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I never thought I'd have to make one of these, but I'm genuinely really struggling financially right now and will swallow my pride about asking for help.

As some of you may know, the NHS has been slowly gutted by the Tories, meaning that medical interventions which were formerly free/low cost and readily available are no longer available. As a result I'm having to pay £250 out of pocket for a mouth guard to protect my teeth from tooth grinding. I fell out of the NHS system a while ago when I became estranged, so have to go private.

I suffer from a tight tempomandibular joint (the muscles in my jaw) which causes teeth grinding (bruxism) at night. Stress and anxiety also worsen this. It's gotten to the point where it can hurt to talk or eat and the tooth grinding triggers my migraines due to the pressure caused by my jaw. My gums are also very sensitive and thin due to another medical condition and the grinding is making my teeth loose and gums bleed. I have no other option other than getting a mouth guard fitted - the cheapest option of which is £250.

So I'm creating a $1 Patreon tier for anyone who can spare it to help me cover the cost of my mouth guard. If you do donate, I really, really cannot thank you enough - losing my teeth is one of my biggest fears and I need to prevent that from happening, so thank you again if you can spare anything! If you would prefer, I also have tumblr tips enabled. If you cannot donate, please consider reblogging!

Diolch mawr for reading and thank you so much to everyone who has supported me - now or in the past.

So, I’m at the very beginning of my Welsh language journey, but I wanted something that I could easily reference back to or that might help someone else, too. 

Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot out there for learning Welsh, unlike the more popular languages. I’ll update as I find more things, though :) Note that this list is geared toward people learning online in whole or as a supplement to their off line groups, not linked. 

Free Online Resources

Duolingo - What I’m currently using as my primary tool Say Something in Welsh - Tried this first, but I’m very visual, and it didn’t work for me as a primary resource The blog of one of the SSiW people BBC’s Learning Welsh websites Memrise Learn-Welsh Welsh 101 Surface Languages Welsh Learn Welsh on Reddit S4C and Dal Ati - news media? I’m a little confused about accessing stuff iLanguages Welsh Welsh Government resources

Paid Resources

[Chapter extract from “What drove the development of Welsh-language LGBTQIA+ terminology 1972-2022” by Luke Blaidd ]

The pdf can be downloaded for free from my patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/four-centuries-89618586?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Have had “wy’ ti’n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?” stuck in my head so often…

lyrics below, but sorry yall get a not-quite-correct google translate because i don’t have energy to translate it myself.