Cappuccino in Welsh

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HansV wrote:
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Oh! Those Welth theem tho deliciothly thtupid at timeth! Their pronunthiation floorth me. :thurrender:
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It's ffine!
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A similar problem is faced by the Pope's speech-writers who often have to find an appropriate Latin word - more usually phrase - to describe some 21st century device...

What concept had the Romans of mass spectrometers, MRI scanners, and so on?!
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Latin has always been updated - it was the Lingua Franca in the academic world for many centuries, and - as you point out - it's still used by the Roman Catholic church.
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John Gray wrote:
03 Sep 2021, 15:30
What concept had the Romans of mass spectrometers, MRI scanners, and so on?!
Never mind the Romans, few people today understand the concepts behind an MRI device and appreciate the spin (pun intended) that the makers of MRI machines have put on these devices by NOT calling them nuclear magnetic resonance imagers. 'Nuclear' would scare the punters, yet NMR is the basis of how these devices work.

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stuck wrote:
03 Sep 2021, 17:11
... 'Nuclear' would scare the punters, yet NMR is the basis of how these devices work.
If those punters knew that the electricity that foams their milk were generated bu nuclear reactors , then there'd be more ffrothi coffi for the rest of us!
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PS Presumably the medieval monks knew enough Latin to spell "cappuccino" :rofl:
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HansV wrote:
03 Sep 2021, 13:33
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I apologize to all Welshmen, Welshwomen, and Welsh cats and dogs ...
I had meant to type "Oh those Welsh folks, so charmingly friendly and helpful to me back in 1998 when I returned to Almych and stayed at the quaint hotel there; sadly, the Post office is long gone, as is my youth", but my fingers were wet from the rain and so slipped on the keyboard, which is why it came out as "Oh! Those Welth theem tho deliciothly thtupid at timeth! Their pronunthiation floorth me".

With that out of the way, Ii would like to pose a serious linguistic question to any member whose mother tongue is Welsh:-
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Why is coffee spelled with a "C" sometimes and a "G" at other times?
Does the "C" version represent crystals and the "G" ground?
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My mother tongue isn't Welsh, but I can explain it. Welsh, like the other Celtic languages, has so-called consonant mutation: depending on the context, the initial consonant of a word changes:

kitchen = cegin
the kitchen = y gegin
my kitchen = fy nghegin
her kitchen = ei chegin

large = mawr
large kitchen = cegin fawr

coffee = coffi
a cup of coffee = paned o goffi
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HansV wrote:
03 Sep 2021, 18:27
My mother tongue isn't Welsh, but I can explain it. Welsh, like the other Celtic languages, has so-called consonant mutation: depending on the context, the initial consonant of a word changes:

kitchen = cegin
the kitchen = y gegin
my kitchen = fy nghegin
her kitchen = ei chegin

large = mawr
large kitchen = cegin fawr

coffee = coffi
a cup of coffee = paned o goffi
Ac mae pobl yn dweud bod y Saesneg yn anodd!

I would never be able to order a "Crand Greme" in Welsh

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ChrisGreaves wrote:
03 Sep 2021, 14:46
HansV wrote:
03 Sep 2021, 13:33
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Oh! Those Welth theem tho deliciothly thtupid at timeth! Their pronunthiation floorth me. :thurrender:
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I'd rather have my cappuccino in my home! :)
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Skitterbug wrote:
09 Sep 2021, 19:23
I'd rather have my cappuccino in my home! :)
Skitterbug, I agree with you.
I keep mine in my freezer.
I am not stupid.
Gusts of 130Km/h Friday night. If the power goes out I'll have to eat it all before it melts!
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ChrisGreaves wrote:
09 Sep 2021, 22:39
Skitterbug wrote:
09 Sep 2021, 19:23
I'd rather have my cappuccino in my home! :)
Skitterbug, I agree with you.
I keep mine in my freezer.
I am not stupid.
Gusts of 130Km/h Friday night. If the power goes out I'll have to eat it all before it melts!
Cheers
Chris
You sure picked an "interesting" place to sink your roots! I hope they are deep so you can withstand the windy conditions!
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Think of the amount of electricity his wind turbine must be generating! :thumbup:
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According to Google, "ffrothi coffi" translates to coffee snacks, whereas "coffi ffrothi" translates to iced coffee.