I believe that Welsh is the only language to have their own spelling for taxi, I have certainly seen cabs in places where Chinese, Arabic, Greek, Finnish are the main language with TAXI on the roof.
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What the hell is it with The Welsh?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Just because we have far superior riding to you, and you don't even get to ride the good stuff cause we chose not to show it to you lot...
Don't go taking the mick out the language, mind you been living here all my life cant speak a word of it
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rhys - Member
dim "Cae di geg" ond "cae dy geg" neu "cae di dy geg", rwyn meddwyl?
To be perfectly honest, that's the first time I've ever had to write it out - it usually gets understood when hurled at chavs in Bangor, followed by that famous Caernarfon greeting 'cont' for good measure if required!
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And sadly my welsh is nowhere near good enough to understand what Iolo's on about, but I do note with interest that it has something to do with sheep!
(dafaid = sheep)
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my apologies idlejon, it seems you missed my point entirely and went straight to offended and or angry.
you are right of course, english is a total mongrel of a language - perhaps more so than any other. it has absorbed words from languages from all over the world.
english is absorbing french words, french is absorbing english words. the process is slow, but it is happening, how long before they meet somewhere in the middle?
(or dutch, or spanish, or etc.)
why is is so offensive to suggest that a similar process is happening with english / welsh?
(i've 1 welsh granny - does that count?)
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Wenglish is spoken a lot in the valleys, "da iawn tidy" being a great example.
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To tony_m,
I think part of the reason for the welshicised spellings is the simple fact that some of the letters in the English or international spelling of the words just don't exist in the Welsh alphabet, for example kebab, pizza, exhausts and shocks.
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I believe that Welsh is the only language to have their own spelling for taxi
Nah, a lot of places spell it TAKSI. Well, Macedonia does at least....
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Up in the north it's scwelsh - Scouse Welsh...
Lots of flem involved, with a bit of 'ai' thrown in somewhere, and usually a 'yeah' to end the sentence, no matter what the context of the sentence, cf:
"No, don't do that, yeah!"
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ahwiles - Member
my apologies idlejon, it seems you missed my point entirely and went straight to offended and or angry.I wasn't replying to your post ahwiles, so no need for apology.
(i've 1 welsh granny - does that count?)
No it doesn't.
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whisky and galore (from the book) were the only two words from Scots gaelic to make it into English
.What about "Brogue" (shoe) and "Is ma sin" (smashing)?
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TheChunk - Member
To tony_m,I think part of the reason for the welshicised spellings is the simple fact that some of the letters in the English or international spelling of the words just don't exist in the Welsh alphabet, for example kebab, pizza, exhausts and shocks.
Darn good point, I suppose the lack of k, x and z amongst others would be a bit of a hindrance. Thanks for reminding me, TheChunk - just goes to show, you can learn something new every day.
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Hey Zokes, dwi'n gofi fy hyn cont. (usually followed by a three. Second gurgling sniff and a wipe of the nose with my sleeve! )Quality
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Ynysybwl
Easy to pronounce once you know a couple of simple sounds.
On the other hand, I give you:
Worcester
Gloucester
(compared with say, Cirencester)
Leominster
Oswaldtwistle
MouseholeAnd to be honest, about 70% of the place names in England. Just ask an American (preferably a clever one; if you ask a stupid one you'll get ridicule similar to that handed out by the English to the Welsh).
English place name pronunciation is WAY WAY more stupid than Welsh - FACT.
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I moved out here a year ago and I love it.
Great riding and scenery,cheap beer and friendly people.English place names....
Back in Milton Keynes 3 parts of town
Woughton
Loughton
BroughtonAll pronounced differently with an "oof" an "ow" and an "or"
Easier down here I think
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Heh Molgrips Ynysybwl is my hometown...riding better than any of the English towns listed too!
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What about all the annoying english people at afan, who pronounce it "A-fan" rather than the correct "a-van"
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What about all the annoying english people at afan, who pronounce it "A-fan" rather than the correct "a-van"
dunno - does it matter?
I suspect you need a recalibration of your annoyance threshold
Just a thought
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Betsy co ed is the only one that annoys me at all!...
Just be flattered that so many people of any nationality want to come and play in our back yard!..keeps the money rolling in nicely
re Afan vs A van splitting hairs as differences would be noted in pronounciation across Wales anyway!
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It's a pretty decent back yard to be fair - much better in Winter tho' IMHO
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