Speaking Welsh

Anyone that knows me, and anyone that reads this blog (hahahahaha, that made me laugh!!) will know that I'm Welsh. I used to take Welsh as a 2nd language in School until I was 14. Then I was advised to stick with French and I've regretted it since.

I've been trying to motivate myself to take it up again and also find a course that I can stick with. Recently I found a free course and it seems to work.

Say Something Welsh has a brilliant system of a series of mp3 files that you download and listen to. You basically say in Welsh what the bloke says in English! I was really skeptical at first but you know what? You pick it up really quickly. I've been doing it in the car on the way to work! I've only done the 1st lesson but I've been repeating it to make sure that I'm OK with it. I've started lesson 2. Now I just need to get a bit more organised. There's no reason why I can't do it every day......

Anyway, I fully recommend this site. It's free (which I couldn't believe when I found it) and there are loads of people on there who can help.

Log on and get speaking. I would sign out with something int Welsh but I'm only on the speaking part and not the writing part so far!!

World Cup on BBC

So the BBC spent Millions on renting their studio for the 2010 World Cup. A huge glass window behind the presenters with a wonderful view of....well, what looks like a shanty town and a mountain. Now I know that it is one of the great natural wonders of the world but is it worth it?

Do they really think that football fans really give a shit about the back drop to the pundits? Most of them are in the pub and use the analysis part of the coverage as a chance to go to toilet or the bar! They may as well have had Caerphilly Mountain as the backdrop, or the Black Mountains...just as beautiful....minus the shanty town obvioulsly!!

Or they could have all stayed in London and had a huge projection of the backdrop instead. The image would have probably been better than what you see now. Also the evening coverage has the reflection of the studio in the glass. Quality as always from the BBC.

Can't believe I'm forced to pay for the rubbish the channel produces and pays.

While I'm on one, do they not realise that if you want to watch their matches you HAVE to watch the BBC coverage? They may as well have had a minimum wage student presenting it and use a crappy little studio in the UK as they don't have any competition for the coverage.

Arses!

ITV Football Coverage is.....

.....fucking awful! Aside from their HD channel breaking up at times and then showing Adverts just as Steven Gerrard scored, the titles are crap and the commentators talk an absolute pile of shit! Just tell me who's got the ball. Your opinions are not worth the air used to say them!!!
If only those vuva-thingy-la horns were loud enough to drown out the commentary......