r/Wales

I was travelling in North Wales recently and noticed a mountain called 'Cnicht', it was obvious to me that this was the old English spelling of 'knight' and after some research it seems it was named after a person with that surname.

What I found odd is that the area has a lot of Welsh speakers and I doubt they would be aware of the English origins of the name. The same would go for English speakers or English visitors.

My question is: are you aware of any other English words hidden in plain sight? Possibly in non-english speaking countries but also in English speaking countries?

I saw this question on the r/AskIreland threat regarding Irish and thought it would be interesting to see how this differs in Wales.

For me, my grandparents didn't speak Welsh (nor do my parents), but my great-grandparents (from the Valleys) are listed as Welsh-speakers in the 1901 Census, although weirdly the status changed to English in the 1911 Census. This was after my great-granddad moved in with his Somerset-born uncle and I've always wondered whether that's why it was filled in differently.

My granddad did have a lot of passing knowledge of Welsh - using words like 'duw', 'mochyn' and 'twp' on a daily basis.

I learnt Welsh at school (2nd language) but then continued to learn as an adult and I'm now more or less fluent although I do still take lessons with Dysgu Cymraeg. I have certain friends that I only speak Welsh with so I definitely speak it better than my grandparents did.

Riders paid tribute to the Welshman as the race resumed on Saturday, with Michael Tarling releasing a statement via TNT commentator Jez Cox during stage nine.
"If it's at all possible please thank people on our behalf for all the messages of support that we've had, from me, Dawn and Josh," he said.
"Knowing how many lives Fin has touched has been a tremendous help and seeing some of the happy photos of him has been heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time."

Random as fuck. I cancelled it by mistake.

Are the Russians coming?

Edit: Just got the English version. Wildfire advice.

A folk song in medieval Welsh.

Text is by the great Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315 -c.1350)

This is fucking horrendous news.

I follow cycling. Have done since Geraint won The Tour. Finlay was an incredible talent, and a vocally proud Welshman (Aberaeron I think).

My heart goes out to his brother, Josh. He's a pro cyclist too.

19. Iesu mawr :(