General Chat

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 :-( :-(

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 :-)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The myth was (is?) that if you got the sap of the D/Lion on your skin, it would make you wee.

Hence the Welsh saying John pointed out - to "pee pee in your bed", and it appears the myth is the same elsewhere !

As a youngster, I used to collect nettle and dandelion leaves for my Gran - she made a wonderful summer drink with them (sadly, I don't have the recipe - but it did involve fermentation, sugar and freshly squeezed lemon juice). Was always careful not to break the dandelion stems !! Lol !!

Lewis can be shortened to Loo!!!

I once worked with a guy called Michael Hunt - I'll leave it there ;-)

MrD Bit like bromide in army and pipis yn y gwely when young. THEY ARE BOTH WORKING NOW :-0 :-0 :-( :-( :-( :-(

How very insensitive, Ann. ;-) Could you not have sugested Whizz as short for Lewis?

Loo is more fitting

Had a wonderful recipe for the best home made dandelion wine....dandelion flowers,,raisins Lemon juice water sugar.. Fermented for about 9 months must be picked on April 23rd.....don't know why it was on St George's day??.but this was always done in Wales.......this would have stopped the phantom bard in his tracks ..it was very potent....foreign at that!
Would have made him do a Morris dance!

AnnC, I also worked with a chap called Michael Hunt ,not the same one I'm sure he never worked down your way. I always called him Mike as did most.
He was a nutter and found it hysterical if anyone used his short name and surname together ;-)
Me being called Chick is long gone and I wouldn't wish to be called it by anyone ,it was only one person ...no one else ..thank you.!

the guy I worked with was a nurse - someone in the office had been looking for him when I saw him pass the office window, I shouted out "I've just seen M..... Hunt go past the window" to which some wag replied, "Well I've heard of throwing your voice, but that's just plain ridiculous"!!!