i'm welsh and i'm sat here like " wait only welsh people use these "

@YsisLorenna

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! That one is such a pet peeve of mine 😬

@abbiejames8135

4 жыл бұрын

Same ngl😂

@millybarber231

4 жыл бұрын

Same 😂

@justsomeguywithoutamustach3978

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@evandxvies

4 жыл бұрын

Same

I'm Welsh living in the states and I laughed the whole video cause I still catch our family talking like this .... Pretty lush isn't it

"Anyone can cuddle, But only the welsh can cwtch"

@sophiedavies6532

2 жыл бұрын

I want to give everyone a cwtch after covid

@roblloyd1879

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry but this was common in the Forest of Dean.

As a proud welsh woman from Swansea living in England for the past 40 years I love to go back and visit, when a girl in a shop told me the skirt I was buying was 'lush' I knew I was home :)

Brilliant, proud to be welsh from Swansea🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍🏻

@nathanjones2473

5 жыл бұрын

It is sad how our flag isn't an emote Cymru Am Byth

@uwusnowy2804

5 жыл бұрын

I literally go there like every month because there's loads of big shops like primark and like h&m and like sports direct 😊

@lizhowells5157

5 жыл бұрын

Same from Swansea too

@thomassandersfand1646

4 жыл бұрын

ayyyyye Swansea squad!

@lri828

4 жыл бұрын

Christine Beverley Merthyr

I’m from Wales and *whos coat is that jacket * and I say it all the time 😂😂

@YsisLorenna

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@lri828

4 жыл бұрын

my WELSH school banned us from saying that cause it “doesn’t make any sense” but everyone was getting in trouble so they gave up 😆😆😆

@Sara-kq8qb

4 жыл бұрын

LRI 82 wait but what does it mean?

@lri828

4 жыл бұрын

Hma It just means who’s coat is that or who’s is that jacket

@ellisjones9724

4 жыл бұрын

@@YsisLorenna I live in llanelli like next to Swansea and a hour away from Cardiff and I hear all of these all the time

And in wales people always ask "how?" When what they really mean is 'why'. Ie "i think im going to lose my job" "how?" Lol

@02ladydamned

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my god. How have I been Welsh my whole life and never noticed that 😮

@jessieannetts771

4 жыл бұрын

Omg same

@nooneshomebestie1707

4 жыл бұрын

Same 😂

@Crimson-1997

4 жыл бұрын

Guilty!

@kianthomas1902

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t say that but when my friends say it to me I’m so confised

I am from the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales, this is so legit :D so proud to be Welsh

@YsisLorenna

5 жыл бұрын

😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@lri828

4 жыл бұрын

Chantelle_Sings _ noice

@slayedtr

4 жыл бұрын

i’m from the rhondda as well

@roylecharlotte1689

4 жыл бұрын

Chantelle_Sings _ same I’m from Barry but I now live in the valleys. Bod yn falch pob dydd. Lol

@AndrewJones-tb7te

4 жыл бұрын

me to

"Whose coat is that jacket?" Makes sense to me, probably because I'm welsh.

@rhiannonchaffer2588

3 жыл бұрын

*Whose

@jonlacey316

3 жыл бұрын

I say that all the time

@erichlf

3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense to me but I'm not welsh.

@itsROMPERS...

3 жыл бұрын

"jase-kit", I've heard.

@doriannewton8440

3 жыл бұрын

It actually originates from the language.

