>> I think the lumps of ice in the fridge are "rhew". >That depends on what you call lumps of ice. If you mean ice cubes as in water >poured into a mould and left to freeze then you're talking ia+, on the other >hand, if you're talking about the white frost that you get when you don't >defrost properly, we're talking rhew. >In other words, ia+ is what you put in your lemonade, makes pipes burst, makes >you skid on the road, rhew is frost, what you get on the grass in the morning. Rhew yr ydw i'n galw bob dim sydd wedi yyyy.. rhewi, heblaw am barrug - sydd yn ymddangos ar y caeau ac ar ffenestri mewn tywydd oer (frost) - buaswn i byth yn galw 'frost' yn rew. Dydw i erioed wedi defnyddio Ia+ mewn iaith bob dydd (o Sir Fo+n dwi'n dod bai ddy we+). Tra'r ydym ar y pwnc o dafodiaith, sut mae rhywun o Fangor yn sillafu "Mississippi"? Ateb: Em ai, dybl es ai, dybl es ai, dybl pi ai. (Ymddiheuriadau i rai sydd yn gallu gweithio honna allan - peidiwch a phoeni - dydych chi ddim yn colli llawer!) Geraint H. Jones ghj@mssl.ucl.ac.uk