General Chat

Chap in Pontypandy called Ian Watkins. He is called H for short :-D

Ann C~~
I worked we a guy called Ian ,and most friends called him E ;-) :-D.
He lives by me when I see him I still call him E

Chick. How about "Si" or "Is" for "Sis" :-)

At least no one can shorten my middle name of "Lewis" ;-)

MrD might stick his lingua out, but think Dandelion is familiarly pis-en-lit in French and pissabed in English. I know in Welsh it is formally dant-y-llew (lion's teeth) and common people call it pipi yn y gwely :-D

My sister 4 yrs older than me named me.

Gosh ...I didn't think I may have been named after a Dandelion , and no I wasn't. my sis is far too up market ,even at aged 4 to name me after a pongy wild flower.
They are pretty tho, and yes my hair can resemble a Dandelion Clock if it is humid!

Sis's name can't really be shortened , no one ever did tho I guess it could be slightly.
Being younger than her I did call her a different name , but it never stuck with the family. She liked her name so didn't want it altered.

:-D :-D :-D Great Johnny Cash hit "Boy Called Glad" ;-)

John, I know the feeling = :-S :-| :-D

MrD :-D :-D

Glad you shortened it ;-) I have 3 kittens - well, 10 months now. Two are boys, one a girl. Names Gwyn, Blodwen and Buddug. I know!!!

Buddug looks a very surprised little boy when I call out his name. :-D :-D

It's only my in-laws that use my full name, and as it had been a long time since it was used I didn't initially react to it !!!

Since umpty-diddly-poe I've been called by a nickname - it's even printed as my 'name' on a number of official documents!!

Much prefer the nickname .... had terrible problems when younger with 'Gladys' :-S ;-) :-D :-D :-D

with my name it can't be shortened - my son is Philip, I always call him Philip - everyone else calls him Phil

My uncle was always known as boy and still is if my mum ever talks about him. It could have been because he was the only son out of 7 children, or that my grandfather could not remember his name...even though it was the same as his own :-D

My dads mum would do the same Sandie if anyone knocked asking for her daughter Ellen calling her Nellie

I cannot remember my parents ever calling me by my long name Jacqueline...infact my mum has since told me she never liked the name and only gave it to me because they were pressured into it by the grandparents :-0

Think mothers often use long name, even when everyone else calls them Dai, Andy, Gav, Jon etc. To mothers (who named them probably) they will always be David, Andrew, Gavin, Jonathan.

Trying to work out what your real long name is, Sandie. Is it Chicorea? Hope my guess does not ruffle any feathers :-S

Slightly off track, my dad either abbreviated my name or called me Chick, mam also abbreviated my name .
My MIL was totally against abbreviating her elder son's name to Dai, and if anyone called asking to speak to Dai ,she'd say no one of that name lives here !
She did accept Dave and my hubby's name shortened when I came on the scene :-D...lol she was a great MIL...really she was :-)

Cwtch is a great word. Not only a cuddle but the space under your stairs. I have been wanting to give poor Paula a cwtch all day.

Wonder if cootchy-coo that people say to babies in England is same word. :-S

Lots of new words for me when I came to Rhondda - butt, gully or gooley, level.

In Colwyn Bay, two words I loved were ciarydyms and tshampion. One was for "people who do not care a damn" and the other the Weshification of "champion" which I think was common in Lancs.

Was once told that only two words that had been accepted into English language from Welsh were "eisteddfod" and "dad". Hundreds the other way :-( :-(

Dermot :-D you could go on for hours with that !!!

Oh, Paula ! You may be interested in this article, although 'boy' or 'boyo' not included -

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_objectid=17853095&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=why-butty-rarely-leaves-wales-name_page.html ;-)

Think Dermot meant the type of buoy in sea, Paula. Sorry if wrong.

My mil (95) has always called my bil Boy. He is now 63 and will remain boy till she gets her promotion. His 3 sisters - including my wife - all call him boy. Not even sure what his name is. ;-)

Just is so natural for Welsh parents to call their sons "boy". And it is used in a friendly way quite a lot. I get referred to as boy or butt very often - sometimes by people younger than me. Bach is another one - means little one. But you can be bach at 70 weighing 20 stones. :-D

Dermot. We had a Welsh family come to live near where I used to live, the older gentleman always called my husband and son buoy, I know I may seem a bit dense bit honestly didn't relate it to "boy" :-)

Brenda :-D :-D Glad you are safe. Till August anyway. Have had a word with Robyn and he intends to make you an ovate - so you will be able to wear a fetching green dress in the summer as you trail into the paviliwn.

Copper mines on Orme reminds me of some family history I did about a family who lived up the Orme and were copper miners. In those days Llandudno was not a holiday place and hardly anyone lived on the Morfa. They were all fairly poor mining communities up on the high ground. Wonder exactly where they all lived up on the Orme :-S :-S

Do you walk from your home to Conwy along those 6 miles of glistening white beach I remember from my young days? Are those Afghan dogs still at the foot of the hill. Most beautiful looking animals :-D

Well I am checking in from up the bryn,after trying to get away from that horrible spectre.
Think next August I will go and hide....maybe down the copper mines on the Great Orme !...but don't tell him or will go and sit beside a cromlech and hope for protection!

Goad morning :-D :-D

Missing my regular Welsh lessons on here from Ann in Cardiff and Hayley from Bury :-( :-( Brenda also missing, but know where she is. Up in ramparts of Castell Conwy with a tall, distinguished man in white and gold who stoops a bit. ;-)

I think it is going to very difficult to watch the procession of the Gorsedd next August to the stage without uncontrollable chuckles. And I shall blame all of you irreverent lot :-D

MrDaff - "Spoken words mislead as often as they guide".

(Chuang - Chinese Philosopher).

Boy/buoy.
Brake/break.
By/bye/buy.
Close/clothes.
Feat/feet.
Find/fined.
Flee/flea.
etc.