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Author: Dilwyn Phillips ,
Siôn Jones
Publisher: Y Lolfa
Imprint: Y Lolfa
Dimensions:
Width: 17.50cm
, Height: 0.60cm
, Length: 12.20cm
Weight: 0.091kg
ISBN: 9780862436193
ISBN 10: 0862436192
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 03 February 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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If you want to seriously study a nation, you must investigate its sense of humour. Here, the land of the Noson Lawen, the realm of Ryan and Ronnie and their like, is explored through the stories collected by Dilwyn Phillips. The stories are arranged in groups by topic: The Welsh and Sport, The Welsh and Education, The Welsh with their Women (feminists please note), The Welsh at the Pub, The Welsh Country People, and so forth. Most of the stories are very funny, some are rather 'cheeky' you know what I mean, like those concerned with sheep. What is the book for? Therapy, I suppose. If you are feeling a little low, a page or two of Welsh Jokes will revive your spirits. A laugh at our own expense also revives the sense of proportion, essential if we are not to take life too seriously. A complaint. On behalf of my neighbours, I would like to record my disgust at the jokes about Cardis 'Scots travel to Aberystwyth to finish their apprenticeships' indeed! I would send a letter of protest to the publisher but stamps are so expensive. Meanwhile, did I tell you the one about Dai and Wil . . .? -- John Spink @ www.gwales.com
If you want to seriously study a nation, you must investigate its sense of humour. Here, the land of the Noson Lawen, the realm of Ryan and Ronnie and their like, is explored through the stories collected by Dilwyn Phillips. The stories are arranged in groups by topic: The Welsh and Sport, The Welsh and Education, The Welsh with their Women (feminists please note), The Welsh at the Pub, The Welsh Country People, and so forth. Most of the stories are very funny, some are rather 'cheeky' you know what I mean, like those concerned with sheep. What is the book for? Therapy, I suppose. If you are feeling a little low, a page or two of Welsh Jokes will revive your spirits. A laugh at our own expense also revives the sense of proportion, essential if we are not to take life too seriously. A complaint. On behalf of my neighbours, I would like to record my disgust at the jokes about Cardis 'Scots travel to Aberystwyth to finish their apprenticeships' indeed! I would send a letter of protest to the publisher but stamps are so expensive. Meanwhile, did I tell you the one about Dai and Wil . . .? -- John Spink @ www.gwales.com
