I play a lot of scrabble. One of the most endearing short words (Scrabble is ALL about short words) in both the English and American lexicons is “CWM”, which is a forest hollow, is Welsh, and validates the old saw: “A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y and W”.
Craig > On Dec 17, 2021, at 7:57 AM, Heather Laine via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Beth ydych chi'n ei olygu, fy ffrind? mae'r Gymraeg yn iaith hyfryd. Gyda dim > ond y nifer cywir o lafariaid. > > I love how the word for "vowels" is almost entirely made up of vowels. > > Which brings me to my favourite Welsh word. For microwave. Popty ping. Ok so > its colloquial and only used in the south valleys "Wenglish" but it's a great > word. > > Have a wonderful Christmas/New Year/Solstice/Holiday of your choice season. > Don't let my frivolous response to this thread draw you off the straight and > narrow course of purely and only discussing LiveCode on this list. Or even > cod byw. > > Nadolig Hapus! > > Heather > > Customer Services Manager > LiveCode Ltd > www.livecode.com > > > >> On 17 Dec 2021, at 06:14, Pi Digital via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> >>> I will donate "aluminium" for them. I don't know where they got that. >> >> Sir Humphry Davy, the same one responsible for the confusion in the >> term/name. So, the same place as our American cousins. >> >>> Oh, and don't forget Wales. They only have one sorta vowel, "y", and they >>> make do with random consonants when they run short. >> They use a, e, o, u and I. W and Y are also considered vowels. They don’t >> use K, Q, V or Z Double L, D, F as well as ch, ph, rh, th and ng all make >> consonant sounds. 29 ‘letters’ in total with 7 vowels. >> >> But I get that you were only jesting ;) >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
