What am I hearing?

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#105

Ionc - thickhead, twit…So half-witted…hanner/ionc fits the bill.

#106

Thanks @joanie and @dinas!
@joanie…did you happen to hear an “a” or “ach” before that “anner”?

#107

The ‘Traws’ bit is referring to a gig they did in Trawsfynydd… :sunny:

The ‘nathi’ bit must be ‘wnaeth hi’ - so basically, that’s so far through and out the other side of slang it’s almost gone round the world and come back into a new form of grammar…:wink:

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#108

Yes - it almost sounded like “ya hanner ionc” to me, but I don’t think the “ya” (as an abbreviation of you) makes sense. I couldn’t figure it out.

#109

This is probaby ‘am biti’r lle’ - a southern colloquialism which you’ll see spelt in different ways - meaning, here, more or less ‘around/about the place’… :sunny:

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#110

I seem to remember we talked on the forum once about “am biti mis” (hope that’s correct), the southern equivalent of “am tua mis”.

Not sure if this is the thread I was thinking of, but it looks relevant:

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#111

Hello all. Need some help, and I apologize if this question is a repeat. What am I hearing when “wedi” is spoken during lessons 7-8/northern? I went through the two a couple times, quite sure I was hearing “wendy”, but then I did a no-no and snuck a peak at the lesson guide (still struggling with my milk), and I saw it spelled without an “n”. I guess that it could mean nothing since I don’t know my letters and “d” may very well be pronounced “nd”. I’ve skimmed through the recordings for a third time now and I swear I’m hearing “wendy” as well as “weddy”, “wetty” and sometimes “wheaty”. Help!
Diolch!
(:smile:
Mike

#112

Hi, Mike! I hear wedi pronounced weddy. Just a question are you doing the original course as there’s now a new Course 1? I ask as I believe the new course might be slightly different…You’ll find it under the learn banner top of page.

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#113

I thought that was it. I just wanted to hear somebody else say it too. I’m doing the original course at the moment. Thanks so much for your help!

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#114

Aaaand I just got that joke…weeks after asking about it.

Diane: " Robin is [coming]"
Colin: “Right…is Batman coming with him?”
Dai: “McBryde, you idiot.”

#115

FYI, @owainlurch, I figured out that Sion was saying What happened to the warm Welsh welcome? and that I’d frequently misheard digwyddodd because of the emphasis on the second syllable…

#116

In an episode of Caryl (sorry, no link…BBC only keeps the last 4 episodes) during which triniaethau amgen was discussed, I heard a word that sounded like emotu. I don’t think it’s the word emotional…which according to App Geiriaduron is emosiynol…but could it be an alternate pronunciation or “Welshinglishism”?

Here’s the questionable word in context…or as much of the context I could understand:
Dwi’n edrych (something) fel ni gorffori emotu’r car, a dwi’n edrych (something) emotu i corff.

#117

Dwi’n edrych ymlaen - I’m looking forward to…
So possibly: Dwi’n edrych ymlaen i M.O.T y corff. I’m looking forward to M.O.T the body.

Maybe: Dwi’ edrych ymlaen fel ni gorffori M.O.Ting y gar. I’m looking forward as we incorporate/embody the car’s MOT.
I wonder if MOT might have the meaning of - health check?

#118

@dinas: FYI, the “something” sounded like yndo fe not ymlaen

#119

The ‘car’ -> ‘corff’ thing makes me thing that Kim is right about this being ‘M.O.T.’ in some way…

#120

Last night I was listening to Tommo on the way home. I am sure I heard him say “Tommo yma tan byth” it may have been “am byth” Any ideas which it was please? The context appears to have been “Tommo here as always” or similar. Perhaps I heard it wrong… hope this is not a stupid question… :blush:

#121

If one thinks this is stupid question (and that’s not me, to clear the things out), then I’ll provide even more stupid answer.

I understand it as “to the eternity” what in the context of sentence could be highly possible he’d say to a bit amuse audience …

Well, just my “naughty” suggestion as I’m in much better mood (thanks to @aran) then I was a day ago. :slight_smile:

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#122

Thanks, so you think it was “Tan byth”? :smile:

#123

Yes, why not. Since it was night and people think a lot about this theme. I’d have to hear what mood he was in though. But yes, I think it was “tan byth”

#124

Tan bump? Till 5 (O’Clock)?
Tan beth? Till a bit? (I don’t think I’ve heard peth used like this before, but Tommo appears to be a law unto himself in his usage and abusage of the language - and is all the more fun for it!)

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