Contrary to some inspirational self-help guff out there, there is a time when one should quit. But like Edison and his lightbulb and Moses in the wilderness, this ain’t it. Despite the clear lack of any other similarity between me and those guys, this post is about that. Today’s blog post is about carrying on. [...]
27 October 2008 – 11:50 AM
There’s a scene in Alan Bennett‘s semi-autobiographical play The History Boys where two teachers are discussing the English language. Hector, played by Richard Griffiths, remarks to his colleague that he loves language. Not merely “words”, he says. “That would be so… Welsh!”. They both chuckle. I wasn’t able to quote that one exactly as I [...]
By Carl Morris
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Posted in britain, england, language, places, wales
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Also tagged alan bennett, cardiff, cwmaman, cymraeg, english, learning Welsh, pellach, slough, welsh, words
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2 October 2008 – 12:40 AM
The last year has been a bit of a language learning adventure for me. I was preparing a massive post but it’s rapidly expanding into several posts. So I want to blog about the Welsh language, for these reasons: I love it I’m learning it To offer my perspectives Recording my thoughts for a year’s [...]