With a little help

**IAN69** · 06-10-2009, 21:16

Originally Posted by Heap90

This would be a good example of why we need a Laugh button?

Isn't there already a section specifically for jokes ?

**IAN69** · 06-10-2009, 21:21

Originally Posted by neil(george)wilson

Yes, Ian. Clear as crystal.

I should take what you've written as , nothing but the truth, or sarcasm or it may be ambiguous ? Maybe I'm being disbelieving or growing cynical ?

**IAN69** · 06-10-2009, 21:29

Originally Posted by John Turner

Well I've looked at your profile and there's normal banter going on there without the 'weird' stuff/way of saying things you use on the forum.

I've no idea why that is - but it's fine by me - I get the gist most of the time, especially after a beer or two.

If you get the gist....you may be in the minority, it seems. That's fine by me if you can get it, and after two beers. Three, and you might be more charitable ?! Ha!

**IAN69** · 06-10-2009, 21:34

Originally Posted by Ianto 10

What's he drinking? I'll have a crate of that.

Am I taking anybody's champagne ?

**IAN69** · 06-10-2009, 21:38

Originally Posted by idris thomas

Ian Paid a malu cachu.

Don't know where you're coming from mate. What's a malu cachu in plain English ?

**IAN69** · 06-10-2009, 21:52

Originally Posted by 5haron

I think once you get lost in the mire of metaphor and analogy, it's damned difficult to form sentences without using them. Like me not using the "F" word when working with yanks - so hard not to.
Just say what you want to say in laymans terms, nobody's a critic but people do want tounderstand, discuss and reply to threads without having to decipher what they're about - and then to misconstrue whatever it is supposed to be about.

My challenge to you Ian69: Try to write 5 consecutive answers to the next postings on here without using free verse, metaphors or analogies.

Go on, dare ya.

I can get across London without too many problems. I've got a beautiful grand daughter who ain't into mud, beer and swearing yet. "Nobody's a critic " doesn't have a ring of truth to it. I tend to reply....it's a good habit I think. There's no golden rule tho'. If you think I'm lost ?

**John Turner** · 06-10-2009, 21:58

Originally Posted by idris thomas

Ian Paid a malu cachu.

Originally Posted by IAN69

Don't know where you're coming from mate. What's a malu cachu in plain English ?

"Paid a malu cachu" is Welsh for 'Don't BullS###'

I don't speak Welsh but I found some fabulous Welsh swearwords/insults googling that!

**5haron** · 06-10-2009, 22:09

Malu Cachu is plain Welsh, can't really get any plainer :))

I don't speak Welsh but I found some fabulous Welsh swearwords/insults googling that

My kids went to stay with my Mam one summer. Right then Boys bach, she says, I'm going to teach you Welsh. We already know a lot, Nainy, they replied ...

"Chwinc - basdud - sglyfarth - Iesu Grist and much more" ...Oh, I was afraid, very afraid :))

"Nobody's a critic " doesn't have a ring of truth to it. I tend to reply

I suppose if you seek and invite criticism in, then yes - it's everywhere. Let me leave you with a quote "No verse is free for the man who wants to do a good job".

**IAN69** · 06-10-2009, 23:14

Originally Posted by 5haron

Malu Cachu is plain Welsh, can't really get any plainer :))

My kids went to stay with my Mam one summer. Right then Boys bach, she says, I'm going to teach you Welsh. We already know a lot, Nainy, they replied ...

"Chwinc - basdud - sglyfarth - Iesu Grist and much more" ...Oh, I was afraid, very afraid :))

I suppose if you seek and invite criticism in, then yes - it's everywhere. Let me leave you with a quote "No verse is free for the man who wants to do a good job".

Thanks for the explanation. I like listening to people talking Welsh, but I'd never heard that term. I grew up in the, (or a ) city, just after the war. Mam and Dad were still on rations. I got dressed up as a crocus for Dai's day...is a fond memory. I only became aware of many British splits and divisions much later. There's many a good book,maybe, tends not to accentuate them in any language?
There's too many free verses to read perhaps ? Maybe I spent too much time on them as well ?
I know exactly what you mean. What peace here is, isn't so fragile ? Some speech is freer than others ? There's every reason to fear a misunderstanding ?

**John Turner** · 07-10-2009, 00:57

Originally Posted by IAN69

There's many a good book,maybe, tends not to accentuate them in any language?
There's too many free verses to read perhaps ? Maybe I spent too much time on them as well ?
I know exactly what you mean. What peace here is, isn't so fragile ? Some speech is freer than others ? There's every reason to fear a misunderstanding ?

There are more questions than answers! (sorry - that exclamation mark should have been a question mark? Does my voice go up a few octaves at the end of each sentence? Like that one time, in band camp?)

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