I'm proud to be Welsh🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@ImVenomGirl

4 жыл бұрын

TLM 52 same

@what_the_fadoodlecake_7222

4 жыл бұрын

Same 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@nikkifurlong8817

3 жыл бұрын

Same

4:40 Sometimes you don't even need to repeat a phrase to reinforce it - you can say "She was furious she was", but "Furious she was" is slightly more emphatic. In Welsh, the constituents of a sentence can be placed ahead of the verb for emphasis - e.g. "Mae hi'n byw yng Ngwent" ("She lives in Gwent") is fine, but it's slightly more emphatic to say "Yng Ngwent mae hi'n byw" (literally "In Gwent she lives"). Even though a region may no longer be heavily Welsh-speaking, it's as if the patterns of Welsh speech are preserved in the way in which people speak English there. As John Edwards, who wrote some entertaining books on 'Wenglish', put it: "We still speak Welsh in the Valleys, but it's spoken through the medium of English". Loved the video, and your accent is fab :)

@veirant5004

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Gwent is not a card game originally. I felt like I was struck by lightning when I stumbled upon this, while reading. Live and learn.

@mattowensrees

9 ай бұрын

Excellent response.

Cwtch can also mean small space! We used it for the space under the staircase as well as hug.

@phillipdavies6548

2 жыл бұрын

I think it literally translates from the Welsh as a small cupboard isn't it?

@nattyboomboom7026

Жыл бұрын

And also a place for the dog's bed. "Get in your cwtch!" my nan would always say to her lovely mutt. But when she had a sack of potatoes delivered she'd also say "Put them in the cwtch" as in under the stairs. Luckily nobody ever put the potatoes in the dog's bed. 😂

@leighcanham763

Жыл бұрын

And we had a coal cwtch when I were a kid...

It's so refreshing to see such a positive person interacting with Welsh culture as well as representing it so positively. Diolch yn ddiffuant.

“Who’s coat’s that jacket hanging on the floor over by there?”😂🤷🏻‍♀️

@rhiannonchaffer2588

3 жыл бұрын

*Whose

@carisrandomchannel5101

3 жыл бұрын

lol

I live in the USA but my dad is welsh. I’ve heard almost all of these from visiting my aunts, uncles and cousins. Loved this

I do so many of these ESPECIALLY 'now in a minute'!! Loved this video - tidy but, proper lush isn't it?! 😂

@patriciakeats1621

2 жыл бұрын

We say “now in a minute”…thought that was normal…I’m from Newfoundland…we also say like, and luh at the end of a sentence. We are descendants of UK and Ireland.

@patriciakeats1621

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, I also heard people used tidy in a sarcastic way.

THIS IS ICONIC! I LOVE IT! I’m welsh and a fluent welsh speaker and honestly I forget I do literally all of these 😂

@reasonrules4165

3 жыл бұрын

“Who’s coat is that jacket” is said as a joke, as is “who’s boots are those shoes”like.

"I'm not being funny but..." "Stonking" "Tamping" "Give em a tumping" "You alright or what?"

@rhyfelwrDuw

3 жыл бұрын

I love the word "tamping" but I think I've only heard it since I've moved further West! I use "Stonking", quite a bit! AND "I'm not being funny but..." I've also heard: "Poody" (don't know how to spell it) - sulking! "Howling" for drunk, is another word I've heard here - I didn't use it in Cardiff!

@garmit61

3 жыл бұрын

Tidy butt.

@rebekahdavis5935

2 жыл бұрын

@@ninnyspencer4774 What does tamping mean?

@rebekahdavis5935

2 жыл бұрын

@@ninnyspencer4774 Oh, lol ok. I like Welsh slang

@patriciakeats1621

2 жыл бұрын

We would say something like …you alright or whaaaa?

My friend is from Swansea and he says “mind” ALLLL the time at the end of his sentences “it is mind” “ i don’t know mind” i love it😂wish i had a welsh accent 🥰

@yourgrandad7127

4 жыл бұрын

That's so true mind

@latinasawntop

3 жыл бұрын

I can literally relate to that so much! honestly mind

@l_uminousss

3 жыл бұрын

Mind you, I use that all the time mind

@pettalkingbrick5287

3 жыл бұрын

lmao swansea girls are so funny

I’m from Cardiff and all of these are so true! I don’t say most of them but I do hear them a lot!! 💕

@HelloHi-ih1uf

4 жыл бұрын

Danielle H I’m from Cardiff as well lol

@isabel2456

4 жыл бұрын

Same!

