tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post5152008652355558150..comments2024-01-04T15:48:20.985+00:00Comments on RADNORIAN: Another review of a book I haven't readradnorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-37196113559135572452013-07-18T12:48:04.906+01:002013-07-18T12:48:04.906+01:00There is a river Ellen in Cumbria which is said to...There is a river Ellen in Cumbria which is said to be named for a goddess Alauna cf. St Helen. I prefer the more prosaic young animal connection which fits in with local streams like the Edw and Colwyn but who knows.<br /><br />radnorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-90881917621693600602013-07-15T15:04:23.828+01:002013-07-15T15:04:23.828+01:00Many thanks for your reply Radnorian. I confess th...Many thanks for your reply Radnorian. I confess that I hadn't ever thought about the link to Elain/hind/fawn, and how very interesting that the bards used 'Elenid' rather than Elenydd. I wonder if this reflected the same linguistic influence that gave us Dinbod and Tinboeth? Fferllysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-28521350780536811002013-07-11T20:07:26.726+01:002013-07-11T20:07:26.726+01:00Fferllys - the root word according to Richard Morg...Fferllys - the root word according to Richard Morgan's Study of Radnorshire Placenames is Elain, a hind or a fawn. It's not unusual for Welsh river names - in this case the river Elan - to be related to the behaviour of animals. Elenid and Elenydd would basically mean the same thing - the area around the Elan but the bards used Elenid not Elenydd.<br /><br />Jac - I wouldn't invest in this circuit myself, nor would I like to see anything but a modicum of public money spent on the project. At the same time we have to wish it well and certainly the concerns of outside pressure groups, such as those you mention, should count for very little. Do any of the naysayers actually live in Blaenau Gwent?<br /> <br /><br /><br />radnorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-31177431206069950402013-07-11T19:03:40.515+01:002013-07-11T19:03:40.515+01:00I'm interested in Radnorian's comment abou...I'm interested in Radnorian's comment about Elenid rather than Elenydd - what is the root word(s).<br /><br /><br />On the article itself, its very thought provoking as are Jac o'the North's interesting comments and link to news of the racetrack, which I remember seeing mention of.<br /><br />In an ideal world, I'd rather see people back living in the places that economic conditions led them to desert (no pun intended)long ago - the evidence of old farmsteads etc are there to see - than wind farms that are put across the wilds of mid-Wales; if they think its a mere 'desert', no wonder they don't mind what they do to it.<br /><br />This is why Radnorian is so correct (as he says elsewhere) about the importance of the farming communities of Wales. The more they disperse and dissipate, the more the culture they have preserved and evolved is lost, and any remaining language with it.Fferllysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-16886448869847436852013-07-11T15:32:00.186+01:002013-07-11T15:32:00.186+01:00Yes, there have always been English people who dre...Yes, there have always been English people who dream of an 'unspoilt' Wales. By which they mean a semi-wilderness devoid of people other than those needed to provide the services they require, and to keep everything green and 'natural'. Environmentalism is just the latest manifestation - or justification - for what Giraldus suggested the Normans were guilty of.<br /><br />It reared its head in Ebbw Vale earlier this week when the local council gave permission for the planned - promised? hoped for? - racetrack. Up jumped the Open Spaces Society to object.<br /><br />Now I have my own views on this project, I dealt with it on my blog recently. http://bit.ly/17a0xm3. But we are dealing with the Heads of the Valleys, perhaps the most deprived area of western Europe. If this project comes anywhere near delivering what it promises, then it is the duty of all Welsh people to support it.<br /><br />But whatever issues it raises, the Open Spaces Society, the Ramblers, the National Trust, and all the other middle class English organisations should be completely ignored. Because they do not have <i><b>our</b></i> best interests at heart. They are defending <i><b>their</b></i> 'Wales'. <br /><br />Jac o' the North,https://www.blogger.com/profile/02032744625666336148noreply@blogger.com