Comments on: Hedegogllygoden http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/07/hedegogllygoden/ a writer in search of zen-like clam Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:29:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Julie http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/07/hedegogllygoden/comment-page-1/#comment-48437 Julie Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:33:11 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=908#comment-48437 Thank you! Hmm. The thing is, Hedegogllygoden means "flying mice", which is both too appropriate and too stupid for a book about bat conservationists. Will explore "Aber-" + mouse formations... Thank you!

Hmm. The thing is, Hedegogllygoden means “flying mice”, which is both too appropriate and too stupid for a book about bat conservationists. Will explore “Aber-” + mouse formations…

]]> By: Liz http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/07/hedegogllygoden/comment-page-1/#comment-48391 Liz Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:08:49 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=908#comment-48391 Aber -- means "mouth of" as in river, by the way. Wales is a very wet place which is why there are so many of them... Aber — means “mouth of” as in river, by the way. Wales is a very wet place which is why there are so many of them…

]]> By: Liz http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/07/hedegogllygoden/comment-page-1/#comment-48386 Liz Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:33:18 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=908#comment-48386 I live in Wales and the middle bit is what looks right to me! I'd have been tempted to make the "d" a "dd" though. Which is pronounced "th" :) I live in Wales and the middle bit is what looks right to me! I’d have been tempted to make the “d” a “dd” though. Which is pronounced “th” :)

]]> By: Sally Lawton http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/07/hedegogllygoden/comment-page-1/#comment-48287 Sally Lawton Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:41:38 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=908#comment-48287 I grew up in Wales and spoke it fluently for 13 years. I think it's sounds great. But I've not spoken Welsh for another 13 years... :-) I grew up in Wales and spoke it fluently for 13 years. I think it’s sounds great.

But I’ve not spoken Welsh for another 13 years… :-)

]]> By: Ruth http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/07/hedegogllygoden/comment-page-1/#comment-48249 Ruth Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:13:02 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=908#comment-48249 It looks to me like the middle bit is what sends it over the believable edge? But I was only there for a year so what do I know :) You could do something with and 'Aber' at the beginning as there seem to be a load of those in Wales (wikipedia has a list that you could maybe snaffle ideas from to twist into something new?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aber_and_Inver_as_place-name_elements It looks to me like the middle bit is what sends it over the believable edge? But I was only there for a year so what do I know :)
You could do something with and ‘Aber’ at the beginning as there seem to be a load of those in Wales (wikipedia has a list that you could maybe snaffle ideas from to twist into something new?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aber_and_Inver_as_place-name_elements

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