FabSwingers.com forum: Brush up on my welsh

By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Am off to Wales Sunday. Any Welsh expressions I can learn beforehand?

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

North or South? We speak different dialects

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

"North or South? We speak different dialects "

South, Pembrokeshire

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

That's little England beyond Wales you'll be grand. It's a beautiful part of the world love it's ancient history.

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

I want to get away from the English! Looks lovely though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lush

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"I want to get away from the English! Looks lovely though"

Lol you'll find some welshies there, "shwmae" is our way of saying hello how are you, in West Wales

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By *isspurplechesterWoman
over a year ago

Chester

Peint o gwrw os gwelwch yn dda is always a handy one

if you’re a drinker of course!! Have a great trip

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

What's fancy a fuck?

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

"I want to get away from the English! Looks lovely though

Lol you'll find some welshies there, "shwmae" is our way of saying hello how are you, in West Wales

I should be able to say that?

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

"Peint o gwrw os gwelwch yn dda is always a handy one

if you’re a drinker of course!! Have a great trip"

I’d need a drink to say that!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

orite butt

tidy

b'there

now in a minute

bewt

lush

...all very much vallyisms though, you might get a few frowns out West!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you’re looking for Welsh speakers, go as far north in the county as you can. South Pembs is very anglicised but the northern parts are very Welsh

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By *9alMan
over a year ago

Bridgend

"Am off to Wales Sunday. Any Welsh expressions I can learn beforehand?"

don't worry the majority of people in wales cannot speak Welsh.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Maybe watch some Gavin and Stacy before you go OP

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By *oastal1968Man
over a year ago

London

Syt mae. Rydw i'n cotsan saesneg.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Am off to Wales Sunday. Any Welsh expressions I can learn beforehand?

don't worry the majority of people in wales cannot speak Welsh."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Am off to Wales Sunday. Any Welsh expressions I can learn beforehand?

don't worry the majority of people in wales cannot speak Welsh."

Such a negative attitude. How about some encouragement? No wonder there’s so much abuse aimed at Welsh with attitudes like this

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Every man is called Dai

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Welsh speaking is always encouraged in North at least. Probably the same in South. Have a nice break in sunny Wales OP you won't want to go home

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Welsh speaking is always encouraged in North at least. Probably the same in South. Have a nice break in sunny Wales OP you won't want to go home

There’s good and bad everywhere, but I’d say it’s mostly positive when people make the effort, especially in more Welsh areas

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By *heshirefungirlWoman
over a year ago

ammanford

I've lived in South Wales for about 10 years now and still speak only a few words, can understand a few more than I speak but not many at all,the village I work in has a lot of Welsh speaking locals and its lovely to hear them speaking and keeping welsh language alive but I had to go speech therapy to master English so I'm not sure il ever master Welsh

But I'm sure if when you engage with any local Welsh speakers where you are visiting they would be impressed and more than happy to teach you some basics if you were to ask

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"Am off to Wales Sunday. Any Welsh expressions I can learn beforehand?

don't worry the majority of people in wales cannot speak Welsh."

Mae digon o ni sy'n medru, ac yn gwerthfawrogi pobl sy'n ceisio siarad ei'n mamiaeth.

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Am looking forward to it. Thanks x

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"Am looking forward to it. Thanks x"

X fingers you have lovely weather OP.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Just say Yaki dah when you go to the pub and you shouldn't go too far wrong

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"North or South? We speak different dialects

South, Pembrokeshire "

Might as well go to England lol nobody speaks Welsh down there and surprisingly people actually sound English

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just say Yaki dah when you go to the pub and you shouldn't go too far wrong

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"North or South? We speak different dialects

South, Pembrokeshire

Might as well go to England lol nobody speaks Welsh down there and surprisingly people actually sound English "

Go to north Pembs and tell them they don’t speak it…

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you mean Ceredigion? I know they all speak it there.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do you mean Ceredigion? I know they all speak it there. "

No, I meant north Pembs. Crymych etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do you mean Ceredigion? I know they all speak it there.

No, I meant north Pembs. Crymych etc"

Yeah once you take the turning from penblewin roundabout it all turns Welsh

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By *aysOfOurLivesCouple
over a year ago

Essex

All I think I know is “Popty ping” and I don’t even know how true that is

I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All I think I know is “Popty ping” and I don’t even know how true that is

I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?"

Haha, microwave. Yes it is true

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"All I think I know is “Popty ping” and I don’t even know how true that is

I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?"

Avon as in Stratford upon Avon is from the Welsh afon.

Popty ping is a meicrodon in South west Wales at least

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"All I think I know is “Popty ping” and I don’t even know how true that is

I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?

Avon as in Stratford upon Avon is from the Welsh afon.

Popty ping is a meicrodon in South west Wales at least"

Popty is a north walian word for oven, ffwrn in South walian.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every man is called Dai

No we're not!

oh, wait, hang on...

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By *ilverjagMan
over a year ago

swansea

You will enjoy Pembrokeshire, I've got a place down there, and everyone who visits thinks it's fantastic. One family member calls it, "The thinking mans Cornwall."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Visit Tenby. Hopefully the weather will last.

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By *ancardiff7Man
over a year ago

Near Cowbridge

"All I think I know is “Popty ping” and I don’t even know how true that is

I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?"

Penguin. Corgi. Cumbria. Bow. Coombe. Bard. Iron.

