Talk:Cwmhiraeth

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 16:12, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

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Cottages at Cwmhiraeth

• ... that Cwmhiraeth, along with Cwmpengraig, was called the "Huddersfield of Wales"? [1]
  • ALT1: ... that Cwmhiraeth's name does not have an exact English translation? [2]
  • ALT2: ... that Cwmhiraeth's name roughly translates to "valley of longing"? for hiraeth
  • ALT3: ... that Cwmhiraeth has been called the "Valley of the Birds"? [3]

• Reviewed: Michael Sumpter
• Comment: This isn't, like, my best work or anything, so I'm happy to work with nearly any changes the reviewer wants to make. My preference would be for ALT1, I do genuinely appreciate the beauty and a little mysticism? of the name of the hamlet. and also, hehehe

5x expanded by Theleekycauldron (talk). Self-nominated at 00:33, 20 October 2021 (UTC).

Interesting place, on good sources, offline accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I like ALT2 best, because being told in the hook "no equivalent", and in the lead what it means would seem strange to me. - Please read it all loud to yourself, for grammar - I have a hard time to tell. Last sentence of the lead has "it" for a subjects, but that doesn't seem to be what declined. Later, "sits" goes with a plural subject, no? - I don't like the text squeezed between the second image and the infobox. My "repair" would be to drop the image and mention commonscat, - it's nice and green but not too specific. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:26, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

• Thanks for the review, Gerda! I edited the lead to let ALT2 make a little more sense, but I don't where to make the copyedits you suggested—I'm pretty sure that 'sits' is correct usage there, but i could be wrong. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 17:06, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

  "Around the hamlet sits many single dwellings" - isn't that like "Many single dwellings sits around the hamlet"? - Thanks for offering the image, it's licensed but not spectacular, so will probably not be taken for a rather short article. IF you want to pursue the image it needs (pictured) somewhere in the hook, as it surely doesn't picture all of the village. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:18, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

  • @Gerda Arendt: I figured it probably wouldn't get the slot, it was more for me—it's peaceful. i like peaceful. As to the sentence, it's singular because "hamlet" is singular—if we were to rephrase it, it's "many single swellings sit around the hamlet". Not sure why it's like that, english is weird. Maybe someone else could explain it more accurately. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 19:24, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

    Hamlet is singular, but it's the dwellings that "sit". I like peaceful as well. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:27, 21 October 2021 (UTC)