Bladder Disease is Back

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[FONT size=4]Road sign leaves Welsh-speakers bewildered[/FONT]  [TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0] [TBODY][/TBODY][/TABLE] [TABLE class=headerTable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=* border=0] [TBODY] [TR] [TD] [P class=headtypea]Aug 15 2006


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[/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD colSpan=2] [P class=headtypeb]Gareth Rogers, South Wales Echo

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 [P class=headtypea align=left]Welsh-speaking cyclists have been left baffled - and possibly concerned for their health - after a bizarre translation mix-up.

 [P class=headtypea align=left]For instead of a road sign telling them to dismount, the Welsh translation informs them that 'bladder disease has returned'.

 [P class=headtypea align=left]The temporary sign, placed in front of the roadworks at Barons Court roundabout between Penarth and Cardiff, correctly says 'cyclists dismount' in English, but says 'llid y bledren dymchwelyd' in Welsh.

 [P class=headtypea align=left]Owain Sgiv, an officer for the Welsh language campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, explained: 'Roughly translated, llid y bledren dymchwelyd means bladder disease has returned.

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