Hi, George.
Actually, I can for the first time in recorded history reveal how the Welsh language was created. You historians might want to get a pen and paper for this, because this is the real stuff, and you definitely won't find this in any textbooks. Not yet, anyway. Thousands of years ago, a Welshman named Mervitryll "Merv" Griffin commissioned a young fellow named Pattrycocccwd "Pat" Sajak to build a large rotating wheel onto which were painted symbols of early Welsh money (called "cows") and some spaces marked "bankrupt." Behind this wheel stood a beautiful lady named Vanyddwyed "Vanna" White. As members of the general population randomly spun the wheel, "Vanna" would flip over covers which revealed the letters (all consonants), and these would form Welsh words. The process went on for days, until a large book (geirlyfr, or "dictionary") was compiled. Unfortunately, the Welsh were not very lucky people, and so their words consisted mostly of consonants. You see, according to the rules of "Merv's" system, consonants are free, but vowels must be purchased with money (in this case "cows").
As for Picasso, some of his paintings give me the idea he washed a bunch of LSD down with a bottle or two of Tequila, took a 10 second look at the Mona Lisa and then staggered home to paint her from memory before he got straight again.
Jon
