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E 31/05 Crate of Cumberland Ale
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<TABLE width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>The Jen seasonal ale for May is Yan T'yan Tethera, this is old Cumbrian dialect but what does it mean?
1) One, two, three ~ Please thank Wombatsoam
2) Four, five, six
3) Ten, twenty, thirty
</TD></TR><TR><TD class=tdwhite vAlign=top>Prize
A crate of Cumberland Ale for the lucky winner!!
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top>[FONT=Arial, Verdana]Question[/FONT]
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>The Jen seasonal ale for May is Yan T'yan Tethera, this is old Cumbrian dialect but what does it mean?
1) One, two, three ~ Please thank Wombatsoam
2) Four, five, six
3) Ten, twenty, thirty
</TD></TR><TR><TD class=tdwhite vAlign=top>Prize
A crate of Cumberland Ale for the lucky winner!!
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top>[FONT=Arial, Verdana]Question[/FONT]
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Answer seems to be: One, Two, Three
Below copied from Wikepedia:
Cumbrian numbers
<dl><dd> Main article: Yan Tan Tethera
</dd></dl> The Cumbrian numbers, often called 'sheep counting numerals' because of their (declining) use by shepherds to this very day, show clear signs that they may well have their origins in Cumbric. The table below shows the variation of the numbers throughout Cumbria, as well as the relevant cognate in Welsh and Cornish, which are the two geographically closest British languages to Cumbric, for comparison.
<table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Keswick</th> <th>Westmorland</th> <th>Eskdale</th> <th>Millom</th> <th>High Furness</th> <th>Welsh</th> <th>Cornish</th> </tr> <tr> <th>1</th> <td align="center">yan</td> <td align="center">yan</td> <td align="center">yaena</td> <td align="center">aina</td> <td align="center">yan</td> <td align="center">un</td> <td align="center">onen/unn</td> </tr> <tr> <th>2</th> <td align="center">tyan</td> <td align="center">tyan</td> <td align="center">taena</td> <td align="center">peina</td> <td align="center">taen</td> <td align="center">dau/dwy</td> <td align="center">dew/diw</td> </tr> <tr> <th>3</th> <td align="center">tethera</td> <td align="center">tetherie</td> <td align="center">teddera</td> <td align="center">para</td> <td align="center">tedderte</td> <td align="center">tri/tair</td> <td align="center">tri/teyr</td></tr></tbody></table>2011 - Family ticket to Warwick Castle, £20 cash, Family ticket to Legoland, £100 Love2Shop vouchers0 -
Game Over - at least an hour and a half early. How very dare they!
There's another comp in its place at least.Many tx to all who post constructively in all the forums!:beer:0
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