Llywydd,
I am very happy to present to the chamber today the review of our education system that I have been working on with my department since my assignment to the post of Health and Public Health minister in this Government. I have two documents, one being the text form of the review with the findings and recommendations, the other being the tables of the data used and commented on in the text. This review will be the base of all future legislative action the government will undertake in the areas covered and it will guide our long term strategy. We are today reaffirming our commitment to increase the number of Welsh speakers, properly fund our education and manage the system in an effective and efficient way. I would encourage any members that have any observations, queries or concerns regarding this review to make them clear, so I may answer them to the fullest extent and we may have a healthy conversation about what is best for our education system.
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The report can be found here and the data may be found here.
The Chamber may debate on this proposal and this debate will close on the 30th of April.
Caerphilly.
I'm Welsh, and I keep noticing that Redguard naming conventions occasionally mirror Welsh ones. Rhiannon, Owyn, Branwen, Seren and Roderick are all in game Redguards with actual Welsh names.
There are many more Welsh-sounding names that use Rh prefixes or Wyn/Wen suffixes, as well as ll and ch sounds.
Is this an actual influence or coincidence?
EDIT: the name Llewellyn the Nightingale just jumped into my head, who is a Nord! This pretty much confirms what a few people have pointed out:
-The cultures in the High Rock/Hammerfell/Colovian Highland/Reach border lands tend to bleed together.
-The child of any non Breton woman and a Breton father would inherit the mother's racial traits but the father's (Breton) name.
-The Welsh language or Welsh-like words are common in the fantasy genre, most likely due to Tolkien basing Elvish on Welsh.
-We also have pretty fantastical/medieval names to be honest, there's a lake near me called *Castell Nos" which means "Night Castle". It's a small lake.
This one is pretty easy to follow. The offending comment:Β https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/ca91fi/usa_womens_soccer_us_womens_soccer_team_defeats/et7427p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
The pissing starts here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/ca91fi/usa_womens_soccer_us_womens_soccer_team_defeats/et7c17p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
Edit - It looks like the mods finally removed the OP's little meltdown:
"You're such a little bitch. I would call you a cunt, but I assume you may take that as a compliment."
https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4429608-How-am-I-a-racist
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Still a bit shaken after an exchange with someone on Nextdoor site that called me a racist. Post might be long but don't want to be accused of drip-feeding, so here it is: Original post was about the tragic fire that took the life of four young kids. A neighbour posted this:
"After the tragedy of 4 little boys died in a house fire, I will ask for any single parent which need a help with their kids for a babysitting during Xmas , I am happy to help. I am not child minder and not insured but I am mum with two grown up boys.
Pls pls do not leave your kids alone". This person then starts asking if she's had a DBS check, etc, so my response is here: "so you think people leaving their very young kids alone for hours is less of a risk than leaving them with a neighbour? This site is not Twitter. What's next - needed a food hygiene certificate and chefs qualifications when helping in a soup kitchen? The whole world will be a better place if we got to know our neighbours better and could ask for help when needed!" , Then him: "not sure what you think your post is about? Please vent some where else where they can understand you. Me: "it's written in British English - apologies for the confusion for those who need to revisit their comprehension skills."Then this from him: "oh sorry being Welsh I am sorry Iβve offended all you Anglo Saxons as youβve just offended me" "Racist", "going to apologise for your racism Dora?? Or are you just an Anglo Saxon bigot???" Me: "clearly your geography is as bad as your comprehension. Wales is still part of Great Britain and English is the official language!" Him: "reported to site as clear racism. No we donβt identify ourselves as Great Britain, we obviously have our own Synedd or do you deny that??". AIBU here or is this simply insane? I am not even Anglo-Saxon btw
Is it me or is this similar to another recent post about a weird anti-English rant from a Welsh person?
... I really do not understand why the two are being compared if I'm being honest.
I am not a book reader, my wife is. I watched all of Game of Thrones with no background knowledge, and the same now applies to Wheel of Time.
The two seem wildly different to me with the only similarity being the fantasy genre. If anything, a more reasonable comparison might be Lord of the Rings, but even with that there are some clear differences.
Going in completely blind - I may even go so far as to say the first few episodes of WoT are far more engaging than that HBO "masterpiece".
While I had the benefit of my wife sitting with me and explaining certain things, while also pointing out many of the differences from the book - I very much enjoyed the show. The origin stories and built in trivia to each episode has helped too.
Perhaps I'm at an advantage not having read the books. My wife has pointed out things she does like, important things she feel were left out, some differences, and more she has to see more about how they unfold. Overall she seems to like it.
I know my thoughts may not mean a lot to some without having read the books, but I still wanted to come share my thoughts with genuine fans of the series as well as my concern over the unfair GoT comparisons.
Feel free to ask my thoughts on specifics but be warned I may not know the full context or implications.
In the Basque Country they usually give kids names inspired mostly by nature, but also by places or mythology, such as Wind, Forest, Sea, River, Swallow, Tempest, Star, Beautiful-light, Uxue, Hodei, etc. And I think itβs a really beautiful way of naming people. I know that the vast majority of Welsh names are traditional, but would it be looked down upon if somebody gave a more creative name, such as inspired by nature or by mythology? Do you know of anyone?
In James' longer video this week, he showed the Trisha Paytas line he had bought (and was properly fuming most of the way through for various reasons). He mentioned the sunscreenr app he'd used and this short on his channel today shows how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9INcKvedeY
I found it quite interesting and got me wondering about the effectiveness of the sunscreens I use. As a consumer, I've always believed the text and trusted that my skin is protected.
