tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post1099733060187749806..comments2024-03-18T21:26:34.716-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "Yan, tan, tether, mether, pip"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-70437562965809011022018-06-21T01:16:25.326-05:002018-06-21T01:16:25.326-05:00This isn't Romanian, it's from the Britton...This isn't Romanian, it's from the Brittonic Cumbric language, from which Cumbria gets it's name, and is very closely related to Welsh. Just compare the Welsh numbers and you'll see the similarity. Here's a source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Tan_TetheraAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484054090313304256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-57616415127446556922009-04-03T14:51:00.000-05:002009-04-03T14:51:00.000-05:00Via the Annotated Pratchett Filehttp://www.lspace....Via the Annotated Pratchett File<BR/>http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/carpe-jugulum.html<BR/><BR/> This is an old northern English (not Scots) dialect, used for counting sheep in Yorkshire and Cumbria. 'Yan, tan, tethera, methera, pip, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick.'<BR/><BR/>According to one correspondent, the folklorist A. L. Lloyd traced the words to a group of Romanian shepherds brought to England early in the 19th century to teach the locals something about increase in flocks. The words were thought very Occult and Mysterious, until it was explained that they were just counting.Dirachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346168931079493942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-74873281186836445532009-03-30T16:33:00.000-05:002009-03-30T16:33:00.000-05:00Verra kewl!Me loves some dialect!Verra kewl!<BR/><BR/>Me loves some dialect!FUZZARELLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340378858926874634noreply@blogger.com