“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
At exactly 0:28 in the video below you will see a name across the map. De Hen Bartia. I might know more Medieval Welsh than I thought. Ravens of Dinefwr centres around a family from Dinefwr in Deheubarth. Breaking down the words WITHOUT le goo goo…I translated DEHENBARTIA as THE OLD PART. Strange that this […]
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The language of crime has a long and venerable history – in fact, the first dictionary of words specifically used by criminals, Hye-Way to the Spittel House, dates from as early as 1531. Jonathon Green is our national expert on slang, and in Crooked Talk he looks at five hundred years of crooks and conmen, from the hedge-creepers and counterfeit cranks of […]
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I will start with a really old and bad joke punchline about a football match in Spain. Don’t put all your Basques in one Exit. Tumbleweed Vibe….whooooosh. It’s beyond obvious why I have several agent/publisher rejection letters. I DID NOT walk the Line. Not commercial enough meant : Katie Price (aka) Jordan has just been […]
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I’ve been so deep in these plays lately. I’ve always felt that there was not a single human experience/emotion/state that is not covered in this canon of work. The MADNESS/SUPERNATURAL theme vibrates so strongly. Also the total reverence for family, safety of family and the Divine Creator. There are three main Shakespeare voices for me. […]
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Am I the only person in the WHOLE WORLD who sees the Mabinogion as a reflection of the House of Comnenus and Tartary? King Arthur? Betrayals? Beheadings? Horses? Celts/Scythians? A Kievan Rus’ from Georgia whom I named Aleksander? The ancient Brythonic Language? The destruction of Welsh Culture and Language? The fact that 12th century Welsh […]
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The Mabinogion has played such a HUGE part in my past decade and a bit more of research for Ravens of Dinefwr. It helped me (along with N.C.) to weld the MSM History of Wales/Ireland/Scotland/The Normans/The Crusades with a new chronology and story. I’ve watched Cerys a few times – she’s my go-to-source for pronunciation […]
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OK. Here’s a prediction. Within the next few days we will have hexperts on Runes all over whytoob! FACT Nevertheless and whatever : I have Rune Stones. This is not a subject that I’ve had the time to study in depth yet… but, I kind of know the basically basics. I have a long Academic […]
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What do you do if you go to the Highlands of Scotland and get greeted with “Come Ben?” Well. You say, “Thank you.” And then walk into their home. But why “ben” and not “in?” It’s all to do with the architecture of the Butt and the Ben. In Ye Olden Days, the butt was […]
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I have to admit to NOT being a fan of Gordon Ramsay until… About 3 years ago I was repainting our kitchen and the TV was left playing in the background by someone else. As I took a break, after being up on the step ladder for far too long and feeling faintly fizzy, I […]
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It takes a wuhee wuhiel for me to tune my ear but…I used to sound like this :o) BTW – Why is ancient Greek Architecture named the same as a Scottish Dialect? ? ? I know someone on yt who can answer that Q for U. She’s Scottish too (or so she says!)
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I love Acrostics. I can do them but seeing them is much more difficult. There are many reasons why I admire Captain Slow…being sacked from a job for having THAT acrostic printed in a Nationwide Magazine is a perfect example :o) Some times writing is MUCH more fun than talking ! P.S. Beware from now […]
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