@Bip4rl0

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! I find that people older than me say a lot more of them I know that this comment is old, but I only found the video recently

I’m a Londoner and to my ears in your normal speech you are definitely Welsh with a light touch .incredible!

Lovely! As a Welsh exile in Canada, this was a delight to watch. You are a beautiful Brazilian/ Welsh person, and a credit to the welsh speaking world. Thanks!

I’m Welsh & yes 100% we say these things and more. 👍👍👍👏👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I left Swansea more than 40 years ago for London and I still use a lot of those expressions and pronunciations. I couldn’t drop them even if I tried.Your vid gave me a good laugh and brought back some fond memories-isn’t it?

@bepolite6961

2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

I'd say many of these are sayings from the South Wales Valleys area from Swansea to Newport.

I moved to South Wales 18 months ago and I was already aware of lots of these from tv and banter with Welsh people I knew. But one thing I noticed a loooot when I moved was a phrase that’s used as a statement of agreement or to show your suggestion is an acceptable solution to something, and that is ‘there you go’ or ‘there you/we are’ which also has an optional ‘then’ at the end 😀

@QuentinRedbeard

4 жыл бұрын

Wotan Lead The Way I’ve never heard it used in England like it is in Wales. I have heard it used in England, but a lot of Welsh use it way more than I’ve ever heard someone English use it.

@denismoran670

3 жыл бұрын

It comes from the 'yes/no' structure in the elsh, Quentin. Mostly, Welsh uses, for example' an interrogative as a reply, so, is there? rep. there is, Is it/It is ,do they, they so etc... In Welsh 'na fe - dyna fe, there it is. 'na di - there you are.

I’m welsh yay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YsisLorenna

5 жыл бұрын

☺️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

We say a lot of these phrases in Somerset too, I think the West Country shares a lot with Wales

@tb7yt536

4 жыл бұрын

Superlative no they dont only wales says alf if the mind

@TheJohnTaylors

3 жыл бұрын

I’m Welsh & living in Somerset and I agree, there are so many similarities!

@ellenbyrne7849

3 жыл бұрын

Superlative hmm I’m not sure, My mum is Welsh but has recently moved to England with me and my dad there are some similarities I guess

@bazookatooth

3 жыл бұрын

@@ellenbyrne7849 I live 40 mins away from the Severn bridge and know a fair few Welsh guys, we definitely share a lot of phrases and speech patterns. Obviously I'm not saying the West country and Wales are the exact same, but South Wales and the west country have a lot in common

@richardmathews6236

3 жыл бұрын

Large scale immigration in the 19th Century from the West Country introduced a lot of these sayings into Wales and mingled with Welsh language structure. These sayings are pretty much restricted to the former coal mining areas but aren’t general to Wales.

whose coats is that jacket? doubled me up in tears laughing, yeap I think every Welsh person has used that before.

Hi Ysis I'm from Ireland but have been working and teaching in Cardiff since 2010 so I can totally relate 😁

I don't know if this is something that comes up as much in everyday conversation (I'm Welsh by blood but have always lived in England) but one of my favourite Welsh-isms from my parents is being called 'bach' ('little one') as a term of endearment. That and cwtch are both things I didn't realise as a kid were Welsh words because I heard them at home so often!

@phillipdavies6548

2 жыл бұрын

My daughter thought it was hilarious when they were kids because I said Sospan instead of Saucepan. I never realized I pronounced it in Welsh all my life and still do to this day

In the valleys they used to say "We do" instead of "we are" - "we do go down the shops". A guy asks his friend who passed him driving earlier - " where were you going when i saw you coming"

Thank you for a beautifully presented item! My mam(1926-2011) was born in Glamorgan,the last of 12 kids. Very hard ,disadvantaged early life she had. She met my dad( a Londoner) when he was doing his National service in Wales: she worked in the NAAFI. She lived up here in Kent for 54years and never lost her accent - she wasn't a fluent speaker of Welsh as she was of the generation that had a placard round their neck and a beating if they were heard using their own language. She always said daps for plimsolls: loshins for sweets: poor little dab for any unfortunate being and called on "Duw" when angry!! "Ych I fi"when we got mucky. "Shopping is it then?": for "are going shopping? and"light the fire then" for "go and light the fire". I'm very proud of my Welsh heritage and I think I sound more like her as the years pass. There's funny!

