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.’ The vowel of car is often pronounced as an open central unrounded vowel [ɑ̈] [14] and more often as a long open front unrounded vowel /aː/ [8] 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 Not many of these are Welsh words and we don’t say it in Welsh but I suppose to the English it probably sounds like another language. It is what it is, sayings and phrases like these are normal to us and I’m sure there’s England sayings normal to the English.

Boggin': Unattractive, ugly, unappealing,etc. Similarly, regional variations: Bulin’, Gompin’, Mingin’ Mulin’, Muntin’ & Scruntin’ Use it in a sentence: “When you bump into a friend when out, you exchange an “alrigh'” just before you walk past each other” 8. “Thanks, Drive”It may sound normal to you if you’re from Barry Island as it’s one of a popular sayings in the south but my friends were hysterical at how much of our conversation contained the same one word. It’s the ultimate hello for us in Wales rather than a question similar to a ‘how ya going’ in Australia. Sentences and Sayings from South Wales

We see it all over Europe and in immigrant communities in Britain you will often hear English words being taken into their own language. If someone asks me to pass them something, I’ll hand it to them and say ‘you are’. This may sound alien to you if you’re not from South Wales but trust me, everyone says this when they pass an item or offer something to someone else. Ye, so we have our own language in Wales and it’s like 1400 years old. Without going in to the history, not many people speak Welsh in Wales but there are a few popular Welsh phrases. There’s a Welsh saying you only hear in Wales because it’s in Welsh but is said by everyone and it’s said to babies. Ach-Y-FiMaking constant references to… :”I thought he was happy about it, but now he’s keepin(g) on all the time.” My name is Steve Dodson; I’m a retired copyeditor currently living in western Massachusetts after many years in New York City. Welsh English is one of few dialects where the Late Middle English diphthong /iu̯/ never became /juː/, remaining as a falling diphthong [ɪʊ̯]. Thus you /juː/, yew /jɪʊ̯/, and ewe /ɪʊ̯/ are not homophones in Welsh English. As such yod-dropping never occurs: distinctions are made between choose /t͡ʃuːz/ and chews /t͡ʃɪʊ̯s/, through /θruː/ and threw /θrɪʊ̯/, which most other English varieties do not have. Our funeral home in Walthamstow has plenty of space for friends and family to feel comfortable upon visiting us, and we can hold large funerals of up to 80 people in our beautiful St James' Chapel if you feel this is a fitting location for the service.

d) To be fondled and snuggled up in an especially loving way “Cwtch up to your mam now”. A child nursed “Welsh fashion is well and truly being ‘cwtched’

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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: Trudgill, Peter (27 April 2019). "Wales's very own little England". The New European . Retrieved 16 April 2020. Use it in a sentence: Parent: ” Food’s ready” Child: “I’ll be there now, in a minute” (while still colouring in) 16. “In a bit”

In the north-east, under influence of such accents as Scouse, ng-coalescence does not take place, so sing is pronounced /sɪŋɡ/ [24] A first visitor to Wales will almost certainly have to converse with a local at some stage, and that is where the trouble may start. Ask for directions and you will be no better off than if you’d bought a sat nav and the ‘speaker’ gave all directions in Klingon. Fronting diphthongs tend to resemble Received Pronunciation, apart from the vowel of bite that has a more centralised onset [æ̈ɪ] [16] So many times I’ve said these 20 words or sayings from South Wales and been met with confusion when not at home because I’m neither speaking Welsh or English to English-speakers. I’ve gone all of my life assuming these phrases are said around the whole UK but certain ones I’ve had pointed out to me by English friends or asked what something means and I’ve realised it’s so specific to Wales, South Wales or sometimes the phrases are only heard in Cardiff and Barry!

16. “In a bit”

Approaches to the Study of Sound Structure and Speech: Interdisciplinary Work in Honour of Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk. Magdalena Wrembel, Agnieszka Kiełkiewicz-Janowiak and Piotr Gąsiorowski. 21 October 2019. pp.1–398. ISBN 9780429321757. Wenglish is the name given to the dialect of English spoken in the valleys and townships of South Wales. Its idiosyncrasies can be traced to the grammar and vocabulary of the Welsh language. Characteristics include bringing additional verbs to the beginning of a sentence, an excess of auxiliaries, strange emphatic repetitions, using unlikely parts of verbs, literal translation of idioms and uses of non standard prepositions. Wikipedia lists some of the features of Wenglish as: If you’re ever in conversation with someone from Wales, don’t be alarmed when we say ‘I am’ or ‘that is’ or ‘me’ at the end of our sentence. Some examples: