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After chatting with Brett on AmeriCymru the other night the above question occurred to me. We were talking about fish'n'chips ( pysgod a sglodion ) when I realised that my Welsh vocabulary for common dishes and menu items is woefully deficient. Bangers'n'mash is a well known British culinary masterpiece and gastronomic delight. I occasionally cook it and here is my recipe ( please note the mystery ingredient ):- Bangers'n'Mash

The problem is, of course that the term bangers'n'mash is highly idiomatic and would not translate literally other than as literal nonsense. So I'm wondering if there is a Welsh name for this dish? If anyone knows please feel free to comment below.

On a more serious note I have recently discovered that there are a number of novels and short story collections available for Welsh learners. Most of these have vocabularies either on the page or at the back of the book and they are all easy to read.

It seems to me that reading through a few of these, mentally translating them at first but eventually grasping the meaning directly from the Welsh language text, would be a good way to speed up the learning process. Has anyone tried this and if so with what result?

Here are a few Welsh learners titles from our Dysgwyr Cymraeg page:- Eistedd Ar Groen Ieti , O Law I Law (Welsh Edition) , Nofelau Nawr: Tri Chynnig I Blodwen Jones , 4 Stories for Welsh Learners (Welsh Edition) , Bywyd Blodwen Jones (Nofelau Nawr)

I am keen to be able to read the popular Welsh language novels of Lloyd Jones - Y Dwr and Y Daith True, one of them will be published in English language translation later this year but thats not really the point is it.

N.B. It's still not too late to join the AmeriCymraeg 2014 online Welsh class on the site. Just click the text link or image below for instructions on how to enrol. We only covered basic pronunciation last week so it shouldn't be difficult to catch up.

Click here or below to for the 'How To Enrol For AmeriCymraeg 'page