"Croeso i ddyfnderoedd fy isymwybod: Welcome to the depths of my subconscious. Shark Fishing in Wales is one man's odyssey to understand the land of his birth through anecdote, observation and reminiscence! By learning about his country, perhaps he can learn more about himself. A process of individuation which Carl Jung suggests we should all go through. Less assuming one nationhood and more working towards one nationhood before we become Independent." Daf Williams
Cymru/Wales: Bipolar Nation
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Sunday 30 October 2016
£WORLD/LAND POEM
Thursday 27 October 2016
The standard of my Wenglish
Now I thought that Wenglish was a 'cymysgedd' of Welsh and English not the English Dialect of the South Wales Valleys so dwi'n anghywir eto! My Cymraeg is a mixture of Welsh and English words that satisfies nobody but myself and in this blog post I would like to outline a few observations I have regarding the Welsh and English Languages. Unless you were a meany (teacher) or knew the person well you would not point out that a person had made a grammatical or spelling mistake in the English Language but in Welsh it's like a free for all.
Is correct Welsh more important than any Welsh at all?
'Dadleuol' I'm sure but if Welsh were made easier for learners then perhaps more people would learn it cos we all want an easy life don't we? don't we? Would you like to learn with a ruler hovering over your knuckles?
Here is my Welsh CV!
First Language
Educated until 7 years of age in it.
Then education was all English.
A Grade in Welsh GCSE as a Second Language.
Cwrs Gloywi Iaith Ysgrifynedig at Cardiff University.
So whatever 'ropey' is in Welsh, my Cymraeg is rhaffedig or rhwdlyd (rusty). I don't want this fact to stop me from writing in Welsh. I hear you say, how will you improve if you are not corrected! Well I'm not sure if I want to improve. I just want to speak and write Welsh but I wouldn't have this attitude towards the English Language. I wouldn't be so 'ysgeulus' towards the Saesneg. So why am I writing this now? Well I have started tutoring a friend. He is a full blown Brummie and it is wonderful to hear him speaking Welsh with a Black Country accent. He is a beginner but his enthusiasm is contagious and I find myself enthused by helping him. I taught Welsh as a Volunteer to adults in the 1990s for the Welsh Language Society in Cardiff and got a kick out of it but then the learners started asking about treigladau/mutations and other grammar questions and I was flummoxed so my confidence took a knock and instead of avowing to fill the gaps in my knowledge base I did nothing so perhaps my attitude to my own first language has been tainted by the lazy, instant Saesneg at our fingertips. If I do not afford as much respect to Cymraeg as I do to English then why should I expect others to have an interest or wish to learn the language. Psychology must play a part here for all learners. Why does a Brummie want to learn it? I've never asked him but to witness his keenness for something that many ignore, dismiss, insult, diminish or wish didn't exist is very touching. STOP PRESS
He told me today that he is learning it to help in his battle against depression. So perhaps that is a first because it appears to make many 'Wenglish' depressed, the thought of having to learn the indigenous brogue bro of their native country. The language cast asunder by the Capitalists of the Industrial Revolution and trampled as dust because we all know that jobs are more important than anything in the whole wide world because without jobs we would not eat and get pissed in the pub of a Saturday where it do not matter what 'iaith' you do be slurring. Language is therefore political and it cannot be anything else. By learning it you are making a political statement that you hold alternative values and wish to communicate and converse in something more original, historical, lyrical and earthy. You are learning the language of the Druids so that you can prop up the bar in Clwb Ifor Bach. Society has become so soulless and one dimensional and perhaps it is the individuals who yearn for a more 3 dimensional view of the world who put their tick in the blwch for Welsh. I shall continue to write in Wenglish and continue to tutor my friend. I just hope that he is not corrected by some well meaning personage or if he is that he is given some warning beforehand.
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Better Out than In
Saturday 22 October 2016
Tribal
I am writing this Blog Post whilst listening to the above video so I've got crackling from a wood fire, some drumming and a flute giving it large. I thought it might inspire me to write something about tribes. Looking back over the blog and over the topics that have spurred me to write, the word and the feeling is Tribal. I didn't think that I was primitive and tribal but I must be. Living in Grangetown for 27 years has done that to me? When in Aberystwyth looking out at the wide expanse of Ceredigion Bay I have my 'Cymraeg' Head on, when I return to the Peoples' Republic of Grangetown I put my Cardiff head on. My Cardiff head looks down at the road a lot and not at the people. To be fair my 'Cymraeg' head does that as well. Never hold anybody's glance lest they think you are staring. La Grange or Glorious Grangetown is getting rougher. A lot of human shipwrecks about. I am now turning into a tribal elder. I was paid two compliments recently, one that I was showing maturity and the other that I had a military bearing. I took both as a compliment even though I am anti army. It has taken long enough but if others can pick up on something it is good to know. Personally I think that I have become over cautious especially in regards to travelling and in regards to people. "You get slapped down bruv and it makes you reticent, you get me!" I tweet against the Tories & UKIP, two right wing tribes at opposite ends of the class spectrum but both in tune against the other tribes. The ones trying to get over the channel. When two tribes go to war anaye! The tribes of East and West namely Putin's Russia and Trump/Clinton's America are sabre rattling. The Prophet of doom that I am, whoever wins the Presidential election I foresee will have to deal with a major security incident almost immediately as a test. Will they be ready? or will it send the modern tribe on turtle island reeling? When will native voices be heard? When will the indigenous tribes have their day of reckoning? Only the crackling fire has the answer! Tribal man, tribal.
Sunday 16 October 2016
Anti Semitic Pussy
Friday 14 October 2016
A very real threat!
Wednesday 12 October 2016
The Killer Clown Club
Monday 10 October 2016
A Progressive Alliance for Wales
Friday 7 October 2016
Ffrinj Nuttars
Thursday 6 October 2016
UKIP: Y rhodd sydd yn parhau i rhoi!
The fact is, the poet does not want admiration, he wants to be believed.
— Jean Cocteau Quotes (@CocteauQuotes) September 21, 2020
Fruity old fruit bats
Hello my fruity old fruit bats! That is a term of endearment by the way. I thought I would treat you to a piece of prose rather than the b...
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