[WJGO]
Y dyfrbont

[Copliot]
The Welsh term “y dyfrbont” translates to “the aqueduct” in English.

Word Breakdown

Dyfrbont = Aqueduct

Literally: dyfr (water) + bont (bridge)

Y dyfrbont = The aqueduct

Example in Context

One of the most famous uses of the word is in Dyfrbont Pontcysyllte, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in North Wales — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a masterpiece of engineering built by Thomas Telford in the early 1800s2.

Would you like to explore more Welsh compound words like this, or dive into the history of Pontcysyllte itself?

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[WJGO]
In Welsh, how does one know if eto means again or yet?

[Copliot]
Great question, William! The Welsh word "eto" can mean either "again" or "yet", and the key to understanding which meaning is intended lies in the context of the sentence. Here's how to tell the difference:

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[WJGO]
Can you translate into Welsh the following please. A lady reading haiku to an elephant in a field of lavender in flower, with a Roman aqueduct in the background.

[Copilot]
Here’s a natural Welsh translation of your richly detailed sentence:

“Dynes yn darllen haiku i eliffant mewn cae o lafant ar flodau, gyda fflyd Rufeinig yn y cefndir.”

Word Breakdown
Dynes = Lady / Woman

Yn darllen haiku = Reading haiku

I eliffant = To an elephant

Mewn cae o lafant ar flodau = In a field of lavender in flower

Cae = Field

Lafant = Lavender

Ar flodau = In bloom (literally “on flowers”) — blodau mutates to flodau after ar

Gyda fflyd Rufeinig yn y cefndir = With a Roman aqueduct in the background

Fflyd Rufeinig = Roman aqueduct (literally “Roman conduit”)

Yn y cefndir = In the background

Would you like to use this as an image prompt or explore how poetic imagery is expressed in Welsh?

[WJGO]
Yes please.

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If not unique, I wonder if at sometime someone will be accused of trying to use a previously used stamp when they have not!

Please imagine three Euler circles.

A large one for All present years UK postage stamps

A medium one that is entirely within that one for All special issue stamps

A small one that is entirely within that one for All Christmas stamps

Then the stamps without the so-called barcodes are the ones in the ring doughnut area of the Euler diagram.

All of the other stamps within the largest of these Euler circles do have these so-called barcodes.

I did think some time ago that, as most (all but special issues except Christmas stamps) UK postage stamps each now have a unique "barcode" built into them that adding a postage stamp and recording the "barcode" value elsewhere, perhaps in a document published and a copy sent for Legal Deposit, would be a way to provide authentication for original prints made by an artist.

Yes, it was pronounced as tuppence.

Cheque books of thirty cheques used to cost five shillings and if I remember correctly had a printed symbol that the twopence had been paid rather than a physical stamp.

If drawing money of two pounds or more out of a savings account at a bank one had to pay twopence for a stamp, just like a postage stamp, but a different colour.

In my experience bank cashiers seemed to expect me to have penny coins in my pocket readily available for the transaction. If I asked for the twopence to be taken from the account they did so but seemed rather put out about it.