Comments on: Redon Market http://www.bretondiary.com/markets/redon-market/ Living the good life in Brittany, France Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Keith Eckstein http://www.bretondiary.com/markets/redon-market/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Keith Eckstein Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:47:35 +0000 http://www.bretondiary.com/?p=1764#comment-457 Graham - The Breton word for market is marc’had - with a similar throat clearing bit but no "n" pronounced. I suppose that Breton could also be considered the language of heaven - primarily because Brittany (when it's not raining) could reasonably be called Heaven on Earth? Graham – The Breton word for market is marc’had – with a similar throat clearing bit but no “n” pronounced.

I suppose that Breton could also be considered the language of heaven – primarily because Brittany (when it’s not raining) could reasonably be called Heaven on Earth?

]]> By: Graham http://www.bretondiary.com/markets/redon-market/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Graham Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:31:11 +0000 http://www.bretondiary.com/?p=1764#comment-456 The Welsh word for market is marchnad, with the 'ch' in the middle having the sound of clearing one's throat....but it's not a cough sound....more like producing phlem to spit. What were my ancestors thinking of whilst producing the language of heaven, as some people remark on it BUT probably referring to when it is sung? " Mae hen wlad fy nhadau......" The Welsh word for market is marchnad, with the ‘ch’ in the middle having the sound of clearing one’s throat….but it’s not a cough sound….more like producing phlem to spit. What were my ancestors thinking of whilst producing the language of heaven, as some people remark on it BUT probably referring to when it is sung? ” Mae hen wlad fy nhadau……”

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