volunteers required
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burntcopperOkies, I need volunteers.
Oi Yanks No needs *you*, Welsh people. And Wales-dwellers who aren't necessarily native to the country will do nicely, too.
Oi Yanks No, if you peruse the links, is basically a resource for non-British people which was originally started up for fic purposes, but kind of...er... extended a bit. It covers slang, culture, schooling, any major peeves that people (yes, we're looking at you, americans) get horribly, horribly wrong and make the natives headdesk and make inarticulate screaming and gurgling noises. So far we have the fairly large English section, the Irish rant, a bit of Scots, but we've never had anyone do owt for the Welsh section (mostly due to the fact that I didn't have anyone Welsh on my flist when it started up, and yours truly's welsh experience is mostly confined to a couple of trips to Cardiff and regular visits to mates who live in a small farming village in the Brecon Beacons). What with the Torchwood explosion, it's been made painfully obvious that we need one.
So : volunteer. Tell me things that people always get wrong and make you scream if you read them. Tell me about clichés and misconceptions you hate. Tell me precisely why Wales is not just the bit stuck on the side of England that's obsessed with rugby and close-harmony singing. Tell me how politics and schooling differs. Give me slang primers.
Most important? It has to be *current*, unless you've got something to contribute to the history bit. (rants are always, always welcome in the history section)
Sarcasm and humour necessary. Also short and pithy is pretty necessary. (attention span? what attention span? oooo, shiny....)
And if you feel the other sections are missing something that always gets on your tits when people get it wrong, wrong, so very wrong? Feel free to contribute.
Oi Yanks No needs *you*, Welsh people. And Wales-dwellers who aren't necessarily native to the country will do nicely, too.
Oi Yanks No, if you peruse the links, is basically a resource for non-British people which was originally started up for fic purposes, but kind of...er... extended a bit. It covers slang, culture, schooling, any major peeves that people (yes, we're looking at you, americans) get horribly, horribly wrong and make the natives headdesk and make inarticulate screaming and gurgling noises. So far we have the fairly large English section, the Irish rant, a bit of Scots, but we've never had anyone do owt for the Welsh section (mostly due to the fact that I didn't have anyone Welsh on my flist when it started up, and yours truly's welsh experience is mostly confined to a couple of trips to Cardiff and regular visits to mates who live in a small farming village in the Brecon Beacons). What with the Torchwood explosion, it's been made painfully obvious that we need one.
So : volunteer. Tell me things that people always get wrong and make you scream if you read them. Tell me about clichés and misconceptions you hate. Tell me precisely why Wales is not just the bit stuck on the side of England that's obsessed with rugby and close-harmony singing. Tell me how politics and schooling differs. Give me slang primers.
Most important? It has to be *current*, unless you've got something to contribute to the history bit. (rants are always, always welcome in the history section)
Sarcasm and humour necessary. Also short and pithy is pretty necessary. (attention span? what attention span? oooo, shiny....)
And if you feel the other sections are missing something that always gets on your tits when people get it wrong, wrong, so very wrong? Feel free to contribute.
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Date: 2008-05-09 04:17 pm (UTC)2. DON'T try to pronounce an 'll'. Even the English get it wrong [BEG].
3. Bara brith. Tea cake to the rest of the world. Tres yummy.
4. Brains beer. Unless you're a masochist, avoid like the plague. Yeeeuchhh!
5. Yes, the road signs come in English AND Welsh. Stick to the name you recognise!!
6. ARAF = slow [motorists]. Should have both on the road.
7. No we don't all go down the mines any more [Maggie Thatcher, grumble, grumble, plus we kinda ran out of coal...].
8. Rugby. Only game in the world. That game you call football [smacks forehead]? Rugby for wimps!!!
9. Yes, we like music. And singing. It's the chapel upbringing, see?
10. 'Fair play to...[him/her/them]'. Somewhat grudging respect.
11. It's "Cymru"; the name of our country. The other name with the 'W' was imposed by foreigners [mutter, mutter...].
XC [I'll think of some more when I can]