Parry, David, A Grammar and Glossary of the Conservative Anglo-Welsh Dialects of Rural Wales, The National Centre for English Cultural Tradition: introduction and phonology available at the Internet Archive. That’s it; “Well there you are then – it’s finished at last!”. This too is a direct translation from the Welsh They believed this so strongly that amongst a small group of colleagues, I was known as, 'English Dai.'

This is not a rude word, but rather a term of endearment among friends. In the same way you might say “buddy” or “mate”, you will get an “alright butt”. Cwtch The trap-bath split is variable in Welsh English, especially among social status. In some varieties such as Cardiff English, words like ask, bath, laugh, master and rather are usually pronounced with PALM while words like answer, castle, dance and nasty are normally pronounced with TRAP. On the other hand, the split may be completely absent in other varieties like Abercraf English. [13] Frages’ is Wenglish for ‘for ages’ and ‘issages’ is the Wenglish equivalent of ‘this ages’: “I haven’t seen you frages.”, or “I haven’t been to the pictures ‘issages.”.The British Isles. Bernd Kortmann and Clive Upton. 10 December 2008. ISBN 9783110208399 . Retrieved 31 January 2019. The consonants are generally the same as RP but Welsh consonants like / ɬ/ and / x/ (phonetically [ χ]) are encountered in loan words such as Llangefni and Harlech [22] Use it in a sentence: “Ych a fi, Sam! Take your shoes off before coming in the house!” 12. “Bad” / “not good” I heard the term, ‘well spoken’ a lot in those days and those who were ‘well spoken’ deserved more respect and a better level of customer service from shopkeepers if they were ‘well spoken’. I began to hear this term more and more and my sister extended it to being ‘better spoken'. To me, ‘well spoken’ was code for ‘not using the Valleys language or accent.’

H-dropping is common in many Welsh accents, especially southern varieties like Cardiff English, [20] but is absent in northern and western varieties influenced by Welsh. [21] Cwtch: A very common word, now understood by most English speakers. Made even more famous when international rugby referee Nigel Owens belittled brawling players on national TV when he said: “If you want a cwtch, do it off the field, not on it”. Commonly, cwtch has three meanings:Coupland, Nikolas (1988), Dialect in Use: Sociolinguistic Variation in Cardiff English, University of Wales Press, ISBN 0-70830-958-5 If You Like This Lingo Post, You’ll Love This Phrases Heard in Melbourne Post from Down Under! Bonus Phrases Heard in South Wales Actual Welsh Phrase Heard in Wales… In the Welsh Language The influence of Welsh English can be seen in the 1915 short story collection My People by Caradoc Evans, which uses it in dialogue (but not narrative); Under Milk Wood (1954) by Dylan Thomas, originally a radio play; and Niall Griffiths whose gritty realist pieces are mostly written in Welsh English.