Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

Thanks! They're currently hovering at the door of the coop, obviously keen to come out, but mum's holding them back. She knows brooding is easier indoors than out on wet grass. Apparently some areas will see some sun today, but not us in the west of the country . This may be preferable to the sort of heatwaves some are enduring, but I and the chickens are really fed up with the dull days since June.

The sun is shining here and according to the Met Office we are due for a few reasonable days.

 

[Shadrach]

If I recall correctly, it's because she was very fretful at first. She seems more relaxed these days.

Correct. She's called Fret because she frets about things, visibly anxious, uneasy, worried.

 

[Shadrach]

Thanks! Very helpful. Such a fascinating language. It always sounds so much different than I expect from reading it.

You can read it!

 

[MaryJanet]

You can read it!

Well, now you mention it, no not at all!

 

[Perris]

The sun is shining here and according to the Met Office we are due for a few reasonable days.

Lucky you! We've got drizzle. But they're out now anyway It's dry under the feeding station roof

 

[Perris]

Well, now you mention it, no not at all!

this has an easy guide to some place names
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/gallery/14-welsh-placenames-no-english-6263542

 

[MaryJanet]

this has an easy guide to some place names
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/gallery/14-welsh-placenames-no-english-6263542

Well, if I needed more evidence that I can see the letters and words without being able to actually read them, that page gave it to me!

Seriously, the phonetic suggestions were very helpful. If seemingly inconsistent. I'm sure there is a consistency in there, but I've not discerned it yet.

 

[fluffycrow]

Lucky you! We've got drizzle. But they're out now anyway It's dry under the feeding station roof
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They look happy to be out. And she looks happy to be off that nest!

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

like this?

Am I right in thinking that Liam Dutton is Welsh? Got to give an advantage, right? I do wonder sometimes how much amusement / annoyance is had at the expense of the English when we try to pronounce anything Welsh

 

[Perris]

I'm sure there is a consistency in there, but I've not discerned it yet

No, it's inconsistent Compare -ough- in English (below)

I do wonder sometimes how much amusement / annoyance is had at the expense of the English when we try to pronounce anything Welsh

Quite a lot! And what fun the English have at anyone else's attempts to say -ough-

"Ough is a four-letter sequence, a tetragraph, used in English orthography and notorious for its unpredictable pronunciation.[1] It has at least eight pronunciations in North American English and nine in British English, and no discernible patterns exist for choosing among them.[1] " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ough_(orthography)