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| Topic Started: Jul 31 2017, 06:52:37 PM (302 Views) | |
| Boudica | Jul 31 2017, 06:52:37 PM Post #1 |
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Time for my Welsh studies. Everyone should join me on Duolingo! If you don't want to learn Welsh, you can learn such useful languages as Irish, Valyrian, Norwegian, Dutch, or Danish. Or you can learn such useless languages as Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, or Russian. |
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| Boudica | Jul 31 2017, 06:55:59 PM Post #2 |
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I just got "translate cuppa" wrong because I thought it was a Welsh word when it's British slang. |
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| Jackson Pollock | Jul 31 2017, 07:09:44 PM Post #3 |
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For a cup of tea or coffee, yeah. |
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| Boudica | Jul 31 2017, 07:11:29 PM Post #4 |
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Yup. I assumed it was also a loanword into Welsh because of how often it's said on Pobol y cwm, but nope, just English. |
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| Boudica | Jul 31 2017, 09:26:32 PM Post #5 |
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Picked up watching some Pobol y Cwm again to see how much I can keep up: 1) Not much. I can pick out words, but natural speech is very hard. 2) I forgot how much of a stick-in-the-mud Iolo is as a character. |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 03:37:28 PM Post #6 |
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Practicing Welsh again. Cymraeg is a great language. Everyone should learn it. |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 03:41:01 PM Post #7 |
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Fun fact, Caerdydd ydy prifddinas Cymru! |
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| Nostradamus | Aug 2 2017, 04:01:56 PM Post #8 |
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That is a fun fact! Why did you decide to learn some Welsh? |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 04:06:32 PM Post #9 |
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Was looking at Duolingo last year as part of my old job, and it was right after the Welsh course went live in beta. I figured it'd be good to use the product (we took a lot of design elements from duolingo), and decided it'd be hilarious to learn Welsh. Also I used to watch a fair bit of Iolo's storyline in Pobol y Cwm, and have gotten back into doing it. I'd forgotten how stupid of a person he is though, like, the Tyler's concussions storyline was one of the dumbest things I've watched in a long time. |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 04:07:32 PM Post #10 |
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https://www.duolingo.com <- would actually recommend people check it out. Super cool for learning new languages, actually pretty good. There are also a lot of language options, so you can learn something actually useful like Russian or Spanish or something. |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 09:18:05 PM Post #11 |
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I'm now posting opinions about Pobol y Cwm. Hot take: Iolo fucking sucks. Other hot take: I would probably fall for him IRL and then be infuriated by him constantly. |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 09:22:54 PM Post #12 |
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Hot take: Going to meet the person who assaulted you to ask her "why" is a stupid way of getting closure that could only happen in a soap opera that's decided that the only way to cause drama is through convoluted ways. I thought they couldn't go worse than the Tyler-concussion arc, yet here we are... |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 09:23:32 PM Post #13 |
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Like seriously wedding stress + the shit with Sion should have been enough drama. This is just silly. |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 09:25:52 PM Post #14 |
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Also it's weird to watch a show that takes place in a place without Uber, but it turns out Uber is only available in Cardiff for all of Wales. |
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| Herodotus | Aug 2 2017, 09:26:39 PM Post #15 |
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Would you like to carve a bust of me for your library? Get in line!
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This is the weirdest goddamn thing to complain about in a show. |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 09:29:11 PM Post #16 |
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Is it, though? |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 09:29:34 PM Post #17 |
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Fuck, there's even Uber at Dartmouth at this point. Dartmouth! Surely Swansea is a bigger market than Hanover, NH! |
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| Herodotus | Aug 2 2017, 09:38:10 PM Post #18 |
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Would you like to carve a bust of me for your library? Get in line!
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Yeah but there's lots of companies I don't notice in shows. Like, I don't watch Everybody Loves Raymond and go "Wait, why is nobody shopping at Walmart?" |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 09:40:25 PM Post #19 |
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Well they use taxis. |
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| Boudica | Aug 2 2017, 09:40:35 PM Post #20 |
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Like people using taxis in the US is very unrealistic. |
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| Boudica | Aug 3 2017, 05:04:09 PM Post #21 |
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I need to do my Welsh studies today. |
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| Boudica | Aug 3 2017, 05:13:35 PM Post #22 |
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I should translate my entire confessional into Welsh. |
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| Boudica | Aug 3 2017, 05:13:46 PM Post #23 |
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Unfortunately my Welsh is not that good. |
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| Boudica | Aug 3 2017, 06:55:15 PM Post #24 |
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My coworker used "dw" to mean "don't worry" in a comment on my OOO plan and I was confused for a second because I read it as Welsh. |
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| Boudica | Aug 6 2017, 02:22:52 PM Post #25 |
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I think it's time for some DAILY WELSH STUDY. |
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| Boudica | Aug 7 2017, 03:44:47 PM Post #26 |
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Man one of the practice sentences today was "you are ugly" and I was like "RUDE" |
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| Boudica | Aug 7 2017, 03:46:54 PM Post #27 |
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Well did my Welsh study for today. Man these lessons are put together weirdly. I felt like I learned only vocab and not the grammatical concept of the lesson at all. |
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| Boudica | Aug 7 2017, 04:15:06 PM Post #28 |
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Oh man so of course Tyler and Iolo's wedding gets ruined because it's a soap opera and it's not a proper wedding if it isn't ruined by some complete and utter bullshit. |
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| Boudica | Aug 7 2017, 04:15:23 PM Post #29 |
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Sorry for the Pobol y Cwm spoilers but I HIGHLY doubt anyone else will watch it ever so yeah. |
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| Boudica | Aug 7 2017, 07:35:39 PM Post #30 |
