Americans Guess Welsh Slang // Presented by Welcome to Wrexham

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  • Опубликовано: 13 дек 2024

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  • @PedrSion
    @PedrSion 2 года назад +50

    Wrexham is in North Wales. Most of the sayings were from South Wales.

    • @darrenjones1413
      @darrenjones1413 2 года назад +4

      South Wales is basically England hardly anyone speaks Welsh

    • @Cwlcymro
      @Cwlcymro 2 года назад +21

      @@darrenjones1413 The people of Llanelli and Carmarthen would like a word with you

    • @darrenjones1413
      @darrenjones1413 2 года назад

      @@Cwlcymro all the women would faint and men would want to be me I feel like I'd be smurfing at this point going there I've already Been to many places in south Wales and hardly no 1 speaks Welsh like they have a Welsh accent but no one speaks Welsh and there's a lot who can't even string a sentence in Welsh except the good morning good health or good night even English speak more Welsh then that there will be a few places of Welsh speakers but mainly in a group no one has a scooby doo its facts not fiction and many South Wales people have told me straight up born and raised in South Wales but can't speak Welsh ..... dealladwy?+? =?

    • @oldwelshlady6584
      @oldwelshlady6584 2 года назад +4

      @@darrenjones1413 where are you from Darren? You are obviously not mixing with Welsh speakers, its the law that you have to learn Welsh until yr 18 so, I don't understand???

    • @oldwelshlady6584
      @oldwelshlady6584 2 года назад

      @@Cwlcymro hello from Carmarthen!!! Xxx

  • @RyanCogar
    @RyanCogar 2 года назад +56

    "Mitching" in Cardiff/South Wales means to skip class or school. You'd more commonly say "on the mitch" though more than likely. "We all went on the mitch for our last 2 lessons yesterday" as an example. 👍

    • @leapoldstotch4987
      @leapoldstotch4987 2 года назад +3

      Mutching not mitching .

    • @TheDahakon
      @TheDahakon 2 года назад +2

      Yeah, that's how i used it too (South Wales)

    • @ealing456
      @ealing456 2 года назад

      @@leapoldstotch4987 Really depends on where in south Wales, I've heard everything from 'mitching' and 'mUtching' to 'mURching'.

    • @Strawx_berryz
      @Strawx_berryz Год назад

      @@leapoldstotch4987 in the more south part of wales we spell it like ‘mitching’ and yeah it means like skipping class or school and also in the south part of wales tidy to us means clean so like “make sure your room is tidy”

    • @CashConqueror101
      @CashConqueror101 Год назад

      @@TheDahakonin South I always used Mitching

  • @emmahowells8334
    @emmahowells8334 Год назад +18

    One thing to remember, NEVER confuse Wales for England, it's NOT a part of England. Mitching in wales is always associated with skipping school, not goofing off.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @onslaughtgaming-742h
    @onslaughtgaming-742h 2 года назад +12

    I've used the term "Ych a fi" all my life but I never saw it in writing until now...I picked up the term from my mother and it's never left me 🤣🤣🤣

  • @thegreatpapyrus6269
    @thegreatpapyrus6269 2 года назад +60

    Fun to watch this being Welsh :))

    • @OwainGaming
      @OwainGaming 2 года назад +4

      ia mae o yn ddoniol

    • @CynthiaPrice79
      @CynthiaPrice79 2 года назад +2

      My ancestors spent some time in Wales before coming to America. They originated in Mongolia/Eastern Russia and moved west over a few millennia.

    • @stacywinson3955
      @stacywinson3955 2 года назад +4

      Some of the south Walian terms I was like, Be ti siarad am? Siaradwch Cymraeg!! XD xx

    • @OwainGaming
      @OwainGaming 2 года назад +1

      @@stacywinson3955 😂 digon cywir!

    • @X-Bumblebee-X
      @X-Bumblebee-X Год назад

      Pwy sy'n hoffi Gymraeg?

  • @samandthegang2326
    @samandthegang2326 Год назад +7

    "Shwmae" means hello (informal) and isn't usually a question. I was taught to use "sut wyt ti?" or "sut dych i?" for "how are you?"

