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Ok, I officially love Gareth King...
Apr. 27th, 2005 05:47 amOk, totally random thing, but it made me squee at 5:45 in the morning. Loudly. Hope I didn't wake anyone...
This week has been full of exciting deliveries in the post, mostly books I've ordered from various places. Amidst the marine biology texts, my Colloquial Welsh course finally arrived - online courses are lovely, but having the book and the tapes and CDs in my hands...much better. I'm reading/listening to the first lesson and just came to the bit about introducing yourself and other people. The usual list of suspects: father, mother, siblings, boy/girlfriends, wives, husbands, etc. Then, at the bottom, is the lovely little inclusion of "nghymar", defined as "my partner (person I live with)".
A little thing, but I found it refreshing. Very useful if I ever wanted to talk about slash in Welsh, I suppose. *g*
The narrator on the tapes, a Mr Simon Bell, has a very nice voice. It's not quite the type of voice I'd like to snog, but I'd certainly take it out for tea and a biscuit. The native Welsh speakers sound lovely, but damn do they speak fast. It feels like the early stages of my French classes all over again. I long for the stage in which this will all sound natural to me.
This week has been full of exciting deliveries in the post, mostly books I've ordered from various places. Amidst the marine biology texts, my Colloquial Welsh course finally arrived - online courses are lovely, but having the book and the tapes and CDs in my hands...much better. I'm reading/listening to the first lesson and just came to the bit about introducing yourself and other people. The usual list of suspects: father, mother, siblings, boy/girlfriends, wives, husbands, etc. Then, at the bottom, is the lovely little inclusion of "nghymar", defined as "my partner (person I live with)".
A little thing, but I found it refreshing. Very useful if I ever wanted to talk about slash in Welsh, I suppose. *g*
The narrator on the tapes, a Mr Simon Bell, has a very nice voice. It's not quite the type of voice I'd like to snog, but I'd certainly take it out for tea and a biscuit. The native Welsh speakers sound lovely, but damn do they speak fast. It feels like the early stages of my French classes all over again. I long for the stage in which this will all sound natural to me.
