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Topic: Llanelli Colloquialisms
Posted By: KID A
Subject: Llanelli Colloquialisms
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 1:01pm
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I was talking about colloquialisms the other day and it made me think of words that originate in Llanelli and the surrounding West Wales areas. There must be lots. Can anyone add to this list: Shant - beer Bei - friend Chillsed - drunk Bonsch - good friend Clecs - Gossip Raxed - Broken |
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Posted By: scarletman
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 1:06pm
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Togs - Boots
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Posted By: minded
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 1:09pm
My favourite that one, I remember being surprised that people I met didn't know what my togs were. Being young I assumed it was UK slang.
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scarletman wrote:Posted By: Gate12
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 1:14pm
| Shant is the best one, cracking word. |
Posted By: A Evans
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 1:16pm
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Is calling trainers - daps a Welsh think or is that Llanelli as well?
------------- We are Con Air. You will be assimilated. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile. |
Posted By: Gate12
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 1:19pm
| Megamix - top shelf. |
Posted By: SA14
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 1:27pm
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Wew - idiot. |
Posted By: scarletman
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 1:56pm
Megamix - Gofer88 Memory eraser ! ------------- |
Posted By: scarletman
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 1:57pm
We always called the canvas ones "Daps" ! ------------- |
Posted By: aber-fan
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 2:10pm
Clecs is more widespread than just Llanelli, with 'cario clecs' meaning to tell on someone (or 'rat them off' if you prefer!). ------------- “You cannot reason a man out of what he never reasoned himself into.” (Jonathan Swift) |
Posted By: Eastern outpost
Date Posted: 08 March 2013 at 8:44pm
Welsh thing. ------------- In a world where you can be anything – Be Kind. |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 10 March 2013 at 5:55pm
Have you noticed that Llanelli people live in Greenaway Street and walk through Vaux----Hall on their way to Witherspoons?  ------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 10 March 2013 at 5:58pm
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Is 'beut' confined to Llanelli? ------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 10 March 2013 at 6:30pm
| How about 'blemmer'? |
Posted By: Eastern outpost
Date Posted: 10 March 2013 at 6:40pm
What does it mean? ------------- In a world where you can be anything – Be Kind. |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 10 March 2013 at 6:51pm
In general an outstanding example of something. It could be an object of beauty like a marble ( for playing with ) or a brilliant kick to touch or a magnificent shot at cricket etc
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Posted By: Eastern outpost
Date Posted: 10 March 2013 at 7:13pm
Thanks. Useful word. ------------- In a world where you can be anything – Be Kind. |
Posted By: Abbey
Date Posted: 10 March 2013 at 7:47pm
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When I moved to London in 1990, I went to the local chippy and asked for a rissole and they looked at me blankly so I asked for a corned beef pastie instead. Again, never heard of one. Ended up buying a Jamaican Patty. According to Wiki - rissoles are only sold in chip shops in south Wales and the North-East of England. Corned beef pasties started in the 40s and 50s in Wales for miners. |
Posted By: John
Date Posted: 10 March 2013 at 7:59pm
Chip shop language is quite involved- ask for a fish and chips in northern England or Scotland and you will be looked at as though you were from outer space. Similarly- ask for a fish supper away from those areas and you might as well have asked for something in French.
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Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 10 March 2013 at 11:50pm
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Rissole: that's another one for the Llanelli pronounciation:
'Russole'
------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 12:02am
| 4 penn'orth o' chips 'n a russole wrapped in The Star with lashings of salt and vinegar was a feast. |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 12:21am
....and that fine feast must have been from Eddie's in Elizabeth Street. 
