Sadistik
Warlord
rhyswynne said:
It wasn't just me who surpassed 15.
New Civilization: Wales
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It wasn't just me who surpassed 15.
Tactician Zhao
Lord Strategist
yes, I apologize for my language, for the first time ever I can remember.. I tried loading it and settling the 15th city to see, and it looks the same as I envisioned..
Sadistik
Warlord
Tactician Zhao said:
Oh. I thought you meant the forum had a 15 character limit. I know there must be something going on with the forums, since they inserted a space with the "real" name of the city.
Vadus
pretend the impossible
great work ! I will build this civ into my scen 
Tactician Zhao
Lord Strategist
Sadistik said:Oh. I thought you meant the forum had a 15 character limit. I know there must be something going on with the forums, since they inserted a space with the "real" name of the city.
oh, yeah, I had the similar problem when writing out the location of a file, it inserted a space into the middle.. I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why until I just decided to explain there should be no space like you did
jme21uk
Chieftain
rhyswynne said:
Brecon's welsh name is actually Aberhonddu. I know i live there
Sadistik
Warlord
Aberhonddu? doesn't sound celtic to my ears, but then again, I'm a Gael
Wow, my first post on CivFanatics after 2 years of lurking!!
Aberhonddu is actually a typical Welsh place-name.
Aber means estuary or mouth of river and is found in many Welsh place names - Abertawe (Swansea), Aberystwyth, Abergwaun (Fishguard), Aberdaugleddau (Milford Haven). Just so that you know, the English names for these places come from the Viking names.
So Aberhonddu means 'the mouth of the river Honddu'. Likewise with Aberdaugleddau, meaning 'The Mouth of the two Cleddau Rivers'.
Other characteristics of Welsh place names are 'Llan' (old word for Church) and 'Caer' (fort).
The name of my village is Llandysilio (the Church of St Tysilio).
The word 'llan' is found twice in the infamous lanfairpwllgwyngyllllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (yes I did type that myself
). Llanfair being 'The Church of St Mary' and Llantysilio being (another) 'Church of St Tysilio'
Caer is used in 'Caerfyrddin' (Carmarthen) which means 'Merlin's Fort'. Dispells every rumor as to where Merlin was from
If anybody wants any more help with Welsh place names, just let me know. It's great to be able to speak Welsh as your native tongue
Aberhonddu is actually a typical Welsh place-name.
Aber means estuary or mouth of river and is found in many Welsh place names - Abertawe (Swansea), Aberystwyth, Abergwaun (Fishguard), Aberdaugleddau (Milford Haven). Just so that you know, the English names for these places come from the Viking names.
So Aberhonddu means 'the mouth of the river Honddu'. Likewise with Aberdaugleddau, meaning 'The Mouth of the two Cleddau Rivers'.
Other characteristics of Welsh place names are 'Llan' (old word for Church) and 'Caer' (fort).
The name of my village is Llandysilio (the Church of St Tysilio).
The word 'llan' is found twice in the infamous lanfairpwllgwyngyllllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (yes I did type that myself
). Llanfair being 'The Church of St Mary' and Llantysilio being (another) 'Church of St Tysilio'Caer is used in 'Caerfyrddin' (Carmarthen) which means 'Merlin's Fort'. Dispells every rumor as to where Merlin was from
If anybody wants any more help with Welsh place names, just let me know. It's great to be able to speak Welsh as your native tongue
Sadistik
Warlord
NATIVE tongue? as opposed to English? Lucky bastard. I envy you 
I will die with English thoughts in my head.
I will die with English thoughts in my head.
MRick
Warlord
You can find some "Aber" in Brittany too, because we have the same ancestors, and our language (Brezhoneg) is very close to Welsh (Cymraeg).
We also have lots of Lan (equivalent of Llan, but easier to prononce) and Ker (=Caer).
What about creating an Briton/Welsh Civ, with King Arthur as the leader ?
I speak Briton, and i know a few words of Welsh also (they sound quite similar even if the writing is different).
We also have lots of Lan (equivalent of Llan, but easier to prononce
) and Ker (=Caer).What about creating an Briton/Welsh Civ, with King Arthur as the leader ?
I speak Briton, and i know a few words of Welsh also (they sound quite similar even if the writing is different).
Aussie_Lurker
Deity
I just have a single question-Can I buy a Vowel please 
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Seriously, could you imagine Welsh Scrabble. U's and E's would be worth an absolute TON of points, but L's would be worth almost nothing!!!
Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.
.Seriously, could you imagine Welsh Scrabble. U's and E's would be worth an absolute TON of points, but L's would be worth almost nothing!!!
Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.
asylumlost
Chieftain
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my dad grew up in llanfair pg... though i was told he it was llanfair something something something gorgorch. I knew it was a long name. I was quite surprised and excited to find it mentioned here. I've been trying to teach myself welsh but its hard going and i havent been able to get very far. btw my dad doesnt actually speak welsh. Thanks for all the info on the town.
There's also Aberdeen in Scotland.
richarddg89
Chieftain
Where can i get this mod im welsha nd the link is broken?!?!?!
Just so that you know - Y and W are both vowels in Welsh. The vowels in Welsh being (A E I O U W Y). Also Ch, Dd, Ng, Ff, Ll, Rh, Th, Ph are considered as just one letter. So if you count the vowels/consonants, Welsh words usually actually have MORE vowels than English words.
Just to bring life to a two year old thread
!Cymro
