Yma O Hyd

[goats]

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Everyone should just be a bit more open minded about it; Sludge about the welsh language and what it means to people, and others about Sludge's opinions, which as a tax payer he is totally entitled to have, as he may have other priorities. Lots will agree with both sides.

Look after yourselves, aaaaaaaaaand each other.

Kids learn Welsh in school, that enough really isn’t it….kids pick up stuff pretty quick whether they will ever need to use it is another thing

[Wash DC Blue]

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Kids learn Welsh in school, that enough really isn’t it….kids pick up stuff pretty quick whether they will ever need to use it is another thing

I saw My 7 year old Niece yesterday and she was counting in Welsh and saying little sentences.
Cute as a button to me she is.

It's just nice to see and hear.

[splott parker]

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I saw My 7 year old Niece yesterday and she was counting in Welsh and saying little sentences.
Cute as a button to me she is.

It's just nice to see and hear.

In the words of the song are you ‘still here’ ? If so, when d’you go back? Have you seen a huge difference or not a lot of change?

[Wash DC Blue]

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In the words of the song are you ‘still here’ ? If so, when d’you go back? Have you seen a huge difference or not a lot of change?

Fly back tomorrow Mate.
Biggest change I noticed in Cardiff was the BBC building where the bus station was...

Newport is still its rough around the edges...yet charming self :) albeit with more pubs and shops closing down.
Lots of coffee shops and hotels though.

Been a nice trip and hope to get back in June or for the final.

[splott parker]

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Fly back tomorrow Mate.
Biggest change I noticed in Cardiff was the BBC building where the bus station was...

Newport is still its rough around the edges...yet charming self :) albeit with more pubs and shops closing down.
Lots of coffee shops and hotels though

Been a nice trip and hope to get back in June or for the final.

Shame you couldn’t hang on for the Swansea game. Safe trip:thumbup:

[Swiss Peter]

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Thought it was good at the time the other night, but the song comes across to me as the sort of anthemic crowd-stirrer that I normally really don't like very much.

Also, It doesn't worry me, but I'm surprised the song and singer's wider context (the 'Yes'/PC connection) isn't discussed more.

[NYCBlue]

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Thought it was good at the time the other night, but the song comes across to me as the sort of anthemic crowd-stirrer that I normally really don't like very much.

Also, It doesn't worry me, but I'm surprised the song and singer's wider context (the 'Yes'/PC connection) isn't discussed more.

I had a Welsh-speaking girlfriend at the time it came out. "We're still here despite Maggie"? Ticks all the boxes for me.

[Swiss Peter]

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I had a Welsh-speaking girlfriend at the time it came out. "We're still here despite Maggie"? Ticks all the boxes for me.

Well, me too. Just surprised - given the 'broad church' that we have on here - that we don't hear a counter view.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Well, me too. Just surprised - given the 'broad church' that we have on here - that we don't hear a counter view.

It has been done.

True story. I used to conduct a male voice choir in the valleys and I got them to learn Yma O Hyd. Other male voice choirs were singing it successfully with little fuss. Unfortunately, the choir I was with had quite a strong older right wing element. One refused to sing about Maggie as she was his hero. One English guy refused to sing it as he (wrongly) believed it was an anti-English song. A couple of others thought (wrongly) that it is a pro-independence song and thought we shouldn't sing it.

On the flip side, another choir I am currently with sing it regularly and have changed Maggie to Boris.

[NYCBlue]

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It has been done.

True story. I used to conduct a male voice choir in the valleys and I got them to learn Yma O Hyd. Other male voice choirs were singing it successfully with little fuss. Unfortunately, the choir I was with had quite a strong older right wing element. One refused to sing about Maggie as she was his hero. One English guy refused to sing it as he (wrongly) believed it was an anti-English song. A couple of others thought (wrongly) that it is a pro-independence song and thought we shouldn't sing it.

On the flip side, another choir I am currently with sing it regularly and have changed Maggie to Boris.

:thumbup:

[Swiss Peter]

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It has been done.

True story. I used to conduct a male voice choir in the valleys and I got them to learn Yma O Hyd. Other male voice choirs were singing it successfully with little fuss. Unfortunately, the choir I was with had quite a strong older right wing element. One refused to sing about Maggie as she was his hero. One English guy refused to sing it as he (wrongly) believed it was an anti-English song. A couple of others thought (wrongly) that it is a pro-independence song and thought we shouldn't sing it.

On the flip side, another choir I am currently with sing it regularly and have changed Maggie to Boris.

Yeah, I thought it probably had! Thanks, Eric.

[Swiss Peter]

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It has been done.

True story. I used to conduct a male voice choir in the valleys and I got them to learn Yma O Hyd. Other male voice choirs were singing it successfully with little fuss. Unfortunately, the choir I was with had quite a strong older right wing element. One refused to sing about Maggie as she was his hero. One English guy refused to sing it as he (wrongly) believed it was an anti-English song. A couple of others thought (wrongly) that it is a pro-independence song and thought we shouldn't sing it.

On the flip side, another choir I am currently with sing it regularly and have changed Maggie to Boris.

Sorry, just read that again. Is the singer (and the song) not linked heavily with pro-independence then? Genuine question. Some stuff I was reading the other day suggested otherwise.

[The Lone Gunman]

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A couple of others thought (wrongly) that it is a pro-independence song and thought we shouldn't sing it.

Considering it was penned by a former president of Plaid Cymru who has a conviction for defacing English language road signs, I assumed it was a pro-independence song of some sort. But to be honest it's difficult to work out what the lyrics are really supposed to mean. Maybe something gets lost in translation, but a fair percentage of it reads like gibberish to me.

[Hilts]

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It has been done.

True story. I used to conduct a male voice choir in the valleys and I got them to learn Yma O Hyd. Other male voice choirs were singing it successfully with little fuss. Unfortunately, the choir I was with had quite a strong older right wing element. One refused to sing about Maggie as she was his hero. One English guy refused to sing it as he (wrongly) believed it was an anti-English song. A couple of others thought (wrongly) that it is a pro-independence song and thought we shouldn't sing it.

On the flip side, another choir I am currently with sing it regularly and have changed Maggie to Boris.

You should have found another choir.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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You should have found another choir.

I did.