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  • Sowilo_2
    Sowilo_2 Posts: 302 Forumite
    Who's coat is this jacket ?

    For those of you who know Max Boyce, Hymns and Arias, Land of my Fathers and Harry's got a Horse"
    What is "Harry's got a Horse"? Thta's my name. Harry, not Horse. Although..... no, we won't go there.
    A fool may give advice but the one who takes it is the bigger fool.
  • Dicky2K
    Dicky2K Posts: 495 Forumite
    Many Thanks to OP for this. Just downloaded the lessons and Will put onto my Iphone now :-)

    I've lived and Worked in Lampeter, West coast of wales for Many years now, everyone i work with speaks welsh, but i cant..
    Gunna Stealth learn this now and try some out on them when i get a bit confident .. :D
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  • YANA
    YANA Posts: 41 Forumite
    Dicky2K wrote: »
    Many Thanks to OP for this. Just downloaded the lessons and Will put onto my Iphone now :-)

    I've lived and Worked in Lampeter, West coast of wales for Many years now, everyone i work with speaks welsh, but i cant..
    Gunna Stealth learn this now and try some out on them when i get a bit confident .. :D

    Da iawn, keep at it and you wont be sorry.
  • luxor4t
    luxor4t Posts: 11,125 Forumite
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    Sowilo wrote: »
    What is "Harry's got a Horse"? Thta's my name. Harry, not Horse. Although..... no, we won't go there.

    Yes we will ;) - it's perfectly suitable.

    If you 'google' for the lyrics to Max Boyce's song 'Hymns & Arias' you will find out what the boys did when they were taken short at Twickenham.

    The song continues:

    Wales defeated England in a fast and open game.
    We sang 'Cwm Rhondda' and 'Delilah',
    damn, they sounded both the same.
    We sympathised with an Englishman
    whose team was doomed to fail
    So we gave him that old bottle, that once held bitter ale!

    He started singing hymns and arias,
    'Land of my Fathers', 'Ar hyd y nos'.

    In live performances Max used to sing (& probably still does) "And Harry's got an 'orse" in an upper class English accent, reflecting the effects of the bottle's contents on the non-welsh speaking drinker.
    I can cook and sew, make flowers grow.
  • chambo
    chambo Posts: 26 Forumite
    I found this a while ago and it's a high quality course with 25 (yes 25!) free MP3 lessons. I know that not everyone wants to learn Welsh, but if you fancy something different, live and work in Wales or just want to learn for your hols this is a pretty good site to go to - (it's nothing to do with me) :)

    Also there's a great forum with free support, nothing negative etc. Really good to see people supporting one of Britain's oldest languages! :j

    Say Something in Welsh - The people that started it off have just won an award too
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  • CathWales
    CathWales Posts: 3,010 Forumite
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    chambo wrote: »
    I found this a while ago and it's a high quality course with 25 (yes 25!) free MP3 lessons. I know that not everyone wants to learn Welsh, but if you fancy something different, live and work in Wales or just want to learn for your hols this is a pretty good site to go to - (it's nothing to do with me) :)

    Also there's a great forum with free support, nothing negative etc. Really good to see people supporting one of Britain's oldest languages! :j

    Say Something in Welsh - The people that started it off have just won an award too
    27594449.jpg

    Diolch yn fawr :)
  • albionwarrior
    albionwarrior Posts: 2,271 Forumite
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    still going
  • chambo
    chambo Posts: 26 Forumite
    Wow, still going and free from 2009 :beer:
  • DigForVictory
    DigForVictory Posts: 12,054 Forumite
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    This is brilliant! We regularly holiday in South Wales, but have plans to invade the North & it will be great to be able to shop in the markets using speech rather than gesture & apologetic grin. :A
    A website & forum to practice in too!
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