Sayings of Welsh Parents

[C0rdelia]

You tell them something mildly interesting.

Nooooor. I never.

There’s lovely now

Under the doctor
Now in a minute

Can’t do the spelling but we and 2 generations down still do.

Acha vie

For something horrible.

Now you listen to me good boy.... (when you're in trouble and not good at all!)

My gran used to exclaim "dewwww' which I sort of translated as "well I never" or "OMG"!

Pig in the Bath (Max Boyce for those not in the know)

Nervoith when.

No idea.

Oh yes, 'ach a vie' too!!
Usually when she was offered 'foreign food'

3cats - is 'Duw', means 'God'

Bad in bed (under the doctor of course)

@C0rdelia

Nervoith when.

No idea.

Nefoedd Wen

White heavens.

nyth - ah, that makes sense.

Ych a fi

Literally 'yuck at you' / 'yuck are you'

Thank you for Nefoedd wen!

Cordelia my parents have a whole range of Welsh curses, that’s just one of them. Others are

Arglwydd Mawr
Mawredd mawr
Er mwyn dyn
And one that sounds like ‘Yr yssen gols’ but I haven’t a clue what that means.

And ‘ych a fi.’

We were brought up with this. Thank you.

Come over by here for a cwtch (cuddle).
It's over by there.

Tidy, like (alright/fine).

My uncle's choice of swear words (in front of me, anyway) used to be: Diawel (pronounced "jowl") a mopsticks!
I assume "diawel" was "devil" but never knew where the "a mopsticks" came from

Poor little dab.

Mind you... used at the beginning of a sentence almost as much as "So, ..." is now.

By yere (here)

nythbran2

3cats - is 'Duw', means 'God'

I used to hear it repeated a lot too: Duw Duw.

I'm not gonna to lie to you

Or

I've gor to be onest.

I had no idea some words were Welsh(ish) growing up because they'd be stuck in the middle of an English sentence...

Give us a cwtch (hug)
Don't clecs (tell tales/gossip)

The funniest was in Chapel. If you said "Oh my god" you'd get a clip around the ear for taking the lord's name in vain...then the same person would mutter "Duw, duw"!

You're my butty (friend)

DP is a Welshman. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Favourite saying of his dad:
Come over by yur (here).
Who’s coat is that jacket?

I googled diawl a mopsticks because I remember hearing it years ago. No idea where it originated but it’s been in use since the 1890s at least.
newspapers.library.wales/view/3249779/3249780/5

Tutty down - get down low or bend down. Not sure if that was welsh or just my mum!