Sunday, 29 May 2022

The Demetian Dialect and Martha's private diary




This is a very interesting and quite detailed article in the Journal of the Pembrokeshire Historical Society.  It's written by Gwenllian Awbery, who has worked a lot in the past on the strength and distribution of the Welsh language in Wales.  I'm not entirely sure when this was published.........

 https://www.pembrokeshirehistoricalsociety.co.uk/glossary-demetian-dialect-william-meredith-morris-cwm-gwaun-part-i/

Note that sometimes we see the spelling "Dimetian" and sometimes "Demetian" -- but you will see from the article that the dialect was quite widely used, and it is not at all beyond the bounds of the possible that a lady such as Martha might have used it as her "private language"..........

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