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Did you know that "Bethesda" is a meaningful word in Wales? This surprised me when I visited the Smithsonian Folklife Festival yesterday, both because I had no idea that Bethesda had any culture at all and because the Welsh language doesn't seem to use any vowels. Even better than a claim to cultural relevance -- a nickname. The Welsh have a name for Bethesda, the small town at the mouth of the River Ogwen: Pesda. That's cute! McGhee Street Photography gets down Pesda style.
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I don't see anything at that link about "Bethesda" being a meaningful word in Welsh. What do you think it means? It seems more likely that the Welsh town of Bethesda, like the one we have here, was named after the biblical pool of Bethesda.
You know, Bethesda really isn't that bad...
Yay, thanks for posting a Wales photo! I'm pretty miffed I didn't get a chance to go down to the Folklife Festival this year. My ancestors are from Llanrwst, just east and a little south of Bethesda.
Kriston, y and w are both full-fledged vowels in Welsh. Although I grant you that it's a little difficult on occasion to distinguish between a fluent sentence and a hearty throat-clearing.
My friend visited snowdonia (in Wales) yesterday, she said Wales is a very beautiful country. Shame she did not meet anybody speaking Welsh
Dear Krist(e)on:
The language of Wales is Welsh; look it up.
You make snarky comments about the suburbs but I bet you come from some hellhole backwater in the Midwest. You've been in DC what, two years at most?
I don't know Kriston, but he's from Texas; look it up.
In any case, there is no need to make personal attacks against contributors (staff or commentators). You've been here long enough to know better than that. As for me, I'm happy to be a nice guy from "some hellhole backwater in the Midwest" rather than an egotistical a-hole from some self-important coastal city.