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gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 18 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It'd be interesting to see which words were M/F...for example lorry and van in Welsh are female..and car is male.. cat is female,dog,male.
I wonder if there is a pattern or reason in the languages that have kept genders

Shan



Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales
PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 18 12:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I probably need to do some comparisons to my rudimentary French vocabulary.

gregotyn



Joined: 24 Jun 2010
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Location: Llanfyllin area
PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 18 2:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I had some good holidays in Portugal on the Algarve, but being agricultural I enjoyed the coach trips up into the hills better than the seaside with thousands of suitably brown bodies whilst I had to keep covered up! We used to buy a lot of the timber from the hills above the Algarve for our fencing panel manufacture. Once you are out of the coastal area Portugal is something else-beautiful, and the people have the right pace for a good life.

Shan



Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales
PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 18 2:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Completely agreed. I'm not really a fan of beaches and crowds of people (I prefer to view a beach from afar off the back of a boat). The hills are beautiful and so changeable. The amount of wildflowers is absolutely stunning. Also, we have seen so many different birds as well as signs of wild boar in the forests. You can never get bored of it.

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 18 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Shan wrote:
Thanks. So far so good. Been enjoying the mountains of fresh fish at the municipal market


Sounds shit.

Shan



Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales
PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 18 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick wrote:
Shan wrote:
Thanks. So far so good. Been enjoying the mountains of fresh fish at the municipal market


Sounds shit.

It's terrible - don't come, you wouldn't enjoy it!

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon
PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 18 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick wrote:
Shan wrote:
Thanks. So far so good. Been enjoying the mountains of fresh fish at the municipal market


Sounds shit.


They love their broad beans too.

Shan



Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales
PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 18 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

......and fish.........

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 18 6:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
Nick wrote:
Shan wrote:
Thanks. So far so good. Been enjoying the mountains of fresh fish at the municipal market


Sounds shit.


They love their broad beans too.


Fools.

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 18 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Shan wrote:
Nick wrote:
Shan wrote:
Thanks. So far so good. Been enjoying the mountains of fresh fish at the municipal market


Sounds shit.

It's terrible - don't come, you wouldn't enjoy it!


I’ll be there. Never happier than when moaning.

Shan



Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales
PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 18 7:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick wrote:
Shan wrote:
Nick wrote:
Shan wrote:
Thanks. So far so good. Been enjoying the mountains of fresh fish at the municipal market


Sounds shit.

It's terrible - don't come, you wouldn't enjoy it!


I’ll be there. Never happier than when moaning.

Hopefully it will be national octopus week.

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 18 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Oh. I’m alright with calamari. And I might try octopus.

Shan



Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales
PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 18 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

National prawn week?

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 18 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Shan wrote:
National prawn week?


Always National gin week. That’ll do. When are you free?

Shan



Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales
PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 18 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I don't think my liver could tolerate you for a week.

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