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Re: St. Mellons
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Hazel on October 10, 2005 |
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 Re: St. Mellons
Posted by Dave on September 10, 2005 |
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Re: St. Mellons |
> Hendra Vach
> you should be looking for "Hendre Fach" it is pronounced as you have written it.
> Hen = old
> Tre(f) = town
> Bach = little
> "T" mutates to "D" and the "F" is often dropped in speech and then in writing.
> Then "B" mutatates to "F"
> so literally you have "little old town"
> but the real meaning in English is "Old Farmhouse"Very nice, Dave. I hope Katie will see it. You know how to help. Hazel
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