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[Tim Walker]

I saw that icWales article earlier this year, & I really want one of those! It's just gorgeous.

Sherry

Which item? They all look good (with the possible exception of the T-shirt). The Welsh ladies are to be complimented for insisting on something of their own.

BTW, a dictionary defined a "serape" as a "woolen blanket, often brightly colored, used as a garment in Spanish-American countries." Is this an equivalent from the Celtic past, or is this a cultural borrowing that the Welsh are making their own?

[flyv65]

BTW, a dictionary defined a "serape" as a "woolen blanket, often brightly colored, used as a garment in Spanish-American countries." Is this an equivalent from the Celtic past, or is this a cultural borrowing that the Welsh are making their own?

I thought the cultural borrowing was more in the lines of the name than the garment style itself: do you guys think it looks like a serape?

Bryan...maybe I oughta look one 'o them serape things up on the web...

[Sherry]

The clogyn, of course!



Sherry

[Tim Walker]

BTW, how is "clogyn" pronounced?

[Sherry]

Well, not being a speaker of Welsh Gaelic, I couldn't say for sure. We'll have to ask Derek. :smile:

Sherry

[Rob]

Well, not being a speaker of Welsh Gaelic, I couldn't say for sure. We'll have to ask Derek.

Sherry

Sherry,

I am fairly sure that it is pronounced 'klogin', with the 'o' and the 'g' pronounced as in 'got'.

By the way, I wouldn't let a Welshman hear you referring to 'Welsh Gaelic' if I were you, as Welsh is not a Gaelic language. There are two branches of the Celtic languages in the British Isles. These are Brythonic and Gaelic. Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch, together with Cornish. The Gaelic branch includes Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic and Manx.

Rob

[Derek]

Sherry .. Rob is correct in his interpretation. Klog .. in. My wife tried the one on that they use for show in the shop the day we took Hamish to the Welsh Tartan Centre. They are made to measure and you can have your family tartan put on it. My wife fell in love with it. It is something now on her wish list. She wants to wear it on stage at our gigs as well as social.
Iechyd Da
Derek

[Sherry]

Sherry .. Rob is correct in his interpretation. Klog .. in. My wife tried the one on that they use for show in the shop the day we took Hamish to the Welsh Tartan Centre. They are made to measure and you can have your family tartan put on it. My wife fell in love with it. It is something now on her wish list. She wants to wear it on stage at our gigs as well as social.
Iechyd Da
Derek

That's what I suspected, but couldn't post with any authority about it. I'm not surprised your DW fell in love with it. Some brilliant designer out did him/herself with that one.

Sherry

[Tim Walker]

Sherry,

I am fairly sure that it is pronounced 'klogin', with the 'o' and the 'g' pronounced as in 'got'.

By the way, I wouldn't let a Welshman hear you referring to 'Welsh Gaelic' if I were you, as Welsh is not a Gaelic language. There are two branches of the Celtic languages in the British Isles. These are Brythonic and Gaelic. Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch, together with Cornish. The Gaelic branch includes Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic and Manx.

Rob

What is the Welsh word for the Welsh language?

[Southern Breeze]

What is the Welsh word for the Welsh language?

Derek will have the definitive answer, but I think its y Gymraeg.