http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=welsh The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 03:33:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178148 Wed, 15 May 2013 10:11:43 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 178148@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Is that Rikkor the Redbricker? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178135 Wed, 15 May 2013 09:27:10 +0000 Oxbridge 178135@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Not that Oxbridge entrance is the be all etc."</p> <p>You tell Rikkor that... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178053 Tue, 14 May 2013 20:03:54 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 178053@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Quango - it's just in reference to the fact that the real college in question sought to justify their decision to stop the rugby fixture on the basis that the other college is, in essence, solely an academy for professional rugby players of the future in contrast to their own highbrow academic aspirations. </p> <p>That all sounds fair enough until it emerges that said "professional rugby academy" got 2 students into Oxbridge last year (as genuine undergraduates, not what you're referring to above), precisely the same number of students as the college with the loftier academic pretensions. </p> <p>Not that Oxbridge entrance is the be all etc,, but it tends to be the measure that most schools use, especially those who wish to portray themselves as academically successful. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178052 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:23:53 +0000 quango 178052@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Don't get the Oxbridge reference tho - the rowing team for both is made up of people who are as thick as shit, but win them races. Same for rugby </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178023 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:58:44 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 178023@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well, funny names or not....that is the question. Spot on about Llandovery. Glad to hear you were good at tennis 30 years ago...I wasn't.</p> <p>Don't want to get too clever for my own good with Welsh words and spellings....probably should change the teachers names and maybe the schools too, but not sure how ! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178020 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:52:23 +0000 blacklesbian 178020@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Life is Bywyd in welsh and Llyf is I think flood although might be spelt with an 'i' not a 'y'. I liked Llandofmyfathus as well, especially as the real place is Llandovery. They may be a big rugby school but our comprehensive slaughtered them at tennis thirty two years ago. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178015 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:27:38 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 178015@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If I can't edit the text any more, are there any other ways to tidy up the funny names problem...or do I just have to reissue as a new version? Any suggestions? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178014 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:22:35 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 178014@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ah ok, thanks for the tip - I didn't know there was a no funny names rule....although, on reflection, I guess they are a bit cheesy. I don't know about the Welsh spelling, tricky subject. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177991 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:56:35 +0000 beau-jolly 177991@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Has promise but breaks the no funny names rule a few times. Having said that I did like University of Llyfe although I am sure you spell it Llyff. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177945 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:24:48 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 177945@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Sorry about that Oxbridge....nothing personal, I'm sure</p> <p>("nothing personal?....how much more personal can you get.....") </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177943 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:17:26 +0000 blacklesbian 177943@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Apparently some of the public schools have banned buggery as well now. It never did me any harm. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177941 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:09:14 +0000 Oxbridge 177941@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Last week I heard rumours of 2 students gaining entry to Oxbridge"</p> <p>My ass hurts.</p> <p>Stars anyway. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177939 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:02:05 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 177939@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Here you go.....</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22443380" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22443380</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wales-oldest-schoolboy-rugby-fixture-3664228" rel="nofollow">http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wales-oldest-schoolboy-rugby-fixture-3664228</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177857 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:01:26 +0000 Titus 177857@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"... did you by any chance come across the real story to which this is thinly veiled reference?!"</p> <p>No. Gissa link. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177856 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:03 +0000 Wrenfoe 177856@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>No - but I know half a dozen Colleges that sound just like this lol </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177852 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:45:13 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 177852@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well, thank you very much for that...did you by any chance come across the real story to which this is thinly veiled reference?! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177851 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:42:05 +0000 Wrenfoe 177851@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Friend or no - I liked it! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177850 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:34:22 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 177850@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Haha....I like that I can give myself a 5* vote - who needs friends?! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177844 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:10:28 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 177844@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A leading independent school in Wales has decided to ban certain rugby matches due to new research from the University of Llyfe, which shows that getting hit by other people wearing skin-tight lycra and studded boots can cause mild symptoms of what doctors call "pain".</p> <p>The Head of Jesus H. College, Miss Ingdepointt said, "This research shows that not only does rugby hurt, but certain games hurt significantly more, mainly the ones you lose. We have reached the sad but inevitable conclusion that all rugby matches which we are unlikely to win are therefore inherently unsafe and regrettably must be banned." </p> <p>The first casualty of this decision will be the historic 500 year old 1st XV fixture against local rival Llandofmyfathus College, which in recent years has focused exclusively on rugby, at the cost of almost everything else.</p> <p>"It’s not easy to be this dedicated to rugby," claimed Llandofmyfathus Head Coach, Dai Trying, "even if we are Welsh. We have to be absolutely single-minded in our mission. Last week I heard rumours of 2 students gaining entry to Oxbridge, which is totally against College policy and you can expect citings and drinking fines of the toughest order to follow. Similarly, there have been stories of some pupils with long hair wearing make-up and skirts. I expect it’s only the colts back-rowers having a laugh, but you can’t be too careful."</p> <p>Asked about the prospectîve loss of the world’s oldest sporting fixture, Trying said, "It’s a shame, but we’ll get over it. Last year we had to deal with a major crisis in changing the College motto from "Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage" to "Crouch, Touch, Set", in line with IRB regulations. We survived that, so I’m sure we’ll get through this too."</p> <p>On whether other sports would be affected at Jesus H. College, Miss Ingdepointt commented, "There’s nothing in the research that indicates any dangers at all associated with other sports, especially those involving large wooden sticks, which coincidentally we happen to be quite good at and for which we offer numerous scholarships – all applicants welcome, especially those from St. Trinians." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173291 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:59:13 +0000 Titus 173291@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Can you recommend one? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173253 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:51:52 +0000 blacklesbian 173253@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I think you need a new translation engine. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173246 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:05:35 +0000 Titus 173246@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Hole tight each y have persecuted"?</p> <p>I suspect it loses something in the translation. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173243 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:53:09 +0000 blacklesbian 173243@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Twll dyn pob saes! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173217 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:05:02 +0000 beau-jolly 173217@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Checking on Google translate they do seem to have very few words for sex but they do have Bwystfileiddiwch </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173209 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:11:42 +0000 Ian 173209@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>wider range of sex words - surely to make it possible to communicate a desire for something other than a liaison with a dumb woolly quadruped (called Ffion). </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173166 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:04:33 +0000 deceangli 173166@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>deskpilot - good point. How about :</p> <p>Future plans for the language include restoring the vowel:consonant ratio and a wider range of sex words, to make it possible to communicate a desire for something more interesting than the missionary position. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173154 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:47:58 +0000 deskpilot3 173154@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Welsh alphabet to be given more vowels? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173137 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:15:25 +0000 Tripod 173137@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice idea. Stars. And makes a change from all the desperately unfunny Thatcher 'jokes'... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173127 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:07:48 +0000 Titus 173127@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fel ydy 'ch measles Boyo? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=59574#post-173117 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:52:21 +0000 Ian 173117@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Excellent, have some shiny things that sparkle in the sky. </p>