[rab] So did you get your proposal? Is that what your prompt was for? I ask only because I can't believe you would believe that there's only one day in every four years when a woman is permitted to propose to a man...

[pen] That's what I've been told :) Though in my book, a woman can propose any time she likes.

[right] Coming right up... mwahahahaah!

That should have been addressed to [rab]... doh!

Too late! It's March 1st and now you have to marry a daffodil instead!

[Chalky] Thanks, the second two performances went markedly better than the first: we needed more dress rehearsals really. Luckily, the event was recorded on video, so we'll be able to see what went wrong and where. *cringe*

So wots the epilg dress code tonight? Welsh?

[Btd] Yep, it's Welsh alright. See you in there.

Can't talk here, I'll be howled down. Drop in and have a chat sometime.

Thanks. :-(

(Dr Q) Nid oes dim o "x" yng Ngymraeg. There is no "x" in Welsh.

[Dr Q] Whilst Rosie is correct, there is a consonant which substitues for 'x' but which is reserved for the Elders (and is oft referred to as a 'gift from the faeries'); they clack their false teeth! .... Sorry, just feeling frivolous.

s/substitues/substitutes

Also no "J", "K", "Q", "V" or "Z". BUT - "CH", "DD", "FF", "LL", "NG", "RH", "TH" and one other digraph (can't remember which) all count, so Welsh has a 28-letter alphabet.

Somehow my confused computer managed to submit that without me noticing. It really has a mind of its own.

Maybe you did it telekinetically? Are you thinking of chocolate cake now?

[snorgle] Now you come to mention it, yes

(Herr Bratsche) It's "PH" you're after. It only occurs as a mutation, i.e. a changed beginning to a word, which would otherwise start with "P". In my last post I left out an "h" in Nghymraeg, another mutation, as you can see. Many North Walians cannot pronounce the "zh" sound in words like "decision". It comes out as "sh".