It's all Welsh to me

[Hagar]

This classic bungle gave me a good giggle over breakfast.

When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.

Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated".

So that was what went up under the English version which barred lorries from a road near a supermarket.

The English is clear enough to lorry drivers - but the Welsh reads
"I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated."

Full report here. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7702913.stm

[Fozzer]

I often wonder how many Folks in South Wales actually understand the Welsh language anyway?... ..!

...On my Motor-Bike trips there, its actually all Greek to me!... ...!

They all speak a horrendous version of Welsh-English!... ...Trust me!... ...!

F.... ... ... ...!

[expat]

That looks like the letters I always pick out when playing Scrabble

Matt

[H]

That looks like the letters I always pick out when playing Scrabble.

In their case a dd is 'approximately' pronounced as a th and a w is pronounced as the name double-u originally indicated, fwl (= fool -- for pronounciation informative purpose only).

8-)

[ShaneG_old]

And I thought Spanish looked confusing!

[H]

And I thought Spanish looked confusing!

Welsh, Manxman, Irish and Scottish (along with an overwhelming number of Gauls in France) were Celtic races: they just threw in a string of jumbled letters, "The right ones should be in there somewhere."

8-)

[Rifleman]

And all this makes Geordie seem perfectly sane........"well, as gan hyem noo,...tara...."

[a1]

Lost in the translation?

[machineman9]

And I thought Spanish looked confusing!

Spanish is an easy (though boring depending on your teacher) language to learn. For the majority of the words you can just guess and be right. I just hate it when it comes down to the accents, agreements and all these bloomin tenses/endings you have to learn.

Present, Future, Past, Preterit, Conditional, Subjunctive, Imperfect, Infinitive, Gerund etc. All the persons and all the correct verb endings too. There's easily 100 ways to say one word. Then apply that to every word there is!

I can hardly get my English spot on

[ShaneG_old]

And I thought Spanish looked confusing!

Spanish is an easy (though boring depending on your teacher) language to learn. For the majority of the words you can just guess and be right. I just hate it when it comes down to the accents, agreements and all these bloomin tenses/endings you have to learn.

Present, Future, Past, Preterit, Conditional, Subjunctive, Imperfect, Infinitive, Gerund etc. All the persons and all the correct verb endings too. There's easily 100 ways to say one word. Then apply that to every word there is!

I can hardly get my English spot on

[machineman9]

That's the problem! I grew up in San Antonio, Texas which is mostly Spanish speaking and took 3 years of it in high school and still can't do much more than order good Mexican food!

I've only been to Spain once before. What is worse is when you learn one of the dialects and then go to a place speaking a different one.

I had no idea what they were asking me, but my uncle's friend, Juan, helped us out. Hehe  ;D

[Flying Trucker]

Thank God I speak Canadian

AND

Not American, French or English

[BFMF]

Thank God I speak Canadian

Eh?

[commoner]

Thank God I speak Canadian

Eh?

 ...mmm...that's a sort of French..er...n'est pas?..........commoner

[H]

Thank God I speak Canadian
AND
Not American, French or English.

Your typed English is fairly coherent for someone who only speaks Athapaskan -- or is that Inuit?

8-)