------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: rolly
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 6:58am
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Posted By: lofty evans
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 7:40am
Eddies now thats a blast from the past  ------------- In 1972, Roy Bergiers scored that try and said "that was for you lofty" "All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 7:43am
John's New Dock Road
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Posted By: aber-fan
Date Posted: 12 March 2013 at 9:04am
Man walks into a chippy and asks for a 'pissole and chips, please'. Chippy man responds: 'That's not a 'p', it's an 'r'' "OK, then - I'll have an rsole and chips, please". ------------- “You cannot reason a man out of what he never reasoned himself into.” (Jonathan Swift) |
Posted By: Mugwuffin
Date Posted: 13 March 2013 at 3:59pm
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"No dal". As in, "There's no dal in him". Never heard that anywhere else. |
Posted By: PearlJam
Date Posted: 13 March 2013 at 5:43pm
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"I bought it from Asdas" Where? Whose? ------------- If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose. |
Posted By: salmidach
Date Posted: 13 March 2013 at 9:02pm
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right then... its weird how things get changed or morphed because of boundaries. I asked my dad once to teach me Welsh and he said which Welsh son, I said what do you mean, well my family is from the Bont and your mother is from Llangennech a distance of only a few miles and both areas have different Welsh words for the same thing, so it wasn't just North v South it was village v village. so leading up to this and before we start I'd like to say something, don't like it, think its wrong and disgusting and please don't ban me but.. Goffa (horrible word) is a word you'd call someone who has special needs, due to the school in Heol Goffa, I used to think it was a welsh thing, but found out it is only a Llanelli thing. ------------- They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance - Terry Pratchett |
Posted By: lofty evans
Date Posted: 13 March 2013 at 10:54pm
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Talking to my one of my sons who lives in Llanelli and i said "havent a clem son"....anyone else used "clem".....llanelli word for me. ------------- In 1972, Roy Bergiers scored that try and said "that was for you lofty" "All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 13 March 2013 at 11:22pm
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A lot of folk don't recognise 'trou' as an abbreviation for trousers. Is that a Llanelli thing? Also, outside of Llanelli (ish), it's apparently wrong to pronounce 'dairy' as 'day-ree'.
Mad, mun.
------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 13 March 2013 at 11:29pm
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I think 'Ehh bah boo'* is a Llanelli thing too. I've had some funny looks outside town when I suggest we have a quick game of 'Ehh bah boo' to resolve a disagreement.
*Please feel free to correct my spelling! ------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: scarletabroad
Date Posted: 13 March 2013 at 11:40pm
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Remember going to my training depot in Bovingdon and asking where I sign for my daps and PE kit the storeman looked very confused and said you only get issued DAPS at your regiment they were tablets you see not trainers as I have now learnt very confusong at 16
Ee Ba Boo yes in Engerland is just rock paper scissors, my father thought he taught my kids a new game when he mentioned it they were well keen until the fist came out in the shape of a paper bag still he was cool for 10secs.
Faggots aren't as popular aither basically wales and cornwall area asked for them in Preston and nearly got a knuckle sandwich from the chippy bloke
As for rissoles exclusively Wales in my experience
Going for a shant always brought a few raised eyes when with the saes not sure if that is exclusive to Llanelli
As for Eddies chippy well worth the cycle from the Dock (after John's changed hands that is)
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Posted By: Tim Opolis
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 12:06am
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I want to win the lottery and buy Bargain Booze in Llan and re name it 'Shant'. My work here will then be done.
------------- Tymor nesa Duw, plis tymor nesa. |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 12:40am
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I met some guys from Portsmouth once. They were well familiar with the 'shant' term, although not much good at it. ------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 12:44am
Living above an off licence. What could be better?  ------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 11:11am
| "Something must have come over him". This is an expression that I have only heard used by Llanelli people. If someone did something that was out of character and a bit mad, or inexplicable, outrageous or alien, the excuse that would be offered in their defence was: "something must have come over him". I once heard it used in an attempt to excuse Barry John for leaving LLanelli to join Cardiff! |
Posted By: PearlJam
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 1:18pm
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Anyone ever played "mob" in Llanelli? Mob, to me, is essentially Llanelli's bastardisation of the game of hide and seek. Is that just one of our things? ------------- If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose. |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 1:29pm
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Yes, 'mob' was like hide & seek, with subtle differences, which I fail to remember. Something to do with more points for mobbing people back at the mobber's 'base' than mobbing them where they were caught/found (I think - twas a long, long time ago!). ------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: minded
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 1:50pm
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Mob in our school meant that someone counted, eyes closed, against a drainpipe at the side of the school and everyone hid. Then once a person had been found, it was a race back to the drainpipe and if you got there first you were safe, but if the counter got there first you were out. Or I've just made that up, I can't remember
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Posted By: scarletman
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 1:54pm
We played that growing up in Cardiff ! ... & of course ... "BULLDOGS" !! ------------- |
Posted By: aber-fan
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 2:44pm
I was taught this game in the 1950s by slightly older kids, living in the Lampeter area - they called it Mob 1-2-3, so you had to shout this out if you successfully sneaked back to the base, whatever that was, without being caught by the 'on' person. ------------- “You cannot reason a man out of what he never reasoned himself into.” (Jonathan Swift) |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 5:47pm
Mixed Mob was more educational. When you found a girl you stayed put in the undergrowth.
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Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 15 March 2013 at 11:51pm
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'Mant', as in "Fancy going for a mant tonight?"
