Regular readers who have nothing better to do might remember a bizarre version of the" how many birds do you need to "get" all the letters of the alphabet" challenge. We'd already "done" it with the UK list. Then we did it using the Latin names instead. And then we went global doing it with any bird in the entire world. Crumbs ! But then, Tom, a Grumbling Stumps regular, suggested I try it with Welsh bird names. ... and I said, OK. ( I feel I should remind you, at this point, that "tom = dung" in Welsh) Well, as with those others, I've "done" it, but I can't be sure I've got the "best" solution. I'm going to put my "Welsh" attempt on here after the music ..... so if you're keen to try it for yourself,as many of you will, don't look beyond it unless you want to nick my solution. Smashing song this ... ( and video).... plus, the middle eight ( played twice) is brilliant. Here we go then .... but first, you need to realise that the Welsh alphabet is a bit different to ours ...here it is ... A B C CH D DD E F FF G NG H I J L LL M N O P PH R RH S T TH U W Y So ... here's my solution .... [1] Pibydd goesgoch brith Spotted Redshank [2] Yswidw gynffon hir Long-tailed Tit [3] Mulfran werdd Shag [4] Aderyn â phig mawr Toucan ( bird with a big beak !) [5] Llunos Ffrongoch Redpoll [6] Math o aderyn rhydd Godwit [7] Tinwen y Garreg Wheatear ( white-arse of the Rock !)) [8] Jac y do Jackdaw ( J is a rarely used Welsh + I needed the "c") IS-NODIADAU .. [1] Exactly why there is a Welsh word for Toucan I don't know. [2] Tinwen y Garreg is only there for the "t" ...surely I can get it somewhere else. I can't count the one in brith or math ... they're glued to the h. [3] #6 starts with "math o" = "sort of" ... .. and ends with "rhydd" = liberal, free, loose" ... .. I wonder if they meant " rhudd" = red ? ..... (which would make it " a sort of red bird) Anyway, I think I've done quite well ... but I'm pretty sure it can be bettered ... come on , all you native Welsh speakers ... kick me into touch with a better list ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What we need now is a bit of Welsh "bird-related" music ... Heron would be nice ... if only it had the words so you could sing along with it .... and even better, if it had the English words too ... but that's pretty unlikely... Anyway, I've "done" it in 8.
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