Maybe lost in transalation. Like this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm
:-)
On 10 September 2013 01:01, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Thanks for the tour. My wife and I were in that area in the 80s in
> pursuit of some genealogical data from her mother's Welsh side. We
> weren't very successful in that endeavor but did see a lot of very fine
> scenery... but not including most of what you showed us.
>
> But you've posed a language mystery. Perhaps someone who speaks Welsh
> can answer. If you read the sign here
> <
> http://www.frozenlight.eu/cardiff082013/content/20130831-_DSF3952_large.html
> >
> and look at the estimated time for Canon y dref/Town centre by bike (at
> upper left) you'll see the abbreviation for 2 minutes as "2 fun". But
> estimates of more than 2 minutes all use the abbreviation "mun" rather
> than "fun". If I ask Google to translate 2 minutes I get 2 funud. If I
> ask any other number (including 1 and 3) I get munud rather than funud.
>
> So, what's unique about 2 minutes that it gets its own word for minute?
> Something tells me the translator isn't telling me all about the language.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 9/8/2013 3:32 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> > Finally finished processing my pictures from the week in Wales, and the
> resulting gallery is here:
> >
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu/cardiff082013/
> >
> > Mostly from Cardiff Bay since that is where we were most of the time,
> although there are also a couple from Cardiff centre and from the town of
> Carmarthen, 70 miles to the west. Cardiff Bay is the city's waterfront.
> Like in many other cities, it had become a seedy area during the 1970 and
> 80s but has been completely transformed in recent years.
> >
> > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > Alicante, Spain
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu
> > http://www.greatpix.eu
> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
> >
> > YNWA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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