@mattowensrees

9 ай бұрын

Yes. Daps, and the "Welsh Not" "shopping is it then", all interesting additions to the video "

I’ve been fascinated by your beautiful country and wish I could live there since I was a child. Thank you for this video, it brought me a smile.

I love being Welsh and loved this video!

I’m welsh grew up in England never realised the sayings stuck with me so much until now.

I'm from Ireland. We have some unique sayings here too. I'm from a part of Ireland were literally no one speaks Irish so there's probably more unique sayings of words bring taken from the Irish language and used with the English language in other parts of Ireland.

@materdeimusicd.buckley2974

2 жыл бұрын

Irish people say now in a minute, and heaving, also. Would you agree? My favourite Tipp one is well. Well meaning hello, goodbye, how are you? A very economical greeting. You go by intonation to pick up what is being said. Then Cork. Cop on. Which means behave yourself. When angry: would you ever cop on.

I lived in Swansea for 3 years as well. As a Brazilian who could speak and understand American English it was a rough time understanding the local accent. In the end it became the regular homie accent.

@inclxsed9719

3 жыл бұрын

Do you speak welsh now or english

@azerko

3 жыл бұрын

@@inclxsed9719 I wish I could speak Welsh but it's too difficult

Wow, I'm Brazilian and I'm married to a Welsh man too and it is SO refreshing to hear you speaking with Welsh accent. Da yawn i ti!!! We are preparing to go back to Wales and finding your channel was a great bonus. Hope we bump into each other at some point. Hwyl!

My mother was Welsh and my brother now lives there. Brought back many memories, Thanks.

All of these are very true, im from north wales! Diolch x

@lri828

4 жыл бұрын

beautytxox 😮

@bujin1977

4 жыл бұрын

Where in North Wales? I've never heard anyone I know or anyone I've met up here saying most of those (with one or two exceptions), unless they're saying them ironically.

@Caviidae

3 жыл бұрын

bujin1977 I say some of these in North East Wales, since it’s a scouse-Welsh area haha

@123bwlch

3 жыл бұрын

@@bujin1977 Correct, her observations are all South Wales.

@DivingDog0

3 жыл бұрын

@@bujin1977 Same. This is a video of things 'South' Walian people say. Some of the things she listed I'd even attribute more to the zoomer generation than the Welsh (e.g. proper, lush). And the last example is a stereotypical saying for a guy. The only one of these I've heard up here was Ych a fi. And that was one person. Two decades ago.

With the exception of a couple of those sayings, they're all pretty regional and limited to South Wales. I was born in Wales and have lived here all my life, and I have never heard people up here in the north say most of those things. On the other hand, I had a friend in university from Bristol and he used to use the word "lush" all the time. As did my niece who grew up in Gloucester, so that's a term that has leaked across the border. But (and without meaning any offence by this - just pointing out that Wales is the same as anywhere else in the world in that we don't all speak the same way), saying "things Welsh people say" with these examples is like saying "things English people say" and filling it with stuff you'd only ever hear from the mouths of Geordies.

@iolotossell517

Жыл бұрын

That's what I was going to say, never hear most of these in the North!

My favourite. ^There he was, gone." Every time I go back home to Wales, the old habit of ending sentences with the word, "Mun" comes back instantly.

Loved this and would love you to do more videos on this topic, Ysis!

we say ‘mind’ after every sentence, where I’m from we say ‘oh, there we are then’ a lot but I don’t know if it’s a welsh thing but yeah.