    • @SombreroPharoah
      @SombreroPharoah Год назад +1

      Sut mae? Or S'mae. Or variable spelling of. "Y'alright?". So it's kinda both really

  • @mariaaguadoball3407
    @mariaaguadoball3407 2 года назад +44

    Jesus Christ, the Welsh language isn't "slang."

  • @vvgirl6173
    @vvgirl6173 2 года назад +11

    Chware teg made me thing playing tag (Welsh person here).
    Mitching has always been associated with skipping classes for me..
    Most of the first half were never used by myself or others in my Welsh Town.
    Though, honestly I've always associated Igam Ogam to a toy shop in my town growing up so I didn't know it was a real phrase XD

  • @JamesMMcCann
    @JamesMMcCann Год назад +1

    03:39 Holyhead (Holly-Head) is where I'm from. You don't need to go there.

  • @WhatIsItToBurn
    @WhatIsItToBurn 2 года назад +21

    Welsh is one of the best languages in Britain.

    • @OwainGaming
      @OwainGaming 2 года назад +7

      yr gorau! 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😂

    • @NecroMoz
      @NecroMoz 2 года назад +3

      Definitely in the top ten

    • @Ccccc-mi3tr
      @Ccccc-mi3tr 2 года назад +7

      It’s the oldest language of Britain

    • @darrenjones1413
      @darrenjones1413 2 года назад +1

      @@Ccccc-mi3tr nos da good night is opposite way round so we would say night good or morning good very old like tribe like

    • @oldwelshlady6584
      @oldwelshlady6584 2 года назад +1

      Its one of the rarest too!

  • @monty4478
    @monty4478 Год назад +1

    As a welshman i find it kind of sexy hearing an american woman trying to speak welsh.

  • @High_Lord_Of_Terra
    @High_Lord_Of_Terra Год назад +2

    Mitching means playing truant from school and is used all over uk. A cwtch is also the cupboard under the stairs.

  • @jumpoverthewall
    @jumpoverthewall 2 года назад +19

    “i don’t want to go back to work” honestly is so relatable

  • @user-zj2hy6le5r
    @user-zj2hy6le5r 2 года назад +10

    Surprised at how good the pronunciation was 😂 (+ a lot of the guesses too)

  • @concrete_consumer725
    @concrete_consumer725 Год назад +1

    Where I live in Wales, how are you is “Sut Wyt ti?”

  • @itsjustvix5846
    @itsjustvix5846 2 года назад +8

    Mitching does not mean goofing off... And I should know, I'm Welsh lmao

  • @JohnRCWilson
    @JohnRCWilson 2 года назад +9

    Mitching means skipping school where I come from in Northern Ireland

  • @theonlymellll
    @theonlymellll 11 месяцев назад +1

    “Slang?” This is our language?!

  • @jonnicoleman8295
    @jonnicoleman8295 2 года назад +8

    Okay but these are literal translations, you should have them react to idioms and ask them what they think they mean

  • @rmannayr2129
    @rmannayr2129 2 года назад +5

    THIS IS A LOT OF WELSH SLANG!

  • @christopherwilliams5939
    @christopherwilliams5939 2 года назад +4

    Most of these were South Walian slang and words, Wrexham is in the North…very different. Im North Walian myself.

    • @striderwhiston9897
      @striderwhiston9897 2 года назад

      I'm south welsh and never heard any of these except tidy and cwtch.

    • @z0zRAMC
      @z0zRAMC 2 года назад +2

      @@striderwhiston9897 im south wales and heard of all of them. I guess they picked phrases from Swansea lol

  • @patconner3226
    @patconner3226 2 года назад +8

    I’m from Wrexham and never heard of mitching or daps.

    • @Ccccc-mi3tr
      @Ccccc-mi3tr 2 года назад +8

      Daps is a South Wales valleys thing

    • @Cwlcymro
      @Cwlcymro 2 года назад +4

      Both are south Wales, common there but not up north

    • @ycylchgames
      @ycylchgames 2 года назад +2

      Both South Wales valley terms and even then it's very specific.

