Now that is funny!
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/10/2013 3:05 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Maybe lost in transalation. Like this:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm
> :-)
>
>
> On 10 September 2013 01:01, Chuck Norcutt
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the tour. My wife and I were in that area in the 80s in
>> pursuit of some genealogical data from her mother's Welsh side. We
>> weren't very successful in that endeavor but did see a lot of very fine
>> scenery... but not including most of what you showed us.
>>
>> But you've posed a language mystery. Perhaps someone who speaks Welsh
>> can answer. If you read the sign here
>> <
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu/cardiff082013/content/20130831-_DSF3952_large.html
>>>
>> and look at the estimated time for Canon y dref/Town centre by bike (at
>> upper left) you'll see the abbreviation for 2 minutes as "2 fun". But
>> estimates of more than 2 minutes all use the abbreviation "mun" rather
>> than "fun". If I ask Google to translate 2 minutes I get 2 funud. If I
>> ask any other number (including 1 and 3) I get munud rather than funud.
>>
>> So, what's unique about 2 minutes that it gets its own word for minute?
>> Something tells me the translator isn't telling me all about the language.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 9/8/2013 3:32 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>> Finally finished processing my pictures from the week in Wales, and the
>> resulting gallery is here:
>>>
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu/cardiff082013/
>>>
>>> Mostly from Cardiff Bay since that is where we were most of the time,
>> although there are also a couple from Cardiff centre and from the town of
>> Carmarthen, 70 miles to the west. Cardiff Bay is the city's waterfront.
>> Like in many other cities, it had become a seedy area during the 1970 and
>> 80s but has been completely transformed in recent years.
>>>
>>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>>
>>> YNWA
>>>
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