In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>> [Age: "pedwar deg chwech" - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ] >> ... and to online dictionaries! (46) >> My mother though would have known. She didn't know English until >> she >> learnt it at school as a foreign language! >> >> Tony >Surprising how many QLers have told me at workshops etc they have >Welsh relatives. Seems to have been quite common in the last 100 years >to escape Wales and up roots to work in England - escaping poverty and >unemployment and seeking improved opportunities than was available in >those days. Liverpool is still referred to as capital city of North >Wales by some! Yes, industries based around coal and steel gave rise to many migrations to the North of England for work ... the workers used to call it the United Nations ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
