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Famous Welsh phrases or sayings...

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    #11
    Originally posted by Swiss Tony View Post
    5 minutes later the same cheery lad asked if I’d like a pint whilst I was waiting!
    Bet it was a different bloke. The in-breeding makes 'em look alike. May have even been his aunty.

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      #12
      same lad!

      (bloke next to me looked miffed, he'd only asked for a Bacardi and Coke ..... Myfanwy!!!)
      Last edited by Swiss Tony; 14 September 2007, 10:05.
      "Wait, I still function!"

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        #13
        Originally posted by malvolio View Post
        Speaking as a real Welshman (well, a Pembrokeshire one, at least), my two favourites are always:

        Who's coat is that jacket?

        and

        I put it on the table and when I looked again there it was, gone.
        Isn't Pembrokeshire regarded as 'little England beyond Wales'?

        I found out recently a dialect of Old English, called Yola, was also spoken in Co.Wexford just across the water:

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yola_language

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          #14
          Originally posted by NoddY View Post
          Isn't Pembrokeshire regarded as 'little England beyond Wales'?

          I found out recently a dialect of Old English, called Yola, was also spoken in Co.Wexford just across the water:

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yola_language
          Pride and Prejudice country, lovely. Not that I watch such trash I'm a hardened engineer.
          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #15
            Whilst I was in Cardiff if I ventured into the wrong pub I often heard "get out you English *******"
            Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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              #16
              there's lovely

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                #17
                Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                Pride and Prejudice country, lovely. Not that I watch such trash I'm a hardened engineer.
                Correction: You are a hardened engineer who is economical with the truth.

                HTH
                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                  #18
                  "Isn't it"
                  Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
                    Whilst I was in Cardiff if I ventured into the wrong pub I often heard "get out you English *******"
                    This often happens to English people in the pubs here in England. If you're not in-bred, you're not coming in.

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                      #20
                      Nice shoes them boots

                      you reading that paper you're sat on?

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