[BC] Cymru was -Cyrmu: Barry in Wales

[Andy Green Listservers]

Don't like being a pedant (well I do sometimes!!)

But it's Cymru (pronounced Coomree) not Cyrmu!

It does sound a lovely language though - here in South East Ireland, we can 
get TV from Wales, and there is a Welsh language station called S4C -
A fair pproportion of Wales , mainly in the North) speaks Welsh as their 
first language - they can all speak English too, but Welsh is a real living 
language, and it is peppered with the odd English words or phrases like "you 
know" - have a look at an S4C Soap Opera to see what I mean.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/wales/pobolycwm/media/video/30traileng?size=16x9&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1
This programme is made by BBC wales and sold to S4C (which is sort of a 
commercial station)

Technically it is related to Irish Gaelic, but in practice, there is very 
little that sounds or looks the same, whereas Scots Gaelic is a lot closer 
to Irish

Have a good trip, Barry!

Andy Green,
Total Broadcast Consultants Ltd
Waterford, Ireland
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Mishkind" <barry at oldradio.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Cyrmu: Barry in Wales


> At 02:20 PM 10/2/2005, Scott Fybush wrote
>>I treasure my airchecks from my 2002 visit to Wales. If you've never heard 
>>the Welsh language in action on the radio (and ever since the BBC World 
>>Service discontinued their Welsh-to-Patagonia service, it's pretty much 
>>impossible in North America), you're missing one of the more unusual 
>>experiences out there. It sounds like something akin to listening to 
>>someone clear their throat for several minutes at a time - albeit with 
>>jingles and traffic reports and so on, all interspersed amidst the 
>>broadcast.
>
>         Heheh... close.  My host (in Cariff)'s wife
>         speaks Welch ... and even her English
>         is accented Welchy.  (Welchy? <ggg>)
>
>         I *love* the way she says "Barry" ... !
>         (and it really is coincidental that they
>         live in Barry .... yes ... Barry, next to
>         Barry Island, the end of the Barry Railway.
>         Also the place they stored ALL the disused
>         steam locomotives until the enthusiasts
>         rescued them.  I have a picture of John
>         and I walking around the storage area
>         just before the last of them were taken
>         away.)
>
>         It was a mutual friend that introduced
>         us about 20 years ago, and we have
>         been friends since.  In fact, they
>         visited Tucson earlier this year.
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>>At the risk of going off-topic, I hope Barry's itinerary includes a visit 
>>to Portmeirion, the resort where "The Prisoner" was filmed in the sixties. 
>>I think it was the most memorable vacation I've ever taken, anywhere!
>
>         Why, how could it not?  I've been there
>         twice... and have pix of me in cottage #6
>         and a few other places.
>
>         However, I never did find the transmitter!
>
>         <g>
>
>
>>s
>>
>>At 01:50 PM 10/2/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>>>Barry, have a restful time in one of the most beautiful spots in the
>>>U.K.
>>>
>>>http://www.walesonline.com/cds/arhydynos.htm
>>>
>>>(click on Bryn Terfel's version)
>>>
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>>>
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