>I usually start letters with "Annwyl" (Dear) and end them with >Yn Gwir (in truth). > >Adda >8o) Shouldn't that be "Yn wir" (or perhaps "Yn ngwir"?) There is a little booklet published by Cefn Cefn Cefnogwyr y Gymraeg 1 Stryd y Castell Caernarfon Gwynedd Ffo+n; +44-286-3795/5664 called _Sut i .... Ysgrifennu llythyr / How to write letters in Welsh_: I think it costs 1 GBP. It includes a lot of examples for use on different occasions, Welsh terms of address (to the prime minister you write "Y Gwir Anrhydeddus" on the envelope). Typical endings I have seen include: Yr eiddoch yn gywir (yours correctly) or just Yn gywir or Yn gywir iawn or Hwyl to someone you know well. J. (johan.schimanski@inl.uio.no) working on Ph.D. project "An Intercourse of Nationality and Genre in Welsh Literature after 1700" - General and Comparative Literature, Univ. of Oslo, Norway. - tel. +47-work 22854037 fax 22857100 home 22563945 cats 67541460