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Browsers Book Shop with signage in #Cymraeg (#Welsh) and Saesneg (English).

#Cymru #Wales #NorthWales #Porthmadog #BrowsersBookShop #bookstore #ShopLocal #HighStreet #IndependentBookShop #StreetPhotography #CandidPhoto #photography #Fotografie #AmateurPhotography

~meoralis~1d ago

Across the sea 🌊 for #MinimalismMonday

#Cymraeg #Welsh #Walisisch #MorfaNefyn #Wales #Cymru

Dunlopart 1d ago

Well it’s been a little while since I’ve posted but here a new painting that’s I’ll be showing at an exhibition this weekend 👨🏻‍🎨

#abstract #colour #welsh #exhibition

James 2d ago

Hylo bawb. James here. 👋

New to this server but not new to Mastodon or the Fediverse at large.

I'm a cis-male, gay-asexual public library worker from the middle of England.

I'm into gaming, linguistics, learning Welsh (approximately B1/B2 level), low-level tinkering with techy things (recently MeshCore), plants and catching up on the news. I sometimes lose an hour or two to falling down a Wikipedia rabbit-hole.

I use Linux – not Arch, btw – and GrapheneOS with free & open-source software (FOSS).

I am chief lap-giver to two small furry beings-in-charge. 🐱 🐈

I have another account (for now) over at @james which may or may not vanish at some stage. I moved here because this instance doesn't seem to run on Cloudflare infrastructure.

Anyway. Come and say hello or recommend some accounts you think I might like. :)

Photo below is hidden to avoid eye contact for those who don't like it (I don't either).

List of hashtags incoming:
#gay #asexual #library #England #UK #linguistics #gaming #Welsh #Cymraeg #plants #houseplants #news #Wikipedia #Linux #MeshCore #GrapheneOS #FOSS #cats #queer #LGBT #NoBot #NoBridge #NoAI #Introductions #NewHere

Julien 5d ago

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/12/where-duolingo-falls-down-how-i-learned-to-speak-welsh-with-my-mother #Welsh #Cymraeg

Where Duolingo falls down: how I learned to speak Welsh with my mother

The long read: Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is still a part of daily life. By learning my family’s language, I hoped to join their conversation

The Guardian

Daratheodora Mar 10

The Art of Not Looking Back. oils on board. 20"x16". 2026.

Finally read the Mabinogion, a collection of classic Welsh myths. Of course, the cŵn awwn stood out.
"According to Welsh folklore, their growling is loudest when they are at a distance, and as they draw nearer, it grows softer and softer. Their coming is generally seen as a death portent."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C5%B5n_Annwn

#mythology #oil #folk #welsh

Pixel Bandits

Mar 10

I'm just ONE off from our incredible 1,000 follower milestone on Twitch. Come and join us if any of this sounds like your bag, baby:

Discovering new #VideoGames
Remembering #Retro 80s / 90s #Gaming
#Discworld
#EliteDangerous
#Welsh people
Safe and inclusive folks
Dad jokes and Innuendo

Https://twitch.tv/pixelbandits

#Gaming #RetroGaming #Gamer #Twitch #TwitchStreamer

jdmccafferty Mar 9

9 Mar 1582: William Morgan maker of the first full translation of the #Bible 1588 into #Welsh #Cymraeg (NLW) appointed chaplain to Richard Davies, Bishop of St. Davids #otd

Italian News by RSS Mar 9

RaiNews: Crans-Montana, per la strage del Constellation indagato anche il sindaco

Sono cinque i nuovi indagati nell'inchiesta svizzera tutti con ruoli importanti nell'amministrazione della località vallese

Crans-Montana, the mayor is also investigating the Constellation massacre.

There are five new suspects in the Swiss investigation, all with important roles in the administration of the Welsh town.

#Crans-Montana #Constellation #Swiss #Welsh

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2026/03/crans-montana-per-la-strage-del-constellation-indagato-anche-il-sindaco-4678bd52-5433-4ed0-8cca-18e096ffda9f.html

Crans-Montana, per la strage del Constellation indagato anche il sindaco

Sono cinque i nuovi indagati nell'inchiesta svizzera tutti con ruoli importanti nell'amministrazione della località vallese

RaiNews

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elilla&, famigerada travesti Mar 8

@aloe

might be a confusion with something that happened to "k" rather than "i/u". Tolkien:

> But in one point of spelling Salesbury's influence was important. He gave up the use of the letter "k", which had in medieval Welsh been used more frequently than "c". Thus was established one of the visible characteristics of modern Welsh in contrast with English: the absence of "k", even before "e", "i", and "y". Students of English, familiar with the similar orthographic usage of Anglo-Saxon scribes derived from Ireland, often assume that there is a connexion between Welsh and ancient English spelling in this point. But there is in fact no direct connexion; and Salesbury, in answer to his critics (for the loss of "k" was not liked), replied: C for K, because the printers have not so many as the Welsh requireth. It was thus the English printers who were really responsible for spelling Kymri with a C.

I suppose it's possible this happened to the i/u too (Old Welsh used them rather than y/w). but I find that implausible because these are like, two out of five cardinal Latin vowels, and in the old days Latin was the primary printed language. I can't image a print shop having more y/w types than i/u. even if the English printers adapted their sets for English, that also has more i/u than y/w. but "k" is a Greek letter, not Latin, and originally used for loans only; so it makes sense that printers would have fewer of them than C's.

#Welsh