Random mid-editing babble

[sff_corgi_lj]

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Did you know you can get hard-boiled eggs at Publix Deli? Four cost me a buck; they're $2.39/lb.

Nicked from angelofthenorth who gacked from mommybird who got it from violetisblue:

Pick an interest from my interests page that either 1) you know nothing about but sounds intriguing, or 2) you know something about but can't fathom why yours truly would be interested in it, and demand an explanation. Verily, I will provide.

Drat. I forgot the other thing I wanted to post [frustrated look]. Probably something about Sirius being at zenith at sunset nowadays, which means we're close to losing him for the summer.... Bah.

Anyway, two of the upcoming profiles had to be heavily formatted to get the right effect; I'm not sure the font size will work for everyone, so if you've any problems reading them (you'll know them when I post them), please let me know and I'll post a relatively plain-text version.

My very British name is Amelia Chamberlain.
Take The Very British Name Generator today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Name Generator Generator.

...although 'Corgi' is pretty darn British (Brythoneg) as it is....

Comments

[angelofthenorth.livejournal.com]

deheubarth

[jenavira.livejournal.com]

You've got a lot of interests I don't understand. Possibly because I don't speak Welsh.

caerfyrddin?

About 'Deheubarth'

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Aha, I just added that one! Deheubarth (and it took heidi8 to remind me, interestingly enough) was the name of one of the Welsh kingdoms in south/southwest Wales back during the single-digit centuries which Hwyel Dda, Howel the Good, created by incorporating the kingdoms of Dyfed, Brycheiniog and Seisyllwg for as long as that lasted (which was extremely, extremely variable!).

'De' is 'south' in Welsh, or a shortform for it.

About 'Caerfyrddin'

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Ehhh, there's not a lot of WELSH Welsh, it's mostly placenames. 'Caerfyrddin' is one of them -- it's the Welsh form of 'Carmarthen', which was the capitol of the county of Dyfed... then they went and recountied again and I'm guessing it's still the capitol of Carmarthenshire.

Caerfyrddin, or as the Romans called it, 'Maridunum' (sea-fort), was also one of the four locations the Romans (relentlessly grid-centric) built an amphitheatre, the focus of Roman social activity whereever one was built. It's been mostly cannibalised by people wanting the dressed stone before the historians came to realise what it was and placed it under protection, but it's still there and able to be visited.

After the Romans came King Arthur -- Bryn Myrddin, just outside of town proper, was claimed to be Merlin's home (it was an early Briton earthwork hillfort); Merlin's Oak used to be over on the east side of town... then in a traffic circle... then they dug it up. There's a cement patch of complete anonymity there now, alas.

Anyway, I went to a year of college there, at Coleg y Drindod (Trinity College), a teaching college right next to 'the art school'.

Watch the movie!

Re: About 'Caerfyrddin'

[jenavira.livejournal.com]

Shiny! Thanks. :)

Re: About 'Deheubarth'

[angelofthenorth.livejournal.com]

Right

*scratches head*

Re: About 'Deheubarth'

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Oooookay -- where'd I lose you? :)

Re: About 'Deheubarth'

[angelofthenorth.livejournal.com]

Somewhere around Mid Wales.