On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:20:41 -0000 (UTC)
Mike Humphrey <mail@michaelhumphrey.me.uk> wrote:
>On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:57:41 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
>> The fact that the welsh police call themselves Headloo (or however the
>> fuck its pronouced) when almost** every other european language uses
>> some form of "police" tells you all you need to know about linguistic
>> absolutism in wales.
>
>It seems to translate as "peace officer", which is quite often used for
>law enforcement in the USA and Canada - see
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_officer for some examples.

When I first saw a Heddlu Police I genuinely thought it was some welsh county
I'd never heard of.

Mike Humphrey <mail@michaelhumphrey.me.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:57:41 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
>> The fact that the welsh police call themselves Headloo (or however the
>> fuck its pronouced) when almost** every other european language uses
>> some form of "police" tells you all you need to know about linguistic
>> absolutism in wales.
>
> It seems to translate as "peace officer", which is quite often used for
> law enforcement in the USA and Canada - see
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_officer for some examples.

That I didn’t know but it makes sense - one of the words for peace in Welsh
is heddwch which looks pretty close to heddlu.

Sam

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On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:38:27 -0000 (UTC), Sam Wilson
<ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

>Mike Humphrey <mail@michaelhumphrey.me.uk> wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:57:41 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
>>> The fact that the welsh police call themselves Headloo (or however the
>>> fuck its pronouced) when almost** every other european language uses
>>> some form of "police" tells you all you need to know about linguistic
>>> absolutism in wales.
>>
>> It seems to translate as "peace officer", which is quite often used for
>> law enforcement in the USA and Canada - see
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_officer for some examples.
>
>That I didn’t know but it makes sense - one of the words for peace in Welsh
>is heddwch which looks pretty close to heddlu.

Cf also the bardic poet Hedd Wyn = pure, or blessed, peace.

(E H Evans of Trawsfynydd, killed at Passchendaele in 1917).

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