@YsisLorenna

4 жыл бұрын

These are my top two for my next video! Haha

Loved this little interlude- took me back to my childhood....you are spot on. Some of the sayings you featured have become better known thanks to Ruth Jones’ ‘Nessa’ from Gavin and Stacey.

😂😂 perfect. I moved here 19 years ago and I'm still taken aback by a few Welsh sayings lol. Amazing place

Brilliant! What you also seem to have picked up is a very natural delivery. Thank you!

Australian: Goo' day, mate! Welsh: Alright, butt?

My aunt's mother was Welsh and she used to say "isn't it" after pretty much anything she said, isn't it?

@garethhayes2552

3 жыл бұрын

That’s very much a “hwntws” (south walian), thing to say. Personally, I’m a “gog” (gogledd cymru = north wales). In fact, most of these, are very much south walian

@rebeccalyons1327

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in New England in the US. We use that expression in the same way as Ysis explained .

@TimothyTakemoto

3 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccalyons1327 They said "isn't it" at the end of many sentences in my village near Llanfyllin Powys too. I wondered if there is an equivalent in Welsh since the folks were mainly Welsh speakers.

Good Job. What a Marvellous film you got on yur! I enjoyed, Lush!

I loved listening to you. I am only half Welsh and grew up in Dorset, but I remember my dear mother using some of these. I have lived in Australia for more than 60 years but people still pick my English accent. I sing with two Welsh choirs and love everything Cymraeg. Thanks for this!! (ps your accent is beautiful)

Im watching always bcz of your honest smile, I m also smiling

I just realised that I say ‘now In a minute’ wayyy too often. I was cooking in school today. And I said ‘I’ll clean those now in a minute’ 😂😂

This video was so funny. Exactly what I needed to brighten my day.

Haha loved this Ysis! Can relate on so many levels 😂 Love Matthew’s input and yes, I totally get it. Ask him ‘whose shoes are those boots?!’

I’m welsh dwi mor prowd I fod yn gymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@three_crows_all_day

4 жыл бұрын

Dw i ddim yn dod o Gymru, ond dw i'n caru eich iaith gymaint ac ymarfer bob dydd! Dw i ddim yn dda iawn eto, serch 😅

@lri828

4 жыл бұрын

MJ Xx 🤦‍♀️

@lri828

4 жыл бұрын

maen edrych mor od ar youtube

@yumihisu

4 жыл бұрын

LRI 82 dwi’n cytuno 💀

@yumihisu

4 жыл бұрын

MJ Xx falch * dim prowd

People in South Wales say "I do 'ave" "Where's it to?" This is West Country talk, mainly from Gloucestershire and Somerset, brought in by English people who came to work in the coal mines.

what a perceptive and clever lady,Wales loves you

I have Welsh ancestry. My Great Grand parent immigrated from Wales to the U.S. in the 1800. I lived in the U.S. most of my life. We have said in my family, "I'm saying". Never thought about the significance of that.

Hey Ysis, Video muitobom, tenho uma Galesa na minha vida que não quero que saia nunca e achar uma Brasileira que fala Welsh é bem reconfortante, vai ajudar bastante, aliás quem me mostrou esse video foi ela hahah I also can speak english, but I didn''t see any comment in portuguese and I wanted to be the first hahah by the way I love Wales

@YsisLorenna

5 жыл бұрын

Or Victor! Que bom que gostou do video. Wales really is a special place, and the Welsh people are lush! 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

By here is my ear, I use it to hear and I've had it for years

Ahhh, my favorite "now in a minute" !! Part of Wales I'm in we don't say the others. Most of those sounds Southern I think! My uncle used to direct translate from Welsh to English, it can take a while to figure out what he says exactly. Back then the Welsh language was very different so most translations he came out with are much different from now.

I loved your video! We have a another family we're friends with and the wife is from Wales... I love it because I've never met anyone from there before! Besides, she and her husband are such great people, easy for anyone to love. But she's sparked an interest in me fore Wales. Your video was great! I love learning about the little word phrases different areas use! I lived for a few years near Atlanta, Georgia in the US and they have several sayings in the south. But the one that stood out to me was "might could." You might could do this, or you might could do that... I even heard it in a popular Christian song once and instantly knew that song write must have been a southerner! So learning about the different sayings from Wales was so fun and interesting. Thank you!

