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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Post deleted by Wordwind #43389 09/30/01 04:48 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cwm/crwth...Any others? #43390 09/30/01 05:37 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 hi, wordwind - welcome to the nuthouse! I can think of a few off the cuff (or is that cwfff?) dwr = water swn = sound (those two should have a 'to' or roof over the 'w' - like this letter's: û - but I can't seem to find that in the standard character sets...) ffrwd = misty, damp (I think) twr = tower twll = hole bwlch = gap (in hills etc), pass hwn = that Perhaps Rod and others will think of some more. What's your interest in Welsh words derived from? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cwm/crwth...Any others? #43391 09/30/01 06:19 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Here's on online course in Welsh language. http://www.cs.brown.edu/fun/welsh/home.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cwm/crwth...Any others? #43392 09/30/01 06:33 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Please, Mav, What's Welsh for "nuthouse?" ;) Thanks Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Post deleted by Wordwind #43393 09/30/01 07:43 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cwm/crwth...Any others? #43394 10/01/01 12:54 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Tw trw, mon vieux! here are a few more than swim into focus: pwll = pool drws = door drwg = bad or naughty drwm = drum dwbl = double gwrth = counter or contra gwr = man (and interestingly gwrach = witch!) lwc = luck llwgr = corruption dwl = dull, stupid dwndwr = hubub, babble dwthwn = day (tho around here we woud use dydd) llwnc = gulp, swallow dwrn = fist, handle, hilt llwm = bare, destitute mwrthwt = hammer cwrw - BEER! wydd = goose (I think this is a soft mutation of gwydd) cwn = dog or dogs (depending on where in Wales) cwl = cool, wicked (modern transliteration) cwrwgl = coracle (traditional withy & skin fishing boat) mwlwg = refuse, sweepings mwng - mane (horse's) pwt = short ('Gog' or North Welsh) cwcw = cuckoo cwpl = couple; tie-beam cwmwl = cloud cwt is one that I like since it has quite varied meanings depending on context: tail, skirt, queue, hut, sty - the common feature seems to be something as an appendage. cwr = edge, border or skirt, whereas cwrs = course mwrllwch = fog, mist, vapour (another Gog term, my kids said) and one for Dr Bill (YCLIU!): cwthwm if that's not more 'w' stuff than you ever wanted, try the name of my village, which as mentioned elsewhere appears on the nameboard in upper case like this: EGLWYSWRW Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter FWIW #43395 10/01/01 12:59 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York We got a book this weekend written in Plattdeutsch ("low German"). It uses w as a vowel - and wait, that's not all! - the w is umlauted! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: W as vowel #43396 10/01/01 01:05 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 My ASp trumpeth me. But I have not completely conviced myself that it is Plattdeutsch. We have neither of us given it more than the most cursory of looks so far. It was in the Plattdeutsch section but so were some other thangs that were definitely not Plattdeutsch (including some Middle English {or should I say Mittelenglische} tales in a Hoch Deutsch matrix). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: elated #43397 10/01/01 01:08 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Fwiw! So hôw cân I do that tw, my favoûrite wîtch? and btw, 'to' is pr. something almost like 'tor', and means 'roof'... very direct language, Welsh! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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