Dydd Dewi Sant Hapus to all Welsh DUers!! Ok, to ALL DUers!

[Siwsan]

Unlike last year, this St. David's Day, my daffs are still well encased in the frozen earth with not a hint of green peeking up in the garden.

But like last year, Google, UK gave us all a nice salute!

[Scootaloo]

1. I'd like to buy a vowel, Pat...

[Siwsan]

2. HAHAHAHA!!

I think that every time I type anything Welsh. And, try SPEAKING the language! Whew!

[Cleita]

3. How do you say that phonetically?

Welsh spelling mystifies me

Otherwise Happy St. David's day to you.

[Siwsan]

5. For a Welsh phrase, that one is fairly easy

Hearing it from a native speaker, the dd is pronounced kind of like 'd' combined with a hard 'th', but the rest falls fairly phonetic.

I am just starting to pick up the language, and have discovered that you need a very agile tongue and, at times, a bit of phlegm in the back of your throat, to really sound authentic. I'll probably never be fully conversant, but I'm learning the pleasantries.

[Cleita]

6. That sounds like fun.

My husband spoke Irish Gaelic and it's hard for a non-Irish speaker to pronounce as well.

[monmouth3]

4. My eldest son is a David, a saint? Not too sure about that but grand to his Mother..LOL..n/t

[CTyankee]

7. My Welsh side are the Williams', a very common Welsh surname...

They probably got here in the mid 1800s (correct me if I am wrong...when WAS the Welsh migration to the US?). Oh, and my brother's name was David...

My Scottish side (Campbell and Brown) beat them by a half century (1790s).

I think there was a pesky Englishwoman in there somewhere...dang, I can't remember her name...

[Siwsan]

8. My Grandfather's family still spoke Welsh, when he was a child

They settled in Maryland.

I had always been told that my Grandmother was Dutch. She had an unusual family name, so I did some research - turns out she was ENGLISH! I sometimes wonder if she told my Grandfather she was Dutch, because had he known she was English - well, that might have been a game changer! Her family has been her pre-Revolutionary War - apparently one of my ancestors was a General in the Colonial Army.

I embrace both bloodlines with pride.

[raven mad]

9. iechyd

I hope I got that right.....

[Siwsan]

10. That's our toast at every family gathering

A meal wouldn't be complete without it.

[CTyankee]

11. no daffs, but we could still wear leeks, right?

[Siwsan]

12. Leek soup - Mmmmmmm

My Dad always took great pride in his leek garden.

[CTyankee]

14. there is a play of Shakespeare with a character who wears a leek pinned to his tunic...

I forget which one...but that is how that character is typically costumed...

[randome]

13. My name is David and I never knew!

And a Happy St. David's Day to you!
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[Are_grits_groceries]

15. I'm Welsh on my Daddy's side.

I have a common Welsh name. One of my college professors from Wales recognized it immediately.

[randome]

16. John McCain said, "Today we are all Welsh." Or something like that.

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[SidDithers]

17. Happy St. David's Day!...

Mitchell and Webb lovingly poke fun at the Welsh language with their Padlockigami piece. Hope you enjoy it

Sid

[Siwsan]

18. Love it!

It's such a melodic dialect. I read, somewhere, that the Welsh don't so much speak, as they sing.