This is a Journal entry by Mr Jack

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Post 1

Mr Jack

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/blockedme.php


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Post 2

Milla, h2g2 Operations

smiley - laughsmiley - ermsmiley - cheerup

smiley - towelMilla


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Post 3

Mr Jack

Hylo...smiley - smiley
Would you mind not pointing that bogbrush at me?smiley - winkeye


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Post 4

Snailrind

smiley - laughsmiley - sadfacesmiley - biggrin

But... what does brb stand for?


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Post 5

Milla, h2g2 Operations

sorry 'bout the brush - you shouldn't feel brushed off.

Be Right Back, Snailrind...

smiley - towelMilla


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Post 6

Mr Jack

"sorry 'bout the brush - you shouldn't feel brushed off."

smiley - laughsmiley - ok

This is funny too.

http://www.udargo.com/burton/Tsunami/


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Milla, h2g2 Operations

*bows*
Glad to be of (am)use(ment)...

smiley - yuk It's really hard to be funny in text, in a foreign language....

That link is hysterical - so close to reality it is scary!
smiley - laughsmiley - erm
The streaming newslets at the bottom of the screen aren't bad either!smiley - biggrin

smiley - towelMilla


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Post 8

Mr Jack

"It's really hard to be funny in text, in a foreign language...."

Tis next to impossible for me, I can barely remember a word of Welsh, French or German, let alone how to use word play and suchlike...


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Milla, h2g2 Operations

Ahh, but you see, I need it in work, so I get daily practice. And I play here a lot! If you insisted on playing in Welsh, it would come back, I'm sure!

smiley - towelMilla


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Post 10

Mr Jack

I wonder if they do Welsh over at 'The Language Thing'... Hmm.


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Post 11

Milla, h2g2 Operations

or you can start something?

I did read something on hootoo, it told me how to say 'I like fish and chips' in Welsh, but I can't remember it for the life of me! Welsh is SOOOO different from other languages I know!

smiley - towelMilla


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Post 12

Mr Jack

It one of Europe's oldest and least changed languages.

re: Fish & chips. A952319


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Post 13

Milla, h2g2 Operations

Pysgodin does make some sense, but I think I need help to remember more than one word a day, and even that page is a short list...

Care for holding a silly little course in Welsh? Cymryddin???? What? is the Welsh word for Welsh?

smiley - towelMilla


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Post 14

Snailrind

I'd take him to task about some of his facts, especially his pronunciation key, but then he'd only been in Wales for two or three years when he wrote that entry. There's this in particular:

"Ch/ch is pronounced like the ending of church in english"

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Only to people who have a really, really thick Scouser accent, it is!

"What? is the Welsh word for Welsh?"

Cymraeg, pronounced cum-RYE-g.

"Care for holding a silly little course in Welsh?"

I'm up for it, if anyone else is. smiley - boing I'm okay on grammar and pronunciation, but relatively low on vocabulary. I know the basics, though. Whaddaya say, Avernus? smiley - boing We could confuse the hell out of Milla by disagreeing ferociously about what things mean and which dialect we ought to be using and so on.smiley - biggrin


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Milla, h2g2 Operations

How about we go over to the Language Thing to amuse ourselves - I'll teach you Swedish in return...

smiley - towelMilla


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Post 16

Mr Jack

Embaressingly I will be learning more welsh than I'll be teaching. Hell, my grasp of advanced English is not what it once was. Seriously over the last 3-5 years my brain has been imploding.


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Milla, h2g2 Operations

Hej, Avernus, hur har du det ikväll?

Hallo, Avernus, how are you tonight?

smiley - towelMilla


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Post 18

Mr Jack

Da iawn, diolch yn fawr...
*loosely translated*
I'm fine, thanks...

Sut ydach chi?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/learnwelsh/ May come in useful for all wishing to improve their Welsh.


Just watched the new Doctor Who, it was quite good, been a long time since I watched The Doctor so can't really fairly compare it to anything, Ecclestone's Doctor, as expected was cool, not as impressed by Billy Piper's charater as some, thought the Autons was a good place to start. Quite an action driven episode, funny in the right places. smiley - ok Look forward to more.


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Post 19

Milla, h2g2 Operations

smiley - grr I have never got to see a single dr Who episode, I'm not even sure what it is! But I believe it is something funny on tv... (I know there is a h2g2 entry around, but I suppose i makes more sense if you've seen an episode or two)

Sut-how ydach-are chi-you?

Tack, bra. Jag har just ätit frukost.
Tack(thanks), bra(fine). Jag(I) har(have) just(!) ätit(eaten) frukost(breakfast).

Vad ska du göra idag?
Vad(what) ska(will) du(you) göra('gew-rah'= do) idag(today)?

smiley - towelMilla


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Post 20

Mr Jack

No idea, probably not very much at all. I wanted to try and get up sensible time today but I couldn't get myself out of that comfortable place between wakefulness and sleep.

I still feel like i need more rest now. Eyes feel heavy, not really able to focus my attention on anything.
Also feel guilt about not getting control over my sleep patern.
And I feel down about stuff in general.


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