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Claireylou

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #45 on: January 24, 2017, 08:37:14 PM »
Chewyda is the welsh word for vomit ....
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CLKD

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #46 on: January 24, 2017, 10:10:02 PM »
I never heard it used when taking dictation in mid-Wales ;D - there would be Welsh and then vomit or sick then back to Welsh  ::)
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Claireylou

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #47 on: January 24, 2017, 10:13:45 PM »
Lots of regional variations for lots of welsh words  :)
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CLKD

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #48 on: January 24, 2017, 10:19:26 PM »
The Welsh in the North sounds much harder than in Cardigan Bay
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Claireylou

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #49 on: January 25, 2017, 07:19:51 AM »
Yes it's very hard up in the north. My favourite word in welsh is sglod which means chips  ;D
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CLKD

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #50 on: January 25, 2017, 11:32:41 AM »
 ;D
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cubagirl

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #51 on: January 25, 2017, 01:36:44 PM »
Dumfoonered - Scottish for flabbergasted.  My Gran used it a lot!  ;D

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babyjane

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #52 on: January 25, 2017, 02:51:24 PM »
Discombobulated, which I am becoming more and more  :-\
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dulciana

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #53 on: January 27, 2017, 11:32:31 AM »
Gazillion (= lots and lots)   Turns out that a pupil of mine likes this word, too, so we had a wee laugh about it at their lesson  :)
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Greyhoundgal

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #54 on: January 27, 2017, 01:17:47 PM »
Quote from: babyjane on January 25, 2017, 02:51:24 PM
Discombobulated, which I am becoming more and more  :-\
LOL....you beat me to it  ;D ;D
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Menomale

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #55 on: January 27, 2017, 01:28:53 PM »
I'm finding this thread very useful to broaden my English vocabulary, keep posting!

P.S. Sorry... my Welsh, Scotish, Irish, Gaelic, Australian, American....  ::)
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