Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus!

[Rob Houghton]

Just wanted to wish all our Welsh members (and those who live in Wales, and those like me who are half Welsh!) a very Happy St David's Day!

[Wayne Pyer]

Thank you Rob. The same best wishes to you and to my fellow Welsh.

[Courtenay]

Happy St David's Day from me too!

[Anita Bensoussane]

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

[Eddie Muir]

And from me:

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

[Daisy]

At my school in Cardiff we used to hold an Eisteddfod on the day before, and on the morning of St David's Day, then we had the afternoon off. The four school houses competed against each other.

[KEVP]

I am about 25% Welsh!

[Rob Houghton]

I always say I'm half Welsh, because my dad was Welsh (born in North Wales) but his dad was only 'first generation Welsh' and his dad's parents had come to Wales from Rochdale. That's where I get my Northern bluntness from!

[Lucky Star]

Happy St David's Day. My secondary school was called St David's.

[Courtenay]

Here's something fun from the BBC earlier: 10 Welsh words that will warm up your St David's Day Some of them I'd heard before, some I hadn't. I particularly like "cwtch" (we all need more of those).

[Anita Bensoussane]

I'd forgotten about the expression "rhoi'r ffidil yn y tô" but I always liked it! I agree that "cwtch" is a great word, Courtenay, and I also like "ych a fi". Another favourite of mine (though it's definitely not a warming word!) is "hufen iâ", pronounced "hiven yaa". It means "ice-cream" and seems very appropriate as ice-cream is "heaven - yeah"!

At my school in Cardiff we used to hold an Eisteddfod on the day before, and on the morning of St David's Day, then we had the afternoon off. The four school houses competed against each other.

That sounds fun, Daisy. I used to love Eisteddfodau and often competed (either reciting a poem, singing in a choir or playing the recorder in a group). Once we'd got through the heats in our own town (Colwyn Bay), we travelled to other places for subsequent rounds, including Mold, Corwen and Llangollen.

[Courtenay]

I'd forgotten about the expression "rhoi'r ffidil yn y tô" but I always liked it!

I hadn't heard it before, but I like it too. Not to be confused with a Fiddler On the Roof, I assume...

Another favourite of mine (though it's definitely not a warming word!) is "hufen iâ", pronounced "hiven yaa". It means "ice-cream" and seems very appropriate as ice-cream is "heaven - yeah"!

I didn't know that one either! I'm still learning Cornish and enjoy comparing words with Welsh, as the two languages are closely related (not quite mutually intelligible but up to 80% of the words are recognisably similar if not the same), but "ice cream" in Cornish is quite different — "dehen rew". But still heaven, especially when it's made with clotted cream.

At my school in Cardiff we used to hold an Eisteddfod on the day before, and on the morning of St David's Day, then we had the afternoon off. The four school houses competed against each other.

That sounds fun, Daisy. I used to love Eisteddfodau and often competed (either reciting a poem, singing in a choir or playing the recorder in a group). Once we'd got through the heats in our own town (Colwyn Bay), we travelled to other places for subsequent rounds, including Mold, Corwen and Llangollen.

Wish we'd had Eisteddfodau at our school when I was little! Being in rural Australia, our only competitions were sporting ones, which I was terrible at. I would have loved to join in competitions for music and poetry!

Well, I will definitely have to have a proper holiday in Wales some day! (I've only been just over the border a couple of times, very briefly.)

[Rob Houghton]

Well, I will definitely have to have a proper holiday in Wales some day! (I've only been just over the border a couple of times, very briefly.)

Make sure you go to the REAL Wales - I mean - North Wales!!! That will always be Real Wales to me - Snowdon and Denbigh and Rhyl and Llangollen etc. Colwyn Bay too of course! And Angelsey.

I would also have loved an Eisteddfod at our school...although I'd probably have been too shy to take part. I was never good at sport (except sprinting and javelin) and I was great with poetry etc. We did singing and country dancing at our primary school - but most of the competitions the school went in for were sports-based - not my thing at all.

[Courtenay]

Make sure you go to the REAL Wales - I mean - North Wales!!! That will always be Real Wales to me - Snowdon and Denbigh and Rhyl and Llangollen etc. Colwyn Bay too of course! And Angelsey.

I have every intention of going to North Wales, don't worry. Including Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

[Rob Houghton]

That's one place I've never been. Imagine the size of the railway ticket!