  • @OwainGaming
    @OwainGaming 2 года назад +15

    I am welsh born and raised with Cymraeg as my first language and not heard any of the english welsh slang 🤷‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😂 shwmai no no no there is much more, North/Mid and South Wales dialects, shwmai is South Wales slang the North would be Sut mae hi or Helo again cwtch is south. 🤦‍♂️😂😂😂 but meh effort out of 10 possibly a 5/10 please give more attention to North and south division in slang, you cannot brush the South as being all of Wales, you will have a shock to hearing the over part of Wales not the South aka Gavin and Stacey Land 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 e.g Milk= Llefrith yn y Gogledd ond yn yr De mae nhw yn dweud Llaeth, Microwave = Microdon yn yr Gogledd ond Popty Ping yn yr de hefyd nid oedd neb/bron neb yn dweud Cwtch yn yr Gogledd mae nhw yn rhai ardaloedd yr de

    • @CynthiaPrice79
      @CynthiaPrice79 2 года назад +4

      I kind of love that South Wales just calls it a ‘ping oven’. Don’t ask me why, because I couldn’t tell you. It’s just cute.

    • @OwainGaming
      @OwainGaming 2 года назад +3

      @@CynthiaPrice79 yeah but I hate the idea everyonevin Wales call it that also in exams its incorrect

    • @sarahcoletti6946
      @sarahcoletti6946 2 года назад +3

      It's like when you're from America and everyone thinks you have a Southern accent and dialect. Every region has its own way of speaking with its own accent. I'm actually Welsh by heritage and wish I could understand the language!

    • @OwainGaming
      @OwainGaming 2 года назад +2

      @@sarahcoletti6946 Yeah well at leastthe video did not call the Welsh English 😂

    • @evilcommunistpicklerick3175
      @evilcommunistpicklerick3175 2 года назад +3

      Sai'n clywed 'Popty Ping' yn fynych yn y Dê
      Dydych chi ddim yn dweud 'Cwtch' yn y Goledd?! Rhyfedd a dydw i ddim yn credu ti chyu

  • @Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo
    @Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo 2 года назад +8

    Shwmae pawb I am a proud welsh man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @mermaidmimsy
      @mermaidmimsy Год назад

      Im proud to be a welsh woman but sadly my ancestors although welsh as likely from many welsh royal lines I never got to learn welsh and want to learn more about traditions etc my dna is welsh and ive been up in north wales every weekend but i feel I almost cant call myself full welsh being as I wasn’t born within the current border on the welsh side but Ill always identify as welsh or at least brythonic despite not being able to speak it much.

  • @Animal-lover392
    @Animal-lover392 4 месяца назад +1

    It is NOT slang it’s our language

  • @deanmarsh1452
    @deanmarsh1452 2 года назад +2

    Nailed the pronunciations! Epic. Haha

  • @chrismaggs
    @chrismaggs 2 года назад +3

    I used mitching in the same sense as bunking. As in skipping lessons basically!

  • @Welsh_Veteran_420_Z
    @Welsh_Veteran_420_Z 2 года назад +3

    I've lived near Wrexham in North Wales my whole life and I've never heard of those phrases lol

  • @oldwelshlady6584
    @oldwelshlady6584 2 года назад +2

    You did really well!!!

  • @daniellaburgess8963
    @daniellaburgess8963 Год назад

    A lot of these answers were wrong mind 😂 Like 'mitching'? Means like 'Playing hooky', 'Bunking off school'.

  • @101spacemonkey
    @101spacemonkey Год назад

    Some of these terms aren't solely used in Wales but in Northern Ireland and Scotland

  • @doc6904
    @doc6904 2 года назад

    Videos like these honestly make me wanna melt my brain

  • @Gemini_Woman
    @Gemini_Woman 2 года назад +3

    I haven't watched Buzz Feed since Safiya left . Just thought I'd check in. I lived in Wales for 9 years and went to a Welsh primary school they even tried to teach me welsh but I could never pick up the language.

    • @liamgreen5092
      @liamgreen5092 5 месяцев назад

      Never too late to learn it 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @aledrob
    @aledrob Год назад +1

    Some of the initial slang terms are from the opposite end of Wales to Wrexham, good attempts though. North and South dialects and words can be very different

  • @sunny5ma
    @sunny5ma 2 года назад +1

    Omz it's sooo good to see Spenser again!!! I miss her! 💖💖

  • @rmannayr2129
    @rmannayr2129 2 года назад +1

    I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK!

  • @rmannayr2129
    @rmannayr2129 2 года назад +1

    SPENSER IS SO CUTE!

