Mae cynulliad deddfwriaethol Nunavut yng Nghanada newydd pleidleisio o blaid deddf iaith newydd yn gwneud yr iaith Inuit yn gyfartal â Saesneg a Ffrangeg yn y rhanbarth. Pan bleidleisiodd y cynulliad yn unfrydol o blaid y mesur cafwyd curo dwylo brwd. Am y tro cyntaf yn hanes Canada bydd gan yr iaith Inuit statws ac amddiffynfa gyfreithiol. Wrth ddarllen cofnod y drafodaeth mae’n amlwg fod iaith yn gwbl sylfaenol i hunaniaeth trigolion Nunavut. Dyma beth ddywedodd James Arreak, aelod cynulliad Uqqummiut fel rhan o’r drafodaeth:
We often see businesses or organizations where the names of buildings or what they do, a lot of times they are just done in English, and a lot of times people who would go in won’t go in because they’re not sure. And in restaurants, people who want...
Fe wnes i ddysgu rhwybeth diddorol iawn heno wrth ddarllen papur newydd y Guardian ar-lein. Roedd ‘na flog yno ar pa lyfrau dylai gwleidyddion eu darllen. Ac mewn ymateb dyma rhywun yn postio sylw am sut mae’r awdur Yann Martel, enillydd gwobr Man Booker yn 2002, sy’n anfon llyfr at brif weinidog Canada bob pythefnos. Nid yn unig y mae’n anfon llyfr y mae’n ysgrifennu llythyr hefyd i fynd gyda’r llyfr er mwyn esbonio i Stephen Harper beth yw rhinweddau’r llyfr. Dwi ddim yn gwybod beth yw ymateb Stephen Harper, ond mae Yann Martel yn rhannu ei ddewis o lyfrau a’i lythyron yn gyhoeddus ar wefan, What is Stephen Harper reading? Mae’n werth taro heibio i weld beth yr hoffai Martel iddo ddarllen.
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Bydd y rhaglen Radio 4 Word of Mouth heno yn edrych ar ystyr “cymdeithas ddwyiaithog” gan edrych ar y sefyllfa yng Nghymru, Iwerddon a Chanada. 11.00 yr hwyr, ail-ddarlledu fory am 4.00, ar gael o’r we wedi hynny, siwr o fod.
Diolch......
A few times i have been late for things, and a few times i have missed things altogeather, and yes it is embarrassing! I wonder how THIS fellow felt.Yes thats right, he flew 4,000 from Canada to Wales for a wedding, although unlike me he was a little bit early... a whole 12 months early. Doh!Posted by...
A new twist to e-books and an obvious advantage for the medium that has taken a surprisingly long time to surface is the use of e-books through interlibrary loans (ILL). MyiLibrary from Coutts has developed eBook Loans with the National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI). With the click of a mouse, eBook Loans offer instant access to tens of thousands of electronic books from major scholarly publishers, including Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Blackwell and Springer. Libraries in particular will benefit from the service by reducing the costs associated with processing interlibrary loans, as well as tracking, receiving and returning loaned material. In addition, publishers will benefit from a new channel to market for their content, which...
Today I went for my first sandwich of the week in the sandwich shop. Sandwich Shop Girl was working, and I did a very sad and pathetic thing by making sure she served me, by using a "oh, I haven't decided" until she came. To me that is. Lo and behold she seemed blissfully unaware at my quite pathetic attempts to speak to her, au contraire she actually said something that shocked me.
"I saw you in the Madoc on Saturday."
I beg your pardon? Not a "Oh, were you in the Madoc on Saturday?" No, straight for the the throat.I had nothing to say to that, I wasn't expecting it.
"Err...yes I was. Sorry I didn't see you."
"That's okay! I was going to come over and say hi and introduce myself, but you seemed busy with that girl."
"What girl? Oh, Canadian Girl! Don't read anything into it. I only met...
Last night after seeing the Mighty Seagulls dominate Wakefield (proper update of that will be tomorrow), I went with my brother and a couple of ex-workmates to the Prince Madoc in Colwyn Bay. It's only the third or fourth time of going in there, and it was mainly because there was a happy hour, two drinks for one. Get in! I had a few at the football, but nevertheless handled myself pretty well.
About half way through the night, a girl came over to our table, and said "Hi, I'm Cassy! I'm visiting this area, so I'm just finding a big group of people to hang out with!". Fair enough, as the group which started out with just six of us swelled to around 15-20 people in the Madoc, probably the biggest group of people there and - knowing the people that go in there - probably the nicest....
Bues yn Canada am ychydig dros wythnos i fynychu priodas cyfnither fy nghariad. Er ei bod yn priodi Gwyddel ac eu bod bellach yn byw yn Iwerddon, mae ei rhieni a'i brawd yn dal i fyw yn Canada, ac mae'r tad yn rhy wael i deithio. Mi wnaeth dwy chwaer tad Sarah ymfudo i Ganada felly mae cefnder a chyfnither arall o ochr tad Sarah yn dod o Ganada hefyd. Dyma oedd y tro cyntaf i Sarah a'i thad weld nhw i gyd gyda'i gilydd ers bron i 20 mlynedd. Cynhaliwyd y briodas ger glan llyn Ontario yn Oshawa sydd tua awr i'r dwyrain o Toronto.Tref diwydiant ceir yw Oshawa, ac i fod yn deg tydi hi ddim yn le ymwelwyr, ond dyma ni'n treulio pedair noson yno yn gyfan gwbwl a phedair noson yn Toronto. Dyma fap o bobman fues i (isod mae un ar gyfer Toronto yn unig), a dyma set lluniau Flickr o'r...
