Death of a national heroine

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    Didna quite reach the ton.
    R.I.P. Margaret.
     
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    Gjfm ojbi cowh jkpl.

    My enigmatic tribute.
     
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    Thought you were practicing your Welsh.
     
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    Nah, not enough "L"s in it :D
     
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    RIP good Lady and thank you for what you did for this Island.
     
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    Was her role particularly special or was she 'just' one of the many women who did that particular job? Just wondering as I've never heard her name before but googling doesn't really clear up whether she did something unique or it's more that she's the last lady to die that makes her more noteworthy now?

    Still absolutely amazes me how they were just ordinary people asked to do such a hard sounding job and how they had to keep it all secret. Going from being able to talk about anything and everything to having to be heavily guarded with even their own families in the blink of an eye. We can all imagine how bad the frontline was but I don't think anyone can really imagine what their job was like and the stress it must have put them under
     
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    no 'j' and no 'k' in Cymraeg - no 'q' -'x' - or 'z' either. Plenty of 'L' - 'Ll' tho'
     
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    Are there really none of those letters or they just aren't used often?
     
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    google - 'Welsh alphabet letters' - none of those letters listed #9 included (there's no 'v' either)

    That's why on the place names signs you will see the English name and the Welsh name as well e.g. Wrexham and Wrecsam, - Caernarvon Caernarfon.
     
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    Blimey I just did. I didn't realise that ll was a letter, I thought it was just two Ls after each other.

    Sounds to me like you lot just wanted to make things harder for yourselves :D
     
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