Wenglish - the Dialect of the South Wales Valleys

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In the north-east, under influence of such accents as Scouse, ng-coalescence does not take place, so sing is pronounced /sɪŋɡ/ [24]

If someone is a bit mouthy, they are chopsy. It can also be used in verb form, if someone is “chopsing”. Thanks drive 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. Take care, beware’“Mind out – you nearly hit that over!” or “Mind that by there – move it can’t you?”, or “Mind that out of the way!”.Previously Alfred English & Sons Funeral Directors and now part of the W. English family, our Walthamstow funeral home continues to serve the community with the same team, professionalism and service that our families have become accustomed to. You can depend on us to arrange and conduct a beautiful service that will celebrate your loved one's life in a way that is personal and meaningful to family and friends. The vowel of low in RP, other than being rendered as a monophthong, like described above, is often pronounced as [oʊ̝] Also in northern accents, /l/ is frequently strongly velarised [ɫː]. In much of the south-east, clear and dark L alternate much like they do in RP [19] The word cwtch isn’t specifically Welsh and it’s not an English word (while writing this it keeps being auto-corrected to catch) but it’s a special word in Wales. Alri? Pronounced ‘or-i’ In South Wales the word where may often be expanded to where to, as in the question, " Where to is your Mam?". The word butty ( Welsh: byti is used to mean "friend" or "mate". [25]

Previously C. Selby & Son Funeral Directors and now part of the W. English family, our Leytonstone funeral home continues to serve the community with the same team, professionalism and service that our families have become accustomed to. You can depend on us to arrange and conduct a beautiful service that will celebrate your loved one's life in a way that is personal and meaningful to family and friends. A little slow on the uptake, but not really very dull; “She’s a bit twp this morning after being up all night, but usually she’s as bright as a button”. A person who is habitually slow may be called ; a bit of a twpsyn’. The ultimate is “twp as a sledge” because you ‘talk like a sledge’ There are lots of sayings from South Wales that you’ve probably heard from TV shows like Gavin & Stacey or from celebrities and these are those phrases explained and most of them are Welsh phrases in English.

19. “Cwtch”

The presence of English in Wales intensified on the passing of the Laws in Wales Acts of 1535–1542, the statutes having promoted the dominance of English in Wales; this, coupled with the closure of the monasteries, which closed down many centres of Welsh education, led to decline in the use of the Welsh language. As well as phrases common in Wenglish – a combination of Welsh and English – like “shwmae butt”, the book also includes less familiar terms like “icelider” for a custard slice, loans from Welsh like “dirân”, meaning past its best, and geographically isolated strange pronunciations such as “hool” for “whole”. Wells, John C. (1982), Accents of English, Vol.2: The British Isles (pp.i–xx, 279–466), Cambridge University Press, pp.377–393, ISBN 0-52128540-2 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] 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.

Languages are always interacting with each other, it’s the most natural thing to borrow from a neighbouring language,” said Mr Lewis, from Whitchurch, who is fluent in 12 languages and dialects including Afrikaans, Breton and Urdu. Rhea Seren, Aneirin Karadog, Ann Parry Owen, Eurig Salisbury, Natalie Ann Holborow & Norena Shopland: Cyflwyno Beirdd Cymreig Interestingly, my Valleys accent has been ridiculed and patronised more by people from Newport and Cardiff than any other regions in the UK – including the times when I resided ‘over the bridge’. Yes, if you had a Valleys accent you were the pits. It was probably because of this that I started to take an interest in accents, idioms and language which led me to observe and report on them in the future. 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 LanguageI’m Welsh born and bred and I have the best list of phrases you hear in Wales but I have to admit, I haven’t been to Mid or North Wales so this article could just include sayings from South Wales. You’ll love and laugh at them anyway, I’m sure. I’ve added a few bonus words at the end too. Ahh, cwtch. The lovely Welsh word that means a loving cuddle. This emblematic Welsh word represents the friendly nature of Welsh people. There is nothing in the world better than a cwtch. Half and half b) Angry, upset; “He’ll off when he hears about that!” (c) On the go; “That baby is proper craxy again – had us off all night with him he did!”