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Category Archives: Welsh language
Driven to reading
Bridget and Barbara have been commuting through Dinas for the past four years, from their homes in Newport and Newcastle Emlyn to their beautiful ‘Seaways’ bookshop in Fishguard’s West Street. The shop has been there a long time, but was rescued … Continue reading
Posted in Art, books, Crafts, Welsh language
Tagged advent calendar, bookshop, crafts, Dinas, Dinas Cross, independent, Pembrokeshire, Seaways, Tegfan
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What could another language do for you?
When we drive from Cheshire to Pembrokeshire, there are language clues that remind us that we have crossed the border from England into Wales. There have been numerous studies that show how good language learning is for the brain. One … Continue reading
Here are some Welsh words you already know
I’ll confess to taking comfort from ‘to-do’ lists. Most of my lists are very long and get lost or abandoned well before they have properly outlived their usefulness. But when I’m feeling over-whelmed by the backlog of tasks that I … Continue reading
Posted in books, Welsh language
Tagged BBC Wales, Derek Brockway, language learning, Welsh
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How do you say ‘Eglwyswrw’
I remember, with a pleasing glow of satisfaction, the look of surprise on a stranger’s face when, in a conversation through the car window that occurred because we were well and truly lost in narrow lanes between Newport and Cardigan, … Continue reading
Posted in Welsh language
Tagged Dinas Cross, Eglwyswrw, Llanychaer, Mynachlogddu, Pembrokeshire, place-names, pronunciation, Scleddau, Welsh
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Good teachers make a difference
I have two sets of great-grandparents who were born and brought up in Dinas. They were born in the 1840s and I don’t know whether or not they went to school. Judging from John Hughes’ depressing account of Education in … Continue reading
Read this and rage against stupid educationalists
If you have strong feelings on the positive value of a bi-lingual education, or indeed any education at all, be warned that there are parts of this wonderful book that will make your blood boil. The Story of Education in … Continue reading
Welsh Rugby
Just in case you are thinking of combining a visit to Tegfan with a trip to the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, here are the important dates to bear in mind: Wales v Italy – Sat 4th Feb 2014 Wales v France … Continue reading
Posted in Sport, Welsh language
Tagged 6 nations, Cardiff Millennium Stadium, Dinas Cross, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Pembrokeshire, Rugby, Singing, Tegfan, Wales, Welsh National Anthem
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The smell of gorse flowers in the sunshine
The smell of gorse in the sunshine brings back my childhood. It was a plant that I knew only in Dinas and I called it eithin. When I learnt its English name, some years later, I thought it an incongruously … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Welsh language
Tagged childhood, Dinas Cross, eithin, gorse, memories, Pembrokeshire, smells, Tegfan, Wales, welsh language
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Tegfan, Dinas Cross 