There's a fair shedload of words that mean one thing in Welsh, but something else entirely in English . I have to confess that the post's title doesn't really illustrate this very well but I reckoned it was too good to not use. Anyway, back to the point .... let's have a look at some of them shall we. And before you start saying " so what " I will quickly reply, well, making a link between the two meanings is a neat way of helping you to remember them. So there. HURT = stupid ! See that digger up there .... you'd be stupid to drive to work in that! MALL = blight .. and shopping malls are certainly a blight on our towns. CRAP = a smattering ... I'll leave the inevitable image for you to imagine. OFFER = tools ..... there's a picture up there somewhere .. ARAB = merry ... I'm sure many of them are .... especially as it's the reverse of bread. DIG = angry .... well someone might take a dig at you. HEM =rivet .... easy than sewing it I suppose. MARCH = horse. Riding is easier that marching ... except for the horse. DRAIN = thorns ..... imagine a neglected drain with a throne bush growing out of it. HER = a challenge ..... aren't they always ? CAST = a trick or prank .... silly prank = broken leg = plaster CAST. CALL = wise, sensible ... there are opportunities here for the monoglot Welsh speaker to come seriously unstuck ! Now I'm making it easy for you by supply all the words ( years of research) AND all the meanings ( years of research) and all the images ( easy-peasy). So I'm now going to give you loads more words that look the same in both languages and you can carry on the good work...... pendant, nod, aim, hoe,moron,hen,had, gran,afar, afraid, cares, duo, sail, down, pig, dull, fry, cog, mad, clap, doe, stomp. man, pill, plant, torch, pair, us, crimp. ton, pall, draw, bad, sad, sill, toad, go, truth, haul, camp, blinder, brawl, toes, dawn, mail ....... there's lots more ! Well, this video down below for the music is supposed to be Malarki ... and a few minutes ago it was Malarki ..... but for some strange reason it keeps morphing back to the Gwenno video from last time .... I'm going to publish it and see what happens .... it seems to be Malarki once it's published ..... good .... |
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