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edgar allan poe's "the raven" in welsh
2008-06-30 08:56:00

Over 50 years ago I had to do a BBC Choral Evensong broadcast, singing in Welsh, to celebrate an anniversary of the Bible being translated into Welsh by two men from my college, Bishop Morgan and, I think, a Bishop Rees. At the back of my muddled old mind, I seem to recall a vestige of a psalm (was it 121?) which began something like "Da babell di mor huvrid yu o arglwth bu i cleoich" Sorry about my travesty of your language but, as you can see, I can't spell it, can't speak it and my memory of the rest of it is even more hazy. It would be great if you could email me a copy of the words and I can check my pronunciation against them. And attempt to memorise them properly As a party piece when I was a youngster, and a 100% Glasgow Scot, I could recite Llanfairpwllgwyn to its full extent (I still can do that) and to great acclaim (which I wouldn't get nowadays!). Someone ltold me that the word was made up as a kind of Welsh PR job to boost railway tourists to that little place. Can this sorry tale be true? I look forward to hearing from you in due course Many thanks Iain McGlashan Many thanks
2008-06-27 14:22:50

Hello, I am interested to research the Whistleblowing Policy and how effective it is in regard to the reporting procedures of abuse? This is for the project for the Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care that I am undertaking. I believe that the Welsh Assembly Government are looking into this area and questioning the effectiveness of procedures for reporting abuse but am unable to find anything on this. Please could you advise me of any developments or resources on this. Regards, Anna
2008-06-25 10:22:00
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