Hi ,
I have only come in at the end of this thread so may have missed the point I
make.I was taught both Welsh and English some 50 years ago.by purist
academics and had it drummed into me that 'Welsh 'was theProper- noun as in
The Welsh sing well but 'welch'' was the adjective as in the welch weather
can be variable or welch people sing well Also-- the Scottish are
proud --but the scotch weather is harsh and of course Scotch as a
colloquial word for whiskey. There is of course much arguement about this in
Scotland now. How ever language is living and a quick look at any written
prose pre 1800 would appear to be incorrect today. As with etiquette,
language detail ,served to help, clarify and explain not exclude, by
correct usage. An example of modern accepted change is net
equette where capital letters used contiuously in a word or a sentence
indicate anger and shouting as opposed to use in written script where they
can, correctly be used for form filling or providing information to
preclude mistakes from the formation of small case letters being mis -read.
Cheers Sue in LLantrisant
----- Original Message -----
From: <RRoxanne2000(a)aol.com>
To: <WALES-GEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 5:43 AM
Subject: Re: [WALES-GEN] AN APOLOGY
Hello Ron,
Welsh people are not perfect, but we generally do enjoy a laugh, even at
our own expense. You do not need to worry, I worry for the person that
would
have been so upset as to complain to you! They must be otherwise
problem
free!
Let the person who has never misspelled (misspelt) a word step
forward.
Besides, with a good Welsh name like Davies you have some latitude. Welch
instead
of
Welsh would not be caught by a spell checker! I believe I have
likely
made
the same mistake inadvertently at some time.
To keep this slightly on topic, do you have a Samuel Davies born about
1800
in South Wales?
Roxanne
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