My favourite saying is "the end house in the middle" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

After watching this I've just realised how welsh I am 😂

@carolgouldstone8380

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Canada and I’m from Carmarthen. I still say Mun and init without realizing it. This was pointed out to me.

@jameshughes9234

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

I'm not Welsh but found the video informative and entertaining. I went through a phase where I used "lush" quite liberally! I've heard "I'm only saying" used in England in a similar manner. Looking forward to the next video!

Thank you for your video. I'm Welsh, born and bred now living in the US. Firstly, your English is fantastic. I would never have guessed that English isn't your first language. Secondly, I still use a lot of these sayings! My mother used to use the word "cwtch" when tucking us kids in bed at night. I still say it! Thank you again.

We have some similar things in Australia, given we were settled by the British it's not uncommon to use Welsh, English, Irish and Scottish sayings in our everyday language

@patriciakeats1621

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@missqt48

2 жыл бұрын

Point of correction- The British migrants speak in that manner in Australia. The natives of that land occupied by other nations do not speak in that manner!

"Now in a minute" is our equivalent of "Fiji time"

Welsh, I am, from Swansea, living abroad. "Who's coat is that jacket?" is a new one on me, never heard it before. But...one of my favourites is.."now then!" Great video...it got me smiling in recognition. And your accent is SO Welsh...loved hearing it!

That was great butty. You have a lovely accent. We moved from New Tredegar to Cheshire 10 years ago. People love our accent here and we have a good laugh over some of the things we say.

I use “isn’t it” while speaking Welsh - “yn dydy e” all the time, just noticed now haha 😂

I'm English but grew up in the valleys and felt nostalgic listening to your list. One you missed: "where's Jane to?" instead of just "where's Jane". Your accent drops in and out with bits of Welsh!

Ych-a-fi - i never knew it was only a Welsh thing but it makes sense as I have never heard anyone say it apart from my nana who is from South Wales! Also made me laugh out at the father in law comment of who’s coat is that jacket hanging on the floor because I heard it in a Welsh accent too😂! Loved the video 😁

My Welsh mother and her sister used to always talk about “donkey’s yurs,” meaning a long time, playing on the pun of years/ears-long ears = long years. “I haven’t heard from him in donkey’s yurs.”

Haha I feel as if “I’m only saying” = ‘no offence, but’ 😂

Proud to be welsh and i’m from pen llyn 💘

@YsisLorenna

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Cara :) x

@carawilliams7323

5 жыл бұрын

Ysis Lorenna helo, wich part of wales are you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ? x

I am only half Welsh and lived most of my life in South Africa. Most of the examples that are given make perfect sense to me. My father was born in Johnstown, Wrexham.

Cwtch has multiple meanings beside a cuddle. It's the cupboard under the stairs, it's to hide something and when I was a kid, picking blackberrys it was your patch to pick from and if someone came on your patch you would say "bar cwtch".

Very true :), but for any viewers that are interested, you should know that the languagr mentioned in this video specifically applies to people from the Valleys and industrial towns of South Wales, not North Wales.

@thataxolotllmao2998

Жыл бұрын

yep. the dialect of South Wales is the more commonly known though.

40 years an exile - this made me smile. Thank you.

Hi Ysis, liked your vid, just subscribed to your channel, I'm from North Wales and am a fluent Welsh speaker, I have to admit that I do not use most phrases you mention in your piece as they apply to parts of South Wales, lush over here in my part of North Wales means alcohol and Tidy does mean keeping things tidy. Cwtch is a word I've heard of but it's not used over here. It's so interesting to hear the different phrases used from area to area isn't it. Thanks for the vid.

