Ryan Giggs is very talented

Discussion in 'Other Countries' started by MHaifa1913, Dec 31, 2005.

  1. MHaifa1913

    MHaifa1913 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Metro
    United States
    Dec 21, 1998
    New York, NY, USA
    Club:
    Maccabi Haifa FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That is just my opinion, and the first post ever in this weird idea for a forum.
     
  2. patrickm

    patrickm New Member

    May 3, 2003
    usa
    does he speak welsh? you can't call yourself welsh unless you can speak the language.
     
  3. Ash II

    Ash II New Member

    Jul 23, 2004
    In a madhouse
    Only John Hartson does apparently.
     
  4. act smiley

    act smiley Member

    Feb 8, 2005
    Cardiff
    Club:
    Leicester City FC
    Depends on how much you mean "speak welsh" - I know a fair few guys who can, because its required in welsh schools, but only one guy speaks it as a first language.
     
  5. patrickm

    patrickm New Member

    May 3, 2003
    usa

    there is a lot of debate in walses about people learning welsh, right?i bought a welsh dvd course and book about 2 months ago and i have learned a fair bit, although i am obviously far from fluent. it is sort of a hobby.
     
  6. PsychedelicCeltic

    PsychedelicCeltic New Member

    Dec 10, 2003
    San Francisco/London
    Excuse me?
     
  7. USvsIRELAND

    USvsIRELAND Member+

    Jul 19, 2004
    ATL
    Thats retarded. Noone speaks welsh.
     
  8. PsychedelicCeltic

    PsychedelicCeltic New Member

    Dec 10, 2003
    San Francisco/London
    Actually Welsh is growing as a language, and 40% of schoolchildren in Wales speak it, many of them going to Welsh language schools.

    The Welsh Language Board is much better run than most Celtic language boards. The Irish in particular.
     
  9. CutePuppy

    CutePuppy Red Card

    Nov 14, 2006
    Who is Ryan Giggs?
     
  10. Bluebirds Boyo

    Nov 26, 2006
    Bangkok, Thailand
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Wales
    So what nationality am I then?
     
  11. celtic76

    celtic76 Member

    Aug 30, 2001
    WI USA
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Spoken like a true redneck! Thanks for doing us proud!
     
  12. patrickm

    patrickm New Member

    May 3, 2003
    usa
    ok

    well i have taught myself some welsh by listening to tapes over the past 9 months. it is a very difficult language to learn. so i am more welsh than some of the so called welsh.

    bore da. sut de chi? patrick ydwi. maen braq choed a chi gyd, pam d'chi dysgu camraeg? dwi dodo new jersey. dim, un, di, tre, pedwar, pimp, wyeth, saith, oeth, nawr, deg. o ble de chin gweitheo?
     
  13. PsychedelicCeltic

    PsychedelicCeltic New Member

    Dec 10, 2003
    San Francisco/London
    Piss off, plastic.
     
  14. DropkickMurphys77

    DropkickMurphys77 New Member

    May 22, 2007
    California, USA
    Giggs is great, but he's definitely not Wales' best talent, Gareth Bale is proving to be an amazing asset. However, I'm a big fan of both.
     
  15. Ash II

    Ash II New Member

    Jul 23, 2004
    In a madhouse
    Well word has it he has now retired from international football.
     
  16. PsychedelicCeltic

    PsychedelicCeltic New Member

    Dec 10, 2003
    San Francisco/London
    He'll be back for the 2010 qualifiers. Wales has less than zero chance of making Euro 2008, so no use knackering your old legs for nothing.
     
  17. Bluebirds Boyo

    Nov 26, 2006
    Bangkok, Thailand
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Wales
    Here's the problem; you're learning Welsh via audio cassettes, but then trying to impress people by writing out what you clearly don't know how to spell. It's mostly coming out as gibberish.

    But here're a few pointers nonetheless. You said good morning, when by my reckoning you posted in the evening; you should have used 'noswaith dda'. Welsh is 'Cymraeg'; pronounced 'comb' as in womb with a C, not 'cam'. Your six when counting to ten wasn't even close to being accurate; it's 'chewch', pronounced ker-we-k. And as for 'o ble de chin gweitheo?', I'm assuming the question you're asking is where do you work? In which case, work is 'gweithio'.

    As for being more Welsh than a bonafide born-in-a-miners-hospital Welshman who, believe it or not, did have at least one or two Welsh lessons while in school, well, we all have our dreams.
     
  18. JackBastard

    JackBastard Member

    Jan 21, 2007
    Bridgend
    Club:
    Swansea City AFC
    Nat'l Team:
    Wales
    Prynhawn da Patrick, sut wyt ti, a pam wyt ti 'di dewis i ddysgu Cymraeg? Y problem 'da dysgu trwy ddefnyddio casetiau yw dy fod ti'n methu sillafu unrhywbeth yn gywir. Dydw i ddim yn dysgu Cymraeg - rwy'n rhigl, ond ers symud i brifysgol nid wy'n defnyddio'r iaith mor gymaint a hoffwn.

    Am rhiw rheswm rwy't ti'n rhoi dwy gair gydai gilydd - mae "dodo" yn ddwy air.

    Beth wy't ti'n ceisio dewud 'da, "O ble de chin gweithio"? Mae'r brawddeg yna'n meddwl "from where do you work".

    Nid oes "Q" yn yr iaith Gymraeg, y gair ti'n edrych am yw "braf".

    Rhifau: Un, dau (dwy), tri (tair), pedwar (pedair), pump, chwech, saith, wyth, naw, deg, unarddeg, deuddeg a.y.y.b.
     

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