Meaning: Going a bit quicker than you should in a car, on a motorbike, etc.
Llanelli word? We used it quite a lot, back in the day. ------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: bazlewis
Date Posted: 16 March 2013 at 12:19am
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I was brought up on a rough estate where only the girls played British Bulldog Scatletman. The lads played tick but with stones, instead of ticking someone you threw a stone at them only below the waist, no throwing at heads.PS I love the Llanelli accent. ------------- To be a Scarlet is as good as it gets |
Posted By: SA14
Date Posted: 16 March 2013 at 10:29am
| Going up the shaker tonight anyone? |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 17 March 2013 at 8:32pm
| 'On the gewk'. A description of something or a piece of work that is not level, not square, 'out', slanted, leaning to one side etc. Any examples? No referees please. |
Posted By: Rob o'r Bont
Date Posted: 18 March 2013 at 9:09pm
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Niblo. ------------- In a world where you can be anything – Be Scarlet. |
Posted By: trident
Date Posted: 18 March 2013 at 9:44pm
| Is it my memory playing up or did we used to wear 'cecs' |
Posted By: aber-fan
Date Posted: 20 March 2013 at 4:59pm
Meaning? Or is it too rude? ------------- “You cannot reason a man out of what he never reasoned himself into.” (Jonathan Swift) |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 20 March 2013 at 5:16pm
| As I recall a niblo was not quite an oik. |
Posted By: roy munster
Date Posted: 20 March 2013 at 5:23pm
------------- ROYMOND MUNTER MBE (FOR SERVICES TO THE COMBOVER) |
Posted By: Haydn Jones
Date Posted: 20 March 2013 at 6:24pm
'Daps' in Gloucester, too, when I was a kid although just up the road at the posh schools in Cheltenham it was 'pumps'. My PE teacher once gave me the 'dap' (for not climbing a rope fast enough); mind you, if he'd told me I was going to get the 'pump', I'd have been REALLY worried ...
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Posted By: aber-fan
Date Posted: 21 March 2013 at 9:40am
According to the Urban Dictionary, In the North of England and South Wales, the word "kecks" or "kex" is frequently used to refer to men's trousers."That's a smart pair o' kecks he's wearin'!" Have to admit I thought it came from Liverpool, but clearly also common usage in S Wales. ------------- “You cannot reason a man out of what he never reasoned himself into.” (Jonathan Swift) |
Posted By: KID A
Date Posted: 22 March 2013 at 11:35am
-I would buy a pub and call it "The Shant Inn". -It would sell Felinfoel on tap, and one corner would be a homage to the Dartist "Marshall James". -Microwave Rissoles would be available for 90p -Ursine Princes would be the House Band -A pair of Grav's togs would be in a cabinet above the bar. |
Posted By: scarletabroad
Date Posted: 22 March 2013 at 3:50pm
| SPEW just read Lofty's thread and thought bloody hell you don't hear that up hear at all in fact not even on my travels so my colloquailism for today is SPEW |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 11:12am
Clew, "I haven't a clew mun"  ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 11:14am
haha awesome was Eddy's Chippy! as a kid, I always wanted to know what was behind that big red curtain in the hallway just before you went into the chippy area in the front room!  ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 11:15am
Daps, yes, love it! Used to say daps all of the time, but my mum used to correct me and say they aren't daps, they are 'sneakers'!!!!! ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 11:18am
Yes, that's right, if you were found, you had to leg it back to base and shout the persons name followed by 1,2,3. For example "Mob Dai 123!" and shout it as loud as possible! ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 11:24am
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As a kid, everything was "Down line" if you went somewhere as in, we're off out for the day today, going down line. I never knew where down line was, but everything seemed to be down there. ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 11:26am
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Llanelli kids have a "ELLLLLL of a laugh!" instead of it was a hell of a laugh, Llanelli kids say "ELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL of a laugh!" and really pronounce the L ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 11:28am
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What about "Clatch around the Clist" if you smaked someone around the top of the head, like a flip. 'Flip' is another "If you aren't careful, you'll get a flip in a minute!" ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 12:45pm
That's railway terminology. Anywhere away from London is "downline" and conversely towards London is "upline" Where there's a two line track, the railwaymen refer to these as the 'upline' and the 'downline' tracks.
