A list of 40 words by sionnach.
- gun a gunwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- fethera buonwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- tethera buonwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- taena buonwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- aena buonwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- buonwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- fethera dugswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- tethera dugswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- taena dugswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- aena dugswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- dugswas added by sionnach and appears on 9 lists
- quaatherwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- quoatherwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- layatherwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- aaytherwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- phubswas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- fetherawas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- tetherawas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- taenwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- aenwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- jiggetwas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- metherabumwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- tetherabumwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- tanabumwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- yanabumwas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- bumfitwas added by sionnach and appears on 6 lists
- metheradickwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- tetheradickwas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- tanadickwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- yanadickwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- dickwas added by sionnach and appears on 50 lists
- conterwas added by sionnach and appears on 5 lists
- akkerwas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- sezarwas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- azerwas added by sionnach and appears on 3 lists
- pipwas added by sionnach and appears on 44 lists
- metherwas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- tetherwas added by sionnach and appears on 61 lists
- tanwas added by sionnach and appears on 49 lists
- yanwas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
I may have to adopt this system myself. If only so that I can guffaw like a buffoon when I reach tetheradick.
Chortle! Chortle! Chortle!
March 27, 2008
yarb commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
How they ever got past bumfit I can't imagine.
March 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
What if Welsh shepherds sit around reading perfectly ordinary English words and laughing about us? *looks around suspiciously*
March 28, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Well, good for them, say I! Maybe they can write a song about the experience* so that sister Bronwen can teach it to the miners' chorus to sing at the Eistedfodd.
But, have you learned *nothing* from your experience here on Wordie, c_b? Surely, by now, the realization must have dawned that there is no such beast as a 'perfectly ordinary' word, in English, or any other language?
*: turn it into Eistedfodder, so to speak.
March 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Oh, no. I have a ton of them. I even have lists of them. This very comment is filled with them.
March 28, 2008
bilby commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Do we count from the top of the list down or from the bottom up? I just want to be damn ready cometh the next ovine reckoning at Penrhyndeudraeth.
March 28, 2008
reesetee commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Yes, and I suppose I must learn them too if I'm to be the Prothonotary of Fattiehead.
Wait...where is Fattiehead again? Oh, Scotland. Never mind. *stops counting in Welsh*
March 28, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
How many ways do I love Wordie? Let me count them:
yan, tan, tether .....
I trust that addresses bilby's question.
By the way, this counting scheme was found in the delightful book biting the wax tadpole : confessions of a language fanatic (elizabeth little).
March 28, 2008
bilby commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
This is officially my favouritest list. In this life and all previous ones.
March 28, 2008
bilby commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
I'm trying so hard to learn all these words but I keep falling asleep ...
March 29, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
bilby: Are you still in Australia? Or are you in Europe again?
March 30, 2008
gangerh commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
bilby's in the Land of Nod, sionnach.
March 30, 2008
bilby commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Australia. But with my new-found prowess I should have been in New Zealand:
"In the Te Kuiti’s take on “running of the bulls�? the main event of the day is at 2pm “The Running of the sheep�?. Where thousands of wooly sheep scurry and make their way through the excited crowd down the main street of Te kuiti in the most wildest idea that has turned into the most recognizable event icon. Then test your sheep counting skills in The Count the Sheep Competition�? by guessing the exact number of sheep running to win a huge cash prize." Err, all the thrilling details here .
March 30, 2008
bilby commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Why only 20? Surely flocks of sheep were bigger than that? Or is 20 just the number of words that have survived?
I seek higher realms, even beyond jigget.
April 22, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
yanajig, tanajig, tetherajig, metherajig, pastie, yanapest, tanapest, tetherapest, metherapest, crumpet, yanacrump, tanacrump ...
It's forbidden by law to own more than 32 sheep.
April 22, 2008
bilby commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
llarfs!
April 22, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
pictures!!
April 22, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
music!!
April 22, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
more delightful nonsense!!
April 22, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Based on this Wikipedia link, and others, I have changed the name of this list slightly, and added the 'Rathmell' counting numbers to the existing 'Swaledale' counts.
April 22, 2008
bilby commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
But wait! Daffyd demands a recount!.
April 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Why? Is Daffyd a malcountent?
April 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Having found time to understand this counting system I just shared it with Nicolina, my daughter, aged 10. She loves it, as do I, and she's just spent a whole 5 minutes learning up to jigget. She's now teaching me and insists that I print it off so she can share it with all her friends tomorrow. Ain't it great? Thanks for sharing, sionnach.
April 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
That's great, gangerh! Girls that age love mysterious counting systems and languages, don't they? (I know several who use ASL as their own "secret" means of communicating.)
April 24, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
That makes me very happy, gangerh. I think the sheep counting words are my favorite discovery since joining Wordie.
April 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Yes! You're right, r_t! I hadn't seen it - Nicolina and her friends were all learning and using BSL earlier this year! Is this a universal phenomenon?
April 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Could be, gangerh. A friend of mine who counsels deaf children believes that it's fairly common among (hearing) U.S. girls who are about Nicolina's age--something to do with having their own code of communication that adults can't understand. (Can't speak for boys that age, though.)
April 24, 2008
trivet commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Ten-year old girls love special clubs and secret languages. It often starts with Pig Latin and then moves on to sign language or ubbi dubbi. Boys seem more interested in written codes and symbols (in my experience, at least).
April 24, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
These guys also cracked up at bumfit. It's at around the 5-minute mark on the video.
June 30, 2008
sionnach commented on the list dale-counting-sheep
Now there's a musical
July 28, 2015