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    Quote Originally Posted by TATY
    Here's a clip from popular Welsh language soap opera Pobol Y Cwm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PslYcjWFNNU

    Notice how many English words they use.
    Strangely the welsh channel is one I flick past swiftly!
    Bit strange to hear that soap opera mentioned in here though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ezri
    Quote Originally Posted by TATY
    Here's a clip from popular Welsh language soap opera Pobol Y Cwm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PslYcjWFNNU

    Notice how many English words they use.
    Strangely the welsh channel is one a flick past swiftly!
    Bit strange to hear that soap opera mentioned in here though.
    I'm English, but we can get S4C on digital TV now and I like watching it, I find it really interesting. I don't like Pobol Y Cwm though, it's boring.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TATY
    I don't like Pobol Y Cwm though, it's boring.
    I have to agree, I managed less than 1 minute when I first came to Wales and got Sky instead.
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    yeah holy crap that show was boring the entire like 7 minutes of that clip was just those people talking in that car dealership... WHO CARES?
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Pobol Y Cwm
    Um... How is the last word pronounced? I don't see any vowels. Is it an abbreviation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
    Pobol Y Cwm
    Um... How is the last word pronounced? I don't see any vowels. Is it an abbreviation?
    According to http://www.cymraeg.ru, "w" IS vowel in Welsh (at least, between consonants). Sounds as "у" (I mean, Russian "у"). Here:

    http://www.cymraeg.ru/rheolau.html

    -- I found this word: "cwm" -- ‘долина’ (valley), pronounced "кум".

    (But I still don't know, what is "pobol". )

    P.S. Another fine example from the quoted site: "Rwsieg" seems to mean "Russian".
    Кр. -- сестр. тал.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dogboy182
    yeah holy cr@p that show was boring the entire like 7 minutes of that clip was just those people talking in that car dealership... WHO CARES?
    Serves you right for sitting through the whole 7 minutes! :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scorpio
    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
    Pobol Y Cwm
    Um... How is the last word pronounced? I don't see any vowels. Is it an abbreviation?
    According to http://www.cymraeg.ru, "w" IS vowel in Welsh (at least, between consonants). Sounds as "у" (I mean, Russian "у"). Here:

    http://www.cymraeg.ru/rheolau.html

    -- I found this word: "cwm" -- ‘долина’ (valley), pronounced "кум".

    (But I still don't know, what is "pobol". )

    P.S. Another fine example from the quoted site: "Rwsieg" seems to mean "Russian".
    Cwm is pronounced Coom here. The W is usually sounded as 'OO'.
    I have no idea what Pobol means either.
    More madness than method but it works for me.

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    I believe Pobol means people. I think Pobol y Cwm is "People in the valley" or something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TATY
    I believe Pobol means people. I think Pobol y Cwm is "People in the valley" or something.
    Ah, not thats sounds like the kind of unimaginative thing Welsh TV would come up with.
    More madness than method but it works for me.

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    the logic of using the letter W to pronounce oo is ridiculous. thats why the written language looks so garbled. its lie dxps is pronounced KART (i made that example up for emphasis )
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    Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley) is produced since 1974 and it's 9.2/10 on imdb.com. Someone even called it a "Best soap in Britain".

    Here's a trivia from Wikipedia:
    Brandon Monk and Julie Hughes used to be husband and wife.
    Chris has been sacked from the garage after it was found that he was supplying drugs from there.
    Chris died recently after (seemingly) deliberately taking an overdose. However, Brandon and Garry have since uncovered evidence to suggest that an old rival Ronald Steadman may have murdered Chris.
    Ronald Steadman was indeed guilty; and was jailed for six years for various offences though not the murder.
    Denzil Rees had his prize ram stolen in July 2007.

    Looks like this little village isn't a happy place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lt. Columbo
    the logic of using the letter W to pronounce oo is ridiculous. thats why the written language looks so garbled. its lie dxps is pronounced KART (i made that example up for emphasis )
    Using "w" for u-sound is a bit weird, agreed.
    But, comparing it with all known weirdnesses of *english* orthography...

    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
    Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley) is produced since 1974 and it's 9.2/10 on imdb.com. Someone even called it a "Best soap in Britain".

    Here's a trivia from Wikipedia:
    Brandon Monk and Julie Hughes used to be husband and wife.
    Chris has been sacked from the garage after it was found that he was supplying drugs from there.
    Chris died recently after (seemingly) deliberately taking an overdose. However, Brandon and Garry have since uncovered evidence to suggest that an old rival Ronald Steadman may have murdered Chris.
    Ronald Steadman was indeed guilty; and was jailed for six years for various offences though not the murder.
    Denzil Rees had his prize ram stolen in July 2007.

    Looks like this little village isn't a happy place.
    Yeah, looks so.
    Кр. -- сестр. тал.

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