You must have travelled West a lot as a kid
 ------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 2:27pm
HAHA If only my parents explained this to me as a child, I'd be far better for it now! The confusion must have been that we were going in the car and not on a train, but still, I hold my parents responsible for not educating me correctly! Yes, we did used to head 'downline' to places like Pendine, Tenby, Saundersfoot, Amroth beach quite often during the summer months when I lived in Llanelli as a child, but most summer days were spent down Pembrey Country Park.............awesome down there mun! Here is another too, does anyone still use "Slaps all round" when someone is winding you up? "There'll be slaps all round in a minute!" and, Llanelli folk have a funny way of adding the word 'after' on to sentances that have 'now' in them too. For example, "I'll fix in now after" or "are you going now after" ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 11:12pm
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or:
"I'll do it now, in a minute"
------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 27 March 2013 at 10:22am
Havin' a spell are you? |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 27 March 2013 at 4:07pm
I was with a couple of Sais on holiday last year and when I said, "let's stop here for a spell", they thought we were going to have a game of cricket! ------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: roy munster
Date Posted: 27 March 2013 at 4:14pm
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mun? is that even a word?its sort of added on to the end of a sentence just to add some additional moaniness.
eg..."those english forwards were killing the ball all day and were well offside at every ruck...mun"
works a treat  ------------- ROYMOND MUNTER MBE (FOR SERVICES TO THE COMBOVER) |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 27 March 2013 at 6:28pm
Used beyond Llanelli though, Roy, as are 'by here', 'by there' and 'like'
------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: Mister Jolly
Date Posted: 27 March 2013 at 6:37pm
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"like that" or as it's more commonly pronounced "like 'at" as in:
"I went down the pub, like 'at, I was having a shant, like 'at, then Dai came in, like 'at....."
Like what???  ------------- Just because my second name's Jolly, it doesn't mean I have to be jolly all the ****ing time Jolly Tours - A jolly time for all (just keep away from the fountains) |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 27 March 2013 at 6:54pm
| 'Sanferryann isn't it' was common when I lived in Llanelli. It meant 'it doesn't matter' or 'so what' or it makes very little difference. I've spelt it phonetically as I've never seen it written down. Apparently it started when our soldiers came back from France after the First World War. So the story goes they had heard the French saying 'ce ne fait rien' and it was repeated by our lads as best they could and it became 'sanferryann'. |
Posted By: scarletginna
Date Posted: 27 March 2013 at 7:14pm
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When someone has a drink or some food and you want to "scrub" the leftovers you would say "give me boneys then!" If it was a drink you had to ask them first to "drink your dregs" ------------- Every time Ref! |
Posted By: 9331101972
Date Posted: 30 March 2013 at 1:45pm
| "It's domino then". It's over, we've had it: we've lost: we're beaten. This was a common phrase in Llanelli long before President Eisenhower expressed his concern about the spread of communism as "the domino theory". |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 09 April 2013 at 12:35pm
haha, I remember those!!! ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 09 April 2013 at 12:38pm
I've been living in England for the past 14 years now, and it still slips out when I'm having a moan or argument with the wife or at work! "[beep] sake, I'll do the dishes in a minute MUN!" "Stop your moaning MUN!" or in work "You were supposed to finish that yesterday, how can I test it now MUN!" Blanked expressions every time!!!! ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: minded
Date Posted: 23 September 2015 at 8:54pm
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Not sure where this has been hiding in my long term memory but i just used the word "spawny" to describe the French conversion which hit the inside of the post and went over. Anyone else used to say this when something lucky happened or someone scored a spawny goal or hit a spawny shot in cricket? Don't think i've said it since i was about 12. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPnAh1r0V9YMx4LjUAXI1AUts5jgBck9u" rel="nofollow - Scarlets Tries of the Season 2009 - 2022 |
Posted By: scarletabroad
Date Posted: 23 September 2015 at 10:26pm
huh yeah not heard it on my travells in the army or in Saes land now you mention it.....mind you its all TOWIE and chavs here no room for spawny buggers like me......thank God
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Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 05 January 2016 at 3:49pm
Yup, same rules in the 90's too! Although if you were racing back to the drainpipe, and were going to get beaten, then you ended up tripping the guy up in front, causing him to fall, scuff is clothes, face, arms n all, and then end up fighting. ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 05 January 2016 at 3:51pm
It is real Usually a word used when referencing someone over there that you didn't know. For example "see niblo over there, go and ask him!" ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 05 January 2016 at 3:55pm
