[UK-CONTEST] Lost in translation.

[Stephen Emlyn-Jones]

The translation of the Welsh phrase would be:- Everybody from Wales must
have closed down by now !!
73s Steve
GW4BKG


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[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob Henderson
Sent: 22 April 2007 14:34
To: Stewart Rolfe; Ian G3WVG
Cc: 'UK Contesting'
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Lost in translation.

I'm about as Chinese as I am Welsh but it's fun to make an uneducated guess.

How about:

I packed up early.  My heart wasn't in it.

Bob, 5B4AGN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart Rolfe" <gw0etf at btinternet.com>
To: "Ian G3WVG" <g3wvg at btinternet.com>
Cc: "'UK Contesting'" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Lost in translation.


> Ian G3WVG wrote:
>> Hiya Guys
>>
>> I wonder if any Welsh speakers subscribe to this forum?  If so, perhaps 
>> they
>> can help me.  In the latest results section for the RSGB 80M SSB CC, 
>> GW7BZR
>> remarks ..." MAE'N RHAID BOD PAWB O GYMRU WEDI CAU I LAWR YN FUAN!"
>>
>> I am ashamed to say that despite being an ex-GW, my knowledge of the
>> language is virtually zero, so I typed the phrase into an online 
>> translation
>> site and got the following result ......
>>  "HE ' IS BEING HEARTBURN NECESSITY BE EVERYONE HE SHE PERSUADING HAS 
>> SHUT
>> DOWN SOON!" .... Now, I know that my old country folk can sometimes have 
>> a
>> rather lyrical turn of phrase somehow don't think that this can be 
>> entirely
>> accurate!!
>>
>> It reminds me of the Tony Hancock sketch with the immortal line..."It is 
>> a
>> raining not in Tokyo also!"
>>
>> 73 de Ian ex-GW3WVG
>>
>>
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> Something like "Welsh participants must have packed up early...."
> (maybe due to heartburn..?!)
>
> Doesn't seem to make a lot of sense in context and I'm not a pure
> speaking Celt either so maybe a true Cymro may like to confirm (you
> monitoring GW0GEI ?)
>
> Hwyl,
> Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF ex-Wolverhampton
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