The Bilingual Stations Game

[backontrack]

My guess for that one is (Edinburgh) Haymarket: the first word sounds vaguely like Market.

How about Caer?

Dave

Unfortunately, Caer (Chester) is both in Welsh and outside Wales so is invalid. You'll have to pick a station in Wales, Scotland, Éire or Cornwall, I'm afraid.

 

[leightonbd]

My guess for that one is (Edinburgh) Haymarket: the first word sounds vaguely like Market.

How about Caer?

Dave

Just to confirm Haymarket, very good.

 

[DaveHarries]

Unfortunately, Caer (Chester) is both in Welsh and outside Wales so is invalid. You'll have to pick a station in Wales, Scotland, Éire or Cornwall, I'm afraid.

Damn. I had considered "Llanllieni" which is Leominster instead of Caer but that would have the same problem.

Never mind. How about Abermaw?

Dave

 

[krus_aragon]

Damn. I had considered "Llanllieni" which is Leominster instead of Caer but that would have the same problem.

Never mind. How about Abermaw?

Dave

Ooh, I'm heading there for a holiday this Summer. Barmouth.

In return, anyone heading to Ynysowen for a weekend break?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What is Merthyr Vale like to spend a weekend break at?

If correct, I will offer up Caladal nan Gall

 

[backontrack]

Scotscalder sounds like a good place to spend a weekend at - in lovely scenery not too far from a main town and with a train that you can hail to get there.

But what about Dùn na Creige?

 

[leightonbd]

Scotscalder sounds like a good place to spend a weekend at - in lovely scenery not too far from a main town and with a train that you can hail to get there.

But what about Dùn na Creige?

I ended up looking this up. Duncraig. What a fascinating little station - see link -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncraig_railway_station

Another of my locals:
Cnoc Churraich

 

[backontrack]

Hmm. I know that 'cnoc' means hill. 'Churraich'...


...Curriehill?

 

[leightonbd]

Hmm. I know that 'cnoc' means hill. 'Churraich'...


...Curriehill?

You are correct, well done. Your go?

 

[backontrack]

Thanks!

Arberth

 

[NoMorePacers]

Narberth

Dinbych-y-pysgod

 

[leightonbd]

Narberth

Dinbych-y-pysgod

Memory tells me that's Tenby? Too much time listening to announcements!

Try this, from my other end of Scotland:

Mon Rois

 

[backontrack]

That be Montrose!

Try this: Y Fali

 

[NoMorePacers]

Into the Valley of death rode the 600.

Baile Eilidh Ard

 

[leightonbd]

Into the Valley of death rode the 600.

Baile Eilidh Ard

Eilidh is Helen, so Helensburgh?

If so

Llanilltud Fawr

 

[Railsigns]

There are two stations in Helensburgh, so which one?

 

[leightonbd]

There are two stations in Helensburgh, so which one?

Would 'Ard' signify Upper? Upper Helensburgh?

 

[NoMorePacers]

Nearly there.

 

[leightonbd]

Nearly there.

Ah. Helensburgh Upper.

Next: either open floor or anyone on line and looking, please try my Llanilltud Fawr from earlier today

 

[backontrack]

Llantwit Major?

 

[krus_aragon]

Llantwit Major?

Llantwit Major is correct.

I always thought Saint Illtud (who's church gives us the name Llanilltud) must be pretty miffed to have been Anglicised as "twit"!

 

[backontrack]

Ffordd Treglarbes

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I will try....Clarbeston Road

Open floor, if correct.

 

[backontrack]

Correct!

It looks like an open floor; would anyone else like to have a go?
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Evidently they wouldn't, so I'll take the floor. Try this:

Pen-bre a Phorth Tywyn

 

[krus_aragon]

That's Pembrey and Burry Port.

Next:

Tŷ Du

 

[backontrack]

Blackwood?

 

[krus_aragon]

Blackwood?

Correct. (A literal translation is Black House.)

 

[backontrack]

Okles-dokles. Try this:

Cathair na Mart

 

[pne]

(About "Goonkoyntrel")

That would be Quintrell Downs? How on earth does that translate!

"goon" (or "goen", "gun", etc.) is a "down; moor, moorland" in Cornish. (E.g. "Goonhilly" is "Goon Helhi" which I think is something like "hunting down; down of hunting". So "Goonhilly Downs" is theoretically redundant, like "River Avon" or "Torpenhow Hill".)

And "quintrell" to "koyntrel" is not that far of a stretch, I think - just a change from a rising diphthong on quin- to a falling one in koyn-. (Compare Welsh "cwyn" which could be either of those; either of the "w" or the "y" could be the semivowel.)

 

[backontrack]

A reminder that this is the current station:

Cathair na Mart