I thought 'Mant' was when you went shanting with munters? ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Sosban bach
Date Posted: 05 January 2016 at 7:30pm
| Goffa was a bit of slang back in the day. Also haven't heard it used for about 15 years till it slipped out the other day with some mates. Don't know how the mind works! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 05 January 2016 at 8:16pm
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Having moved up from Bridgend as a kid I remember the other kids cacking themselves laughing when I asked for a paaastie in the ffreutur. I'd never heard of eh ba boo at that point so I reckon that could be a west thing. My Mam being from the Rhondda still asks me "Ows yew butties then?" My favorite Llanelli-ism is "beaut" - short for "there's a beauty." Heard it used a lot in the Masons years ago - meaning a person spoiling for a fight in the mistaken belief that a person of alternative tastes is somehow a walking veiled criticism of their lifestyle choice and an unspoken threat to their ego .... or c*#k for short I always loved Welsh nicknames too. Pete Mun (always ended his sentences with "mun") and Pete Viking/Hannibal Lecter (on account of his fancy dress outfits) amongst my favourites! |
Posted By: Lewsyn-yr-heliwr
Date Posted: 06 January 2016 at 2:15am
"Bavin"or "Bav"another-the etymology of which was equally cruel. ------------- Let the ball do the work |
Posted By: Abbey
Date Posted: 06 January 2016 at 10:45am
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One of the things I've taken a while to get used to since working in East Wales, with a number of valleys people, is: "Where's it to?" That basically means: where is something? "Where's the scissors?" Becomes "where's the scissors to?" Also, they'll ask "where you to?" if you're going anywhere. |
Posted By: Sosban bach
Date Posted: 06 January 2016 at 12:31pm
Lot of jacks speak like that as well, don't get where they pick that up or taught to speak, perhaps they don't lol. 'Where's to you work' taxi driver asked me last week lol!
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Posted By: scarlet-brock
Date Posted: 20 March 2016 at 10:33pm
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I moved to Llanelli from the valleys about 40 years ago, the first colloquialism I found strange was "of course that" meaning yes. But the one I still cannot understand is "who belongs to that boat/car etc:" ------------- If it works, don't knock it. |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 06 April 2016 at 3:45pm
Not been living in Llanelli for nearly 20 years, but I still add "Mun" at the end of sentences when I'm angry! "F**KING HELL........MUN!" or "I'll do the dishes now after........MUN!" ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 06 April 2016 at 3:50pm
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Is "Spew" a Llanelli word? As in "I've had to much shant, going to spew my guts up!" ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 06 April 2016 at 4:07pm
What we call patrwm iaith cymraeg. It's from Pwy sy'n berthyn y car yna? Same pattern of words. You see the problem in reverse when people learn cymraeg and use english language patterns. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 06 April 2016 at 4:10pm
No, spew is used down east too. Although the expression " I was spewing" meaning "I was very disappointed" is a bit of a curiosity. |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 06 April 2016 at 4:13pm
So if I said "I was spewing all over the place" you might be confused thinking that I was disappointed all over the place ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Mrfwon
Date Posted: 06 April 2016 at 4:15pm
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What about "Da Bo" or "Da Bo De" meaning "See you later" ------------- Scarlets!!! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 06 April 2016 at 4:20pm
All about context "Da bo chi" literally means "good go with you" |
Posted By: caucaunibuca
Date Posted: 20 November 2024 at 4:20pm
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My dad has always called me Niblo. He says its what his family would call young boys in the family. ------------- "Just grab the ball and fly, think you can fly" - Rupeni Caucaunibuca (advising Joe Rokocoko before his first game for the Auckland Blues) |
Posted By: gnasher1975
Date Posted: 20 November 2024 at 8:17pm
Same here dad would call my son Niblo. In turn I generally use it when asking after someone whose name I can't remember 😀😀. How's niblo doing?? |
Posted By: gnasher1975
Date Posted: 20 November 2024 at 8:31pm
Now if I remember mob was hide and seek. As the person went around finding people, you all sit by the post, but if one of the hiders could get to the post and shout Mob so and so 123. Then everyone would get the chance to hide again and the same person would stay "on it" |
Posted By: scarletpimp
Date Posted: 20 November 2024 at 11:57pm
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To move things on to a slightly different directiion from this excellent discussion on colloquium, ....... Someone told me oncec that the most heard phrases in a Llanelli pub would be.... 1) Is she sha...ing .? 2)Who's round is it ? 3)I'll fu ...kg do you now! Being a proud turk , of course I will deny such pofanities existed in Llanelli pubs., as I have frequently heard deep theological, philosophical, and scientific discussions taking place on Sat night, with huge dollop of colloquium thrown in to the mix We are not known as the " Athens of West Wales" for nothing ------------- I stood yer on tanner bank |