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So right now I'm watching Hinterlands: Y Gwyll on Netflix with my bf and his parents AND THERE'S A VERSION OF IT IN WELSH. Now I have a show that isn't Pobol y Cwm to watch in Welsh! |
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| Boudica | Aug 7 2017, 09:54:36 PM Post #31 |
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Back to Pobol y Cwm. Gwyneth is the fucking worst. |
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| Boudica | Aug 7 2017, 09:56:29 PM Post #32 |
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Seriously Gwyneth sucks. |
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| Boudica | Aug 10 2017, 10:18:47 PM Post #33 |
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Okay, so Gwyneth still really fucking sucks and Iolo is 100% right about her, but completely killing your relationship with your father because he's marrying a gold digger (who's also a massive [expletive]) seems a bit excessive? |
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| Boudica | Aug 10 2017, 10:20:26 PM Post #34 |
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Meanwhile Tyler is the most relatable character ever except he's also really hot. |
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| Boudica | Aug 10 2017, 10:22:06 PM Post #35 |
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Okay Tyler talked Iolo into going to his dad's wedding, so yay that. |
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| Boudica | Aug 10 2017, 10:23:09 PM Post #36 |
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Okay well this sure is a twist. |
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| Boudica | Aug 10 2017, 10:24:37 PM Post #37 |
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Okay so Gwyneth is 100% murdering Iolo now right? |
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| Boudica | Aug 10 2017, 10:52:55 PM Post #38 |
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Okay so apparently in Wales catching plagiarism is hard or something? |
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| Boudica | Aug 10 2017, 10:59:23 PM Post #39 |
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Okay they do. But Chester fucking sucks dear god. |
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| Boudica | Aug 12 2017, 09:58:17 PM Post #40 |
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Okay, so, the solution here is clearly killing Gwyneth. |
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| Boudica | Aug 12 2017, 10:03:04 PM Post #41 |
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Yes pls can this show kill off Gwyneth thanks. |
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| Boudica | Aug 12 2017, 10:03:10 PM Post #42 |
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I mean dioch. |
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| Nostradamus | Aug 12 2017, 10:05:39 PM Post #43 |
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| Boudica | Aug 13 2017, 06:24:32 AM Post #44 |
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Did I just get a prize for being a CHALLENGE BEAST? |
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| Boudica | Aug 13 2017, 06:25:02 AM Post #45 |
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Fun fact: I have won 2 individual immunities ever on MS My first was for another person, and I should have lost but the mods made an error because it was 4am My 2nd was in this game. This is my 4th merge >.> |
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| Christine Lagarde | Aug 13 2017, 07:22:18 AM Post #46 |
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none of you are getting bailouts
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who tf needs immunity lame |
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| Boudica | Aug 13 2017, 07:32:29 AM Post #47 |
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I like to win things. |
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| Christine Lagarde | Aug 13 2017, 07:33:55 AM Post #48 |
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none of you are getting bailouts
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hmm..........acceptable. carry on |
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| Boudica | Aug 13 2017, 07:45:34 AM Post #49 |
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Winning is the best. |
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| Boudica | Aug 13 2017, 07:54:47 AM Post #50 |
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Speaking of winning, thank you bf for liking flowers way too much. Also Igloo Australia. |
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| Boudica | Aug 13 2017, 07:55:52 AM Post #51 |
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I was actually going to try to get him with "quetzals" but "azalea" works too.
Edited by Boudica, Aug 13 2017, 07:56:03 AM.
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| Boudica | Aug 13 2017, 08:19:37 AM Post #52 |
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my goal this challenge is to fuck with people with the weirdest words possible. It's a shame "cwm" isn't longer because it's a great word |
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| Boudica | Aug 14 2017, 08:21:49 PM Post #53 |
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Okay so this "let's make a baby with our friend" storyline is off to a great start. |
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| Boudica | Aug 15 2017, 04:23:03 AM Post #54 |
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Oh shockingly this is already failing miserably. |
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| Boudica | Aug 15 2017, 04:25:23 AM Post #55 |
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At least this is reasonable drama instead of, like, people trying to kill each other and shit. |
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| Boudica | Aug 20 2017, 03:42:41 PM Post #56 |
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I missed 3 days of Welsh study because of how crazy this round was. Getting back into it, then seeing if I have any Pobol y Cwm to catch up on. May start watching Y Gwyll as well on Netflix. Hopefully they have the Welsh version with subs. |
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| Boudica | Aug 20 2017, 06:19:06 PM Post #57 |
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New parts of Iolo/Tyler posted! I'm so excited! |
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| Boudica | Aug 20 2017, 06:21:58 PM Post #58 |
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God this is one of the more "realistic" soap operas I've seen and it's still massive bullshit. |
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| Boudica | Aug 20 2017, 06:26:58 PM Post #59 |
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TIL there is a part of Argentina that was Welsh colonies where people speak Welsh/Spanish. |
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| Boudica | Aug 20 2017, 06:54:33 PM Post #60 |
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Okay so Theo is now talking about liking to be in nature and I'm having flashbacks to my conversations with Wallrunga in DBZ. Not that they were bad, but I mostly just want to forget that DBZ was a game that happened now that I've mostly found redemption in this game (match game win, codenames win, etc) |
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| Boudica | Aug 20 2017, 07:15:06 PM Post #61 |
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Ooh that last post was in the wrong thread. Also yeah now that they explained who the mother is this plotline at least has a semblance of sense-making since the baby didn't appear out of nowhere. |
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| Boudica | Aug 20 2017, 07:24:29 PM Post #62 |
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Okay caught up on Pobol y Cwm. Liv is a new character. She sucks. We all know that Iolo and Tyler are going to keep her baby in the end, but they're going to drag it out and add lots of drama because it's a soap. |
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