Man I love seeing people react to us welsh. I never realised how different we talk until I takes to a lot of people not welsh and I find myself using a lot of them. Cymru yn byth🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Class video 👍

am guilty of a lot of these 😂. I always say "there's lovely" or "now in a minute". Also finish sentences with "isn't it". Some of them I didn't realise only Welsh people say. I would add calling someone stupid 'twp'.

@mattowensrees

9 ай бұрын

yes. twp is very common

You’ve definitely got the Welsh twang

I’m Welsh but live abroad and this made me feel really homesick!

The now in a minute expression reminds me of something we say in Spain which is 'ahora después', this translates to 'now after' lol it doesn't make any sense but we all use it to say what we will do somewhat shortly after we are speaking 🤣🤣 it's fun seeing similarities like that in different languages!

I feel like it's not uncommon in the U.S. to hear the variation "I'm just saying" or "I'm just sayin' ".

@wildwood143

3 жыл бұрын

Very true! I am in North Texas and grew up in Central and East Texas, especially in East Texas amongst the older generations they would say some of those variations. Many people descend from people of welsh origins and believe that is where it came from. Isn’t it often used, just sayin’. I understand language-wise that Southerners tend to retain the old sayings and also foods as well.

@anneknight3875

3 жыл бұрын

I say that a lot, not born in Wales, but my grandparents were and it must have come to me through them. Also mind... over by that or there.

@Jones4Leather

2 жыл бұрын

I am in the US midwest, Chicago, and picked up "I'm just sayin" from standup comedy. I hear it used around me to mean: "I don't mean to offend" but even more to be ironic and mean "I am pretending I don't mean to offend, but we both know I really meant it and now you'll look like a jerk to come back at me as angry as you really are." Usually it's used to tease a friend, but can be used when someone unexpectedly takes offense as a way to backpedal and soften it or distance yourself, like saying "Or I could be wrong" or "That's my perspective but I may not know as much as you do."

Hungry, I am for some Collier's Welsh Rarebit! Now in a minute. I am just saying.

"Just sayin'" is pretty universal. "Proper " is also pan-British, so to speak.

This was great! Today I got information on my Irish grandfather. I have been told before, we have Welsh and Scotch’s roots also. Thanks for sharing, from the USA.

im welsh from south wales (pontardawe) and i say all of them without heb sylwi yn enwedig (yur)=ear,year and here

God i love the welsh accent twinge to your accent.... Genuinely never knew some of these were welsh things.... nice

@TheAlmightyAss

3 жыл бұрын

Twinge be fucked. Can hardly hear the Brasilian in her, and Brasilians have very stront accents.

Chopsy is another great Welsh expression I love.

With regard to the Welsh use of the word 'yur', did you hear the one about the Welshman who had half an ear missing? They called him 18 months!

Im from Bristol and from my window i can see the water and Wales! Alot of words the welsh use, us Bristolians use as well. I can confirm that we say whos coat is that jacket, and also "Its over by there. Tbh Ysis hearing you mention those sayings is weird as i never knew how silly they sounded. So whilst i was there feeling stupid for saying those things i notice you had made a spelling mistake! Its who's not whose! (I wouldn't have said anything but have never heard of whose before) so i looked it up and found out that im the one in the wrong! And i feel even stupider haha. Lastly, i have now watched your whole video and I'm surprised to say we don't in fact use as many of the same words as i thought we would haha. I was horrified at what a Cwtch was gonna be.

I remember when I said 'I'll do it now 1 minute' to my teacher who was English and we got into an argument over it. I won btw😂 and she got me chocolate😂

The coat/jacket is deliberate and meant to be humorous, like " are you reading that paper you're sitting on" but unlike pointing to an empty seat and saying "is there anyone sitting there".which is humourously phrased in English but a genuine enquiry. I live abroad now but on my last visit home I found my sister using "lush" and this is quite new, it was not used when I was growing up ( I'm nearly 70) and though she was the only person I heard using it, she used it quite a lot!

The jacket is the physical thing that is sitting there, that coat is what is becomes when you put it on 🤣😂🤣