Re: Untranslatable words
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 24, 2004, 19:44 |
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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:32:13 -0400, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> wrote:
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> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:03:52 +0100, Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
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> > Welsh:
> > _hiraeth_ both an expectant longing for what is to come & a nostalgia for
> > what is past and gone.
> >
> > _hwyl_ /hujl/ - mood, atmosphere, emotion etc. What one may experience
> > listening to a great orator, being in the Millennium Stadium at Cardiff
> > when Wales are playing, hearing great music etc, etc.
>
> And, of course, _glas_, which I suspect we're all familiar with anyway,
> but bears mentioning.
No? Please explain?
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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