Monday, 7 March 2011

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Further lessons in Welsh

Something in my DNA causes me to be fascinated by Welsh, so last week was a field trip in heaven.

On Wednesday we suffered a puncture in the car, but apart from being a slight inconvenience, it led to a treasure-trove of new words. On one side the sign outside ATS advertised its services in English. At first glance the words on the other side appeared to be impenetrable Cymraeg, but reading them aloud revealed their true genius:

ats-cymraeg.png
Teiars
Batris
Egsosts
Siocs
Brêcs
Tyres
Batteries
Exhausts
Shocks
Brakes

I think egsosts has just become my new favourite Welsh word. (Rollover the list above for translations.)

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