tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post2663368117608251645..comments2024-01-04T15:48:20.985+00:00Comments on RADNORIAN: No-Man's Landradnorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-19908593875978198042009-12-04T14:38:34.478+00:002009-12-04T14:38:34.478+00:00They seemingly relied on local ministers/teachers ...They seemingly relied on local ministers/teachers to carry out the survey so perhaps something happened to frustrate things in Builth Hundred. They actually had subjects on Epynt - Merthyr Cynog for example. Anyway they should have pulled their finger out to cover Irfon valley area.<br /><br />I think surveys based on vowel sounds are more interesting than word-lists - they are much harder to carry out of course, needing trained researchers, which I guess is why they went with the word lists.<br /><br />Dialect work in the Irfon valley area has been carried out since of course. Thanks for the comment BTWkjjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-1483954910760358092009-12-04T08:44:44.467+00:002009-12-04T08:44:44.467+00:00There are still (native - not learners or immigran...There are still (native - not learners or immigrant) Welsh speakers around Llanwrtyd. I was speaking to one earlier this year.<br /><br />Maybe the researchers assumed that the Eppynt clearances and their consequences had been more widespread and even more ruthless than they actually were.<br /><br />You're right; it seems bizarre to make so much effort elsewhere in Wales and miss out such an important area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com