Making Plans

In Coburg, after buying a house here over the weekend. I'm doing some real estate admin, checking out the vibe. Here is the mission statement of Coburg Baptist Church.

Something tells me I'm going to feel right at home. 😊

Welsh lessons

Are you learning Welsh? Have you ever wished there was some easy, fail safe way of determining masculine and feminine I had and this is the answer my friend Dai Trên gave me.

A Welsh teacher was explaining to her class that in Welsh, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

'cat' for instance, is feminine: 'cath.'
'dog' however, is masculine: 'ci.'

A student asked, 'What gender is 'cyfrifriadur'?'

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether 'computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender (benywaidd), because:

1. No-one but their creator understands their internal logic

2.The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval

and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paypacket on accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine (gwrywaidd), because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on

2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem

and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had only waited a little longer, you could have got a better model.

Mae rhaid i ti edrych ar dy gyfrifriadur i weld pwy yn ennill!

Which translated means: you must look at your computer to see who wins.

Gee, thanks Dai.

Librarian's dilemma

I think maybe I've got too many books on the go...