Comments on: Word of the day - priodol http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/05/14/priodol/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / no n'hi ha prou amb una llengua Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Ryan http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/05/14/priodol/#comment-89436 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:19:02 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/05/14/priodol/#comment-89436 Seumas: I meant no disrespect. I'm mainly referring to the small numbers of speakers. If you folks out there can create a more bilingual society like the Welsh have, more power to you! Simon: It sounds to me like you'll be more than ready to ease into Welsh society when you get there. Good luck with your move. Seumas: I meant no disrespect. I’m mainly referring to the small numbers of speakers. If you folks out there can create a more bilingual society like the Welsh have, more power to you!

Simon: It sounds to me like you’ll be more than ready to ease into Welsh society when you get there. Good luck with your move.

]]> by: Simon http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/05/14/priodol/#comment-89366 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:58:32 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/05/14/priodol/#comment-89366 I rarely get to speak Welsh at the moment, apart from occasional chats with Welsh-speaking friends, but I often listen to Welsh language radio, read Welsh novels, news, blogs, etc, and also write <a href="http://www.omniglot.com/rywsut/" rel="nofollow">a blog</a> in Welsh and Irish. I'm planning to move to Wales later this year and should have plenty more opportunities to use my Welsh there. I rarely get to speak Welsh at the moment, apart from occasional chats with Welsh-speaking friends, but I often listen to Welsh language radio, read Welsh novels, news, blogs, etc, and also write a blog in Welsh and Irish.

I’m planning to move to Wales later this year and should have plenty more opportunities to use my Welsh there.

]]> by: Seumas http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/05/14/priodol/#comment-89365 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:57:47 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/05/14/priodol/#comment-89365 Chan eil sin ceart! Tha Gaidhlig Albanach fhathast beo! That's not right. Scottish Gaelic is still alive! Our word group for marriage is similar... common roots probably? Posda - married Posadh - marriage etc Seumas Chan eil sin ceart! Tha Gaidhlig Albanach fhathast beo!

That’s not right. Scottish Gaelic is still alive!

Our word group for marriage is similar… common roots probably?

Posda - married
Posadh - marriage etc

Seumas

]]> by: Ryan http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/05/14/priodol/#comment-89209 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:22:26 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/05/14/priodol/#comment-89209 An interesting post. I think the fact that Welsh has survived when all of the other Celtic languages are wanning and all but dead. Do you have much use for it where you live? An interesting post. I think the fact that Welsh has survived when all of the other Celtic languages are wanning and all but dead. Do you have much use for it where you live?

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