Re: reformed Welsh Spelling - comments?
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Thursday, December 4, 2003, 5:27 |
Nik Taylor scripsit:
> Stephen Mulraney wrote:
> > Welsh looks like nothing else on earth, and looks as beautiful as it
> > sounds, too.
>
> Welsh may look like nothing else on Earth,
Actually, it looks very much like Brithenig, not too surprisingly.
But less intelligible, at least to me.
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