  • @chrismaggs
    @chrismaggs 2 года назад

    3:36 🐲🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ams6850
    @ams6850 2 года назад +2

    Dude one of the guys looks like the love child of john krasinski and Shawn white 😆😆😆😆

  • @gethbach1988
    @gethbach1988 2 года назад +3

    more like southwalian slang!

  • @Payne2view
    @Payne2view 3 месяца назад

    I didn't know some of those "common Welsh phrases" and I'm Welsh but Da Iawn for trying.

  • @rmannayr2129
    @rmannayr2129 2 года назад +1

    SPENSER IS MY FAVORITE!

  • @ticketyboo2456
    @ticketyboo2456 Год назад

    Proper Welsh people pepper their sentences with actual Welsh.

  • @harimcdermott7341
    @harimcdermott7341 2 года назад

    Greeting: “alright la”

  • @ACslife23
    @ACslife23 2 года назад

    i am from wrexham, i live in wrexham right now i am wrexham born and bred

  • @ReenaBINA
    @ReenaBINA 2 года назад +4

    It’s always unique to hear how other countries say American slang

  • @pennyholman7177
    @pennyholman7177 Год назад

    proud of this (i'm from wrexham)

  • @user-ql1jv1dw8s
    @user-ql1jv1dw8s 2 года назад

    Was that Mathew Rhys speaking Welsh?

  • @MichaelSacamos
    @MichaelSacamos 2 года назад +2

    To everyone who sees this comment, keep pushing in life and never give up. Can't wait to see you successful one day and May God bless you!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @DoctorCymraeg
    @DoctorCymraeg Год назад

    Why do southern Welsh when talking about Wrecsam? 🤦‍♂️

  • @samsonkth
    @samsonkth 2 года назад +1

    How are you suppose to make that pronunciation from that type of spelling, Talking about cwtch btw,

  • @bingbong2205
    @bingbong2205 Год назад +1

    Dw'i yn hoffi cwrw 😛

  • @arugozino4639
    @arugozino4639 2 года назад +1

    Indonesian slang language bruhh

  • @mzampell
    @mzampell 2 года назад +3

    Can't they afford a vowel?

    • @wales-whatsinaname
      @wales-whatsinaname 2 года назад +15

      There are more vowels in Welsh than English , 2 more

    • @Dead_in__side__
      @Dead_in__side__ 2 года назад +3

      Haha very original comment

    • @millardfillmore1331
      @millardfillmore1331 2 года назад

      I'LL TAKE ANACHRONISTIC SPELLINGS OF ARCHAIC VENUES/CULTURES AND METAPHORS FOR 800....OR UH OH MAKE THAT SIXPENCE ALEX!!

    • @HamnaTabuu
      @HamnaTabuu 2 года назад +3

      A E I O U W Y. I would say that it's English that is lacking in vowels.

  • @samparry4950
    @samparry4950 Год назад

    Didn't butcher it did quite well now to learn how to say Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobyllantyseiliogogogoch

    • @samparry4950
      @samparry4950 Год назад

      And yes it's all one word and it's a place name

  • @CeriJames23
    @CeriJames23 6 месяцев назад

    Welsh language is a language not “slang”

  • @MrTaktic121
    @MrTaktic121 Год назад

    Not bad

  • @Cato-y1j
    @Cato-y1j Год назад

    Then again, Wrecsam Welsh is just Scouse talking over Welsh words

    • @ticketyboo2456
      @ticketyboo2456 Год назад +1

      Actually Scouse is English spoken with a north Walian accent...

  • @oldwelshlady6584
    @oldwelshlady6584 2 года назад

    Except you got mitching wrong, its skyving school, not going to school that day, pretending to yr parents you went but didn't really! Goofing off is not specific enough!

  • @SiimplyDestiny
    @SiimplyDestiny 2 года назад

    Tin iawn pawb? Oedd I just di dod yma I wilio rwybeth cymraeg ❤️❤️

  • @oscarvernall9189
    @oscarvernall9189 Год назад

    STOP CALLING IT SOCCER

  • @aria.who.then.
    @aria.who.then. 2 года назад +4

    first
    edit: i put firstr
    edit 2: i refreshed before comment and i am

  • @JZdti
    @JZdti 2 года назад +1

    :)