said in agreement. (Or vice versa?) It's amazing how much gets communicated through intonation and speech patterns, even when you can't understand the words!
ReplyDeleteY'know, the archival value of something like this is extraordinary. As the number of people speaking a language drops it's of paramount importance that records of the spoken language be captured. I recently read that the world is losing another language every fourteen days. This was such a brilliant thing to do! Thank you again and again.
Dia
I agree with their sentiments precisely! LOL
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Part of an email I recieved from Nia ( from Australia)
ReplyDelete(she grew up a mile from us here in the cottage)
Hiya – how are you. I’d already listened to this before your e-mail and intended to drop you a line! Belly dancing my arse! They are saying ”have you heard about about Mr Davies, who has fallen and hurt his face; talk about it being a shame, he’s 90 after all; it’s a job isn’t it!!”
lol
Marvellous ! - give them a weekly slot & a theme each week please John! I love them cracking up at the end ! Wicked
ReplyDeleteso cool! Sounds kinf od like elfin circa Lord of the Rings...
ReplyDeletefunny how different regions have such different dialects. Here in south Georgia sometimes it takes me a minute to figure out what an old country boy is saying. Although to my yankee friends I now sound southern...
"yall wancha'taters ina beg"-do you two want your potatoes bagged...everyone and anyone, single or plural is "yall" here.
This is very amusing...such kind hearted souls even if it's all Greek to me! ;-)
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