All derived from Welsh apparently.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All I think I know is “Popty ping” and I don’t even know how true that is

I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?"

No, it’s a made up nonsense to insult the language. It was used for a while but didn’t get claimed properly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All I think I know is “Popty ping” and I don’t even know how true that is

I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?

Avon as in Stratford upon Avon is from the Welsh afon.

Popty ping is a meicrodon in South west Wales at least

Popty is a north walian word for oven, ffwrn in South walian. "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All I think I know is “Popty ping” and I don’t even know how true that is

I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?

Penguin. Corgi. Cumbria. Bow. Coombe. Bard. Iron.

All derived from Welsh apparently. "

Spot on

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

"Visit Tenby. Hopefully the weather will last. "

Staying there first week x

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Thanks for all the comments. Am really looking forward to it x

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By *iman2100Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

"I want to get away from the English! Looks lovely though

Lol you'll find some welshies there, "shwmae" is our way of saying hello how are you, in West Wales

When I lived in Caerdydd folk used to say "Arwuththew" when they met.

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"Visit Tenby. Hopefully the weather will last.

Staying there first week x"

Where else you off to OP? Loads to explore

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Say hello to Jones the swing

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

"Just say Yaki dah when you go to the pub and you shouldn't go too far wrong..."

There's no such phrase in Welsh! Did you mean "Iechyd Da"? (it means "good health" and is sometimes used as "Cheers"

Gbat

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

There really is a place called llandewi brevi

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

"I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?"

Dad. From the word Tad (father). Isn't it great that so many English speakers use a Welsh word as their first ever spoken word!!!

Gbat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There really is a place called llandewi brevi

*brefi

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?

Dad. From the word Tad (father). Isn't it great that so many English speakers use a Welsh word as their first ever spoken word!!!

Gbat "

Love this fact

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"There really is a place called llandewi brevi

We don't have v in our alphabet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There really is a place called llandewi brevi

We don't have v in our alphabet

Nor k, q, x or z. And only a j when the word comes from another language

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By *iman2100Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

"I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?

Dad. From the word Tad (father). Isn't it great that so many English speakers use a Welsh word as their first ever spoken word!!!

Gbat

Love this fact

Sadly it is not right. Certainly Tad is Welsh for father but it is also in Breton. Many languages have similar words for father because a "da" sound is usually one if the first syllables spoken by a baby. Like ma or mama.

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By *moothdickMan
over a year ago

stoke

Just take all the vowels out of a tin of alphabet spaghetti, pluck the rest of the letters out yr bowl and make any welsh word u want … bng = bingo

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?

Dad. From the word Tad (father). Isn't it great that so many English speakers use a Welsh word as their first ever spoken word!!!

Gbat

Love this fact

Breton, Welsh and Cornish come from the Brythonic branch of the celtic languages so it's unsurprising we have the same words. Though the English word was father and then dad was adopted.

Just because it sounds like baby talk, doesn't necessarily mean we Brythonic Celts didn't adopt it first and then the English language.

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"Just take all the vowels out of a tin of alphabet spaghetti, pluck the rest of the letters out yr bowl and make any welsh word u want … bng = bingo

Love that people think Welsh doesn't use vowels, even though we have more vowels than the English language

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"orite butt

tidy

b'there

now in a minute

bewt

lush

...all very much vallyisms though, you might get a few frowns out West!

made me giggle..but soooo true!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just take all the vowels out of a tin of alphabet spaghetti, pluck the rest of the letters out yr bowl and make any welsh word u want … bng = bingo

We say the same about k, q, v, x and z. Can’t cuite worc out what they are. Anybody cnow? Suggestions gratefully receifed

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By *aysOfOurLivesCouple
over a year ago

Essex

"All I think I know is “Popty ping” and I don’t even know how true that is

I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?

Penguin. Corgi. Cumbria. Bow. Coombe. Bard. Iron.

All derived from Welsh apparently. "

Ty.

I defy anyone to say penguin in a welsh accent just once

it’s like eating a doughnut and not liking you lips. It just can’t be done.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All I think I know is “Popty ping” and I don’t even know how true that is

I wonder if there any true welsh words commonly used in the English language ?

Penguin. Corgi. Cumbria. Bow. Coombe. Bard. Iron.

All derived from Welsh apparently.

Ty.

I defy anyone to say penguin in a welsh accent just once

it’s like eating a doughnut and not liking you lips. It just can’t be done. "

We say it with a Welsh accent every day in Wales

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By *aysOfOurLivesCouple
over a year ago

Essex

Then you are just proving my point and then some

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Then you are just proving my point and then some

Huh? Utterly ridiculous. Like a Welsh person saying you sound like you’ve got golf balls jammed in your mouth 24/7 - makes zero sense. Back in your box that side of the bridge fella

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

Nothing you’ve said here makes my post wrong. Welsh and Breton are from the same group of languages.

Gbat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nothing you’ve said here makes my post wrong. Welsh and Breton are from the same group of languages.

Gbat "

Spot on Gbat

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By *onb21Woman
over a year ago

Cardiff

Get half and half with your curry. That's half a portion of rice and half a portion of chips.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Make sure you visit Pembroke Dock, lots to see and do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Make sure you visit Pembroke Dock, lots to see and do. "

But bring a weapon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Get half and half with your curry. That's half a portion of rice and half a portion of chips."

This lol xxx

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