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| User: | peredur_glyn (4902212) The Raving Welshman
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| Name: | Peredur o'r Glyn | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Bangor, Cymru/Wales, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
| Birthdate: | 1981-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bio: |
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Alright, if you really want to know... -- I was born and raised in Anglesey, North Wales, and went to school on the island till I was 18. I was destined to become an Arts student. -- So I became one. I attended Queens' College, Cambridge University, for three years, where I studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (ASNaC), followed (after a year "out" travelling in Australia and working in Cambridge) by an MPhil--same subject, same college. I primarily studied Germanic languages (Old English, Old Norse/Icelandic, Old Saxon and Gothic, plus the proto- stuff) and linguistics, Middle Welsh (plus some earlier bits and a smattering of Middle Cornish), as well as Historical Linguistics, some Latin and history (primarly Anglo-Saxon, having swiftly dropped British and Scandinavian history after a disastrous exam result!). I wrote a nice and deeply fascinating Masters thesis about the semantics of Old English words for horses, which isn't published, as I am lazy and hate footnotes. (If you really want to know my findings, ask.) I have since been given another Masters for doing nothing, which is a Good Thing. More of that kind of quid pro nada, please. -- I now live in Wales and am currently a PhD student at the University of Wales, Bangor, researching language mixing in Welsh-English bilinguals. -- In my spare time I like writing Stuff, primarily an Anglo-Saxon war novel set in the 7th century (The Red Saxon is complete, and I'll be sending it round agents soon, hopefully), and various libretti/plays/screenplays/poems/short stories. You know, the usual caboodle. A recent pet project is translating The Mikado into Welsh. Modified rapture (Gorfoledd gymhedrol). It's now complete, and only lacks a production company ... -- Before you ask, my name is Welsh and doesn't "mean" anything (AFAIK). It's the name of a youth who becomes Arthur's knight in Peredur uab Efrawc, and the name also appears in the Gododdin. -- Galla i siarad Cymraeg, felly teimla'n rhydd i flogio'n yr iaith bêr honno os y mynni! Please visit this site: Kymro Kanol: Pumet keink y Mabinogyon, as its author is an unemployed sot who could do with the attention. You won't, however, get much out of it unless you really like Middle Welsh ... I've written/edited a few articles on Wikipedia. Check out my user page for more details, though I don't have much time these days. I'm an active member (and junior conductor) of Aelwyd yr Ynys, a group associated with Urdd Gobaith Cymru, dedicated to singing and performing, and just a little bit of drinking. And finally ... if you want to find what rhymes with what in Welsh, click here! Great, huh? Yes.  | |||||||||||||||||||
| Memories:: | 8 entries | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interests: | 94: 18th century poetry, 24, acting, angelina jolie, anglo-saxon, anglo-saxon england, beer, beethoven, beowulf, bernard cornwell, bill hicks, blackadder, board games, breasts, ccgs, celtic, celts, charlize theron, chocolate, choirs, christianity, cinema, classical music, comic opera, computer games, coupling, cymraeg, cymru, cynghanedd, dvds, eisteddfod, eliza dushku, etymology, family guy, films, flashman, french horn, futurama, george macdonald fraser, george r.r. martin, gilbert and sullivan, gothic language, hamlet, history, ian fleming, icelandic, indo-european, james bond, jewel, latin, lee and herring, linguistics, lord of the rings, mabinogi, mabinogion, medieval history, mendelssohn, middle welsh, military history, movies, naked women, old english, old norse, old saxon, opera, operetta, philology, piano, poetry, pool, preacher, pubs, real ale, red dwarf, scuba diving, shakespeare, sharpe, singing, six nations rugby, snooker, south park, the mikado, tolkien, translating, travelling, vikings, wales, welsh, welsh ballads, welsh language, women, writing, writing novels, writing plays | |||||||||||||||||||
| Schools: | Bangor University - Bangor, Wales - Gwynedd, United Kingdom University of Cambridge - Cambridge, England - Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Also Friend of: | 2: edricson, rhysbryn | |||||||||||||||||||
| Member of: | 8: asnac, cantabrigiensis, dysgu_cymraeg, gilbertsullivan, gothic_language, memegen, old_english, war_in_the_sun | |||||||||||||||||||
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