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Ooooo.... Candyman #CiG2025

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Wetiad y dydd. Expression of the day. Troi lawr = to reject Ma nw 'di troi'r datganoliad lawr = they have turned down the devolution www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! blinetig = tired -wi'n timlo'n flinetig = I'm feeling tired

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Some help please! Angen help! We're doing some research into Islwyn, and are looking for information on the whereabouts of his 4 chairs. He won at Rhyl 1870, Holyhead 1872, Caerphilly 1874, and at Treherbert 1877. The Caerphilly one was in the Winding House (diolch @rhiandafydd.bsky.social).

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Gair y dydd. Word of the day. angysondab = incongruity, discrepancy, discord, dissonance -ma na rwfath o angysondab 'no = there is some sort of dissonance there

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! 'sgaprwth = disgraceful, shameful, insulting, negligent -Ma nw’n rai i wilia mor sgaprwth = they are some to talk [quite] so disgracefully

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! shiréw = malicious, fierce, cruel, wicked, harsh -'en fenyw shiréw yw ’onna = she was a malicious old woman -ma fa'n shiréw iawn 'da withwrs = he is very cruel to the workers

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Wetiad y dydd! Expression of the day! ar fai = to blame -ma fa'n roi* nw ar fai = he is giving* them the blame [for it] *It's really putting them in the position of having it

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! styriad = to consider; to regard; to wonder about; to ponder -Ma na tri pheth i ni'n styriad = there are three things for us to consider

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! Trilo = to become feeble or exhausted; to be worn out; to waste away from illness -w i 'di trilo wsnos 'ma = I've become exhausted this week

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! angywir = incorrect, inaccurate, untrue, wrong -wostod, ma fa'n angywir = always, he is wrong

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Richard Burton on the Dick Cavett show in 1980. youtu.be/CkIsEqupfEM?... #WalesInTheMovies

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Wetiad y dydd! Expression of the day! tro cæs = unfortunate incident -ma 'na tro cæs 'no 'eddi = there is an unfortunate incident there today

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Mari Llwyd at Newport Torfaen 11/12/2025 #marillwyd #casnewydd

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! styriad = to consider, contemplate, deliberate, give consideration (to) -nei di styriad 'ny? = will you consider that (thing)?

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Cool map of the llan prefix and it’s relatives. across the piece.

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One of the stranger traditions in Wales at New Year! A singing contest between the visitors with the Mari Lwyd and those indoors goes on until they are allowed in for a tipple 🍻 #YFariLwyd

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! tǣn = fire -ma 'na tǣn pœth 'no = there are the fires of hell there

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Today we turn to the work of Islwyn (biography.wales/article/s-TH...) for the: Gair y dydd! Word of the day! arddun = magnificent; sublime; superbly grand -Mor hardd a’r bore arddun = as beautiful as the magnificent morning

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Today we reach all the way back to the Llyfyr Coch Hergest for: Gair y dydd! Word of the day! Ystwyll = Epiphany

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! cyssewyr = the smell of fresh air; sweetness of smell -stim yn y byd mor iachus a chyssewyr y bora = there's nothing in the world as healthy than the sweet smell of the morning

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The greatest poetic metre you’ve probably never heard of

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Wonderful article from the Archdruid. I assume that 'Cynghanedd also allows Welsh-language bards to snigger at other poets when they say, "just done an iambic monometer and you would not _believe_ the hassle..."' got edited out in the end. Diolch o galon i @siriol.bsky.social am gomisiynu #Cymraeg

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! 'myrryd = to interfere, cause interference, meddle, disrupt, intrude. -Sa i'n lico neb 'myrryd ym mataron ni = I don't like anyone interfering in our affairs.

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! neilltuoli = to separate out; to single out; to differentiate -ma nw'n neilltuoli'r morwn = they are separating out the girl

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Gair y dydd! Word of the day! parso = to stuff; to pad out -fe ’elws y colar ceffyl at y sadlar i gâl ’i barso = the horse collar was sent to the saddler for it to be padded out. -nei di barso'r giar? = will you stuff the chicken?

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Wel... 'r'arcol annwl!

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Wel. Dolig Difyr pawb. Nadolig Llawen. Merry Christmas everyone.

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It’s time for the annual posting of this Private Eye cartoon by Dave. Festive greetings to all English teachers.

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A Frenchman’s encounter with Mari Lwyd in Llanover in 1862 is made all the more special thanks to his descriptions of Welsh people’s energy, passion and warmth - and their stark contrast to the folk he encountered in England

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#DecemberWelshChallenge Day #22 Question #22 What's your favourite quote or maxim?

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