shepp 2,285 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 More Welsh for Walshie ...cum bi yer ...learn this as I may be asking questions later . On the subject of speaking the local lingo I was talking to some people in Spain last year and they were telling me how they have lived their for 18 years , you must be good at the lingo , nah we don't fcuk about with that you don't need to speak it .....yep people are really that backward . My brother moved over when he was 53 , runs a successful company , employs Spanish people and speaks the language ( self taught ) not perfect but plenty good enough ... Yes plenty here, you often hear of paki's having there children or grand children translating for them, we even supply public funded translators in some situations. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rat face 1,655 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 araf! = slow thats the only thing i have picked up from my trips into wales 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 My 2 year old boy is on his way to being bilingual. My wife speaks french exclusively to him & of course I just speak English to him........he already knows the difference, talking back accordingly.....eg 'pomme' to my wife, 'apple' to me & loads more......:-) He's started dropping in the odd Flemish word now........ I reckon another 6months & he'll speak more French than me haha..... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,450 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Hack up a big greenie and that will explain everything you want to say 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 useful words bwgan brain tatws cwrw pidyn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,267 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 When kids was at local primary school,if I phoned up,the receptionist always answered bore da cheerily, When I responded ,morning ,there was always an awkward pause,lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,656 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Os ydych chi erioed ddysgu Cymraeg byddaf yn dysgu i blethu cachu ........ I did say ALMOST fluent mate. Those must be the words i haven't learnt yet. Now come on, use your nugget, at least two of the words in there are going to be 'townie twat'..... probably the last two. I have a theory about the Welsh language, I reckon when the Saxons invaded Britain they expelled all the dyslexics, who all ran for the hills of Wales and named all their new villages and towns after the ones they fled from. Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is actually dyslexic for York! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I love the way road signs here are written in Welsh AND English. Makes learning the lingo easy! I've been teaching myself while driving. Things I've learnt recently are: (excuse spelling) Docks = Dociau Shops = Shopiau Toilets = Toiledau If in doubt, add "iau" to turn a word into Welsh. i.e. "I'm going to the pubiau". Also I've found out that there aren't loads of towns called gwasanaethau on the M4. And...Llanelli doesn't rhyme with Benelli. Almost fluent now mun! "iau" denotes plural and pub is "tafarn" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,427 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) I love the way road signs here are written in Welsh AND English. Makes learning the lingo easy! I've been teaching myself while driving. Things I've learnt recently are: (excuse spelling) Docks = Dociau Shops = Shopiau Toilets = Toiledau If in doubt, add "iau" to turn a word into Welsh. i.e. "I'm going to the pubiau". Also I've found out that there aren't loads of towns called gwasanaethau on the M4. And...Llanelli doesn't rhyme with Benelli. Almost fluent now mun! "iau" denotes plural and pub is "tafarn" So the lads down the tafarn call Walshie and his clan a bunch of townie twatiau then I'm getting the hang of this Welsh business Edited July 17, 2015 by BGD 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,267 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I love the way road signs here are written in Welsh AND English. Makes learning the lingo easy! I've been teaching myself while driving. Things I've learnt recently are: (excuse spelling) Docks = Dociau Shops = Shopiau Toilets = Toiledau If in doubt, add "iau" to turn a word into Welsh. i.e. "I'm going to the pubiau". Also I've found out that there aren't loads of towns called gwasanaethau on the M4. And...Llanelli doesn't rhyme with Benelli. Almost fluent now mun! "iau" denotes plural and pub is "tafarn" So the lads down the tafarn call Walshie and his clan a bunch of townie twatiau then I'm getting the hang of this Welsh business Most probably they just refer to him as the Englishman , Which is the biggest insult they could think of to a true Welshman. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robbo 804 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 My boy who is 7 has learned loads of Irish as they have to do it in school, amazing how quick they pick it up.......personally, I do t have a clue what he is on about !! But it's good to hear him do it. A mate of mine who used to be on here, they spoke Welsh almost exclusively in his village and fair bloody play to them I say. When i visited betws y coed[spelling?] in snowdonia everybody in the pub started speaking exclusively welsh as soon as we walked in. Dont think the english are too popular in that neck of the woods. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny boy68 11,725 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Duw duw!! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 My boy who is 7 has learned loads of Irish as they have to do it in school, amazing how quick they pick it up.......personally, I do t have a clue what he is on about !! But it's good to hear him do it. A mate of mine who used to be on here, they spoke Welsh almost exclusively in his village and fair bloody play to them I say. When i visited betws y coed[spelling?] in snowdonia everybody in the pub started speaking exclusively welsh as soon as we walked in. Dont think the english are too popular in that neck of the woods. Don't flatter yourself, as they were speaking Welsh before you came in. You were just not there to hear it. Welsh is far from being a dead language, try and get a kid into a Welsh school, waiting lists, people even moving to get into the catchment areas. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,267 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Johnnyboys got birdflu lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,629 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 don't know about welsh , some English carnt understand English , well wolves accent they carnt lol is it black country mate no its feckin W-ton , will have to open night school for the locals here . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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