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>On 04/02/2016 14:17, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
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>If you're wondering what it says on the side of the aircraft, it's in
>Welsh. The first word is "school" and the other two are place names, and
>"y" is "and".
"y" or "yr" is "the" ( and sometimes also "per" )
"a" is "and"
"o" is "of"
"Tywyn" is "Port"
so the Phrase translates literally to School the Port
A funny old language is Welsh. In comparison to English, the word
order usually puts the cart before the horse. And depending upon the
preceding word, the first letter of the following word can change, but
from an early age I could say
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - the only
word I know with fours Ls in a row.
>
>As to why it should be on the side of the aircraft, there's more
>information here:
>
>http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C583527
>
>http://www.ysgolytywyn.com/p/about-our-school-am-ein-ysgol-ni.html
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