Wenglish Dictionary

  Well by know you have probably noticed that Da Posse are from WALES! For those of you who are not famliur with WALES, here are a few quick facts:

• It's the bobbly bit that sticks out of England

• It's very cold

• It rains ALOT

• Sheep are everywhere!

• There is not one single piece of flat land

• It is NOT England

• It is a country!!

  Sorry, but you'd be surprised to know how many people refuse to believe those last two points.

   Anyway, being from SOUTH WALES we were brought up speaking Wenglish. 'What's Wenglish?' I hear you ask, well it's kind of a hybrid between Welsh and English, where both the languages are mixed together and NOBODY has a clue what we're saying :) So, so you can kind of understand us i've decided to put some wenglish translations up here :)

First some schooling in the proper prounounciation of our towns :)

• Fay is from Blaina - pronounced Blay-nu

• Hannah & Nute are from Nantyglo - pronounced Nan-tee-glo

• and Wiz is from Brynmawr - pronounced Brim-moor

lol i just had to put that up because i have a wenglish book called 'Talk Tidy' which has our towns in it and, obviuosly, we were inderidibly chuffed to discover them so i thought i'd honour our towns even more by posting them on the net :)

O.k now for the Wenglish :) I'm going through the alpabet and picking out words/phrases that i think are interesting, funny or popular. I'v only managed to do up to letter 'D' at the moment but i'll be updating soon :)

• (H)ad it (h)ard: Found something very difficult; 'She've 'ad it 'ard this year, pooer dab, with all them mouths to feed!'

• Always on: Always harping on; 'Give it a rest wil yue?-you're always on about something or other all the time!'

• 'am been well: Hasn't or haven't been well; 'I/she 'am been well this ages.'

• Answer the door: See who is at the door

• Arm/Back/Knee/Leg went: A favoured local expression to show that some part of the anatomy has 'given out' or developed a weakness; 'No gul, I couldn't go to chapel last week-may leg went!!'

• Atto laugh: Wenglish for 'had to laugh'

• At-ue-a/Atwa: Wenglish for 'that you are!' 'You're a cheecky devil atwa!'

• Awa: Old Wenglish for 'uncle'

• Awful: Awfully, as in, 'He's awful bard today.'

• Aye: An emphatice term, as in, 'There was 'eaps there, aye!!'

• Babi lol/Babi loshin: A real baby, an over-indulged child

• Bald-headed: (i) Going at a job over vigourously, as in ' 'e went at that gardnin' (gardening) real bald-'eaded'                  or             (ii) Responding over-emphatically in an argument '...when i told 'im that, 'e went for me bald-headed!'

• Bare-faced liar: A much-used expression for a tell of 'whoppers' (big lies)

• Bished: Tired out

• Bit of: (i) A popular expressionused thus; 'I'm off for a bit of dinner, now'. and 'I managed to get a bit of fish for my dinner'            (ii) It is also used to show minimal competence, as in, 'Oh yes, 'e cun play a bit of the piano...'

• Blas halem: meaning 'savoury'; 'I'm nothing for old sweet stuff, gone, give me summit blas halen every time!'

• Bonc: Welsh expression for a blow, give bonc someone-to hit them. A 'bonclust' is to have one's ear 'boxed'

• Boy narf (Boy-and-a-half): Something of a character, as in. 'Boy narf 'e is, for shuer-never know what 'e'll come out with next!'

• Brem butter: Wenglish for bread and butter

• Brocclo: The favoured local pronunciation for 'broccili'

• Bundel of nerves: a very nervous person

• By the looks of it: From all appearences, as in. ''E've cleared off an' 'e's not comin' back, by the looks of it!'

• Cabolch: 'in a mess' or 'mixed up'

• Carn afford (Can't afford): Cannot take the risk, as in, ' She've been ill this ages so she carn afford to catch another cold on top of it'

• Cera !: means 'Get on with you!', literally means ' go!'

• Chapel lossin/loshin: A long-lasting sweet, so-called because it was often popped into the mouth at the beginning of the sermon.

• Chuffed: Extremely please/happy with. 'i was chuffed with me present'

• Chwps/Choops: To an extreme state, '...last night again, 'e drunk 'imself chwps.'

• Clip: A blow, as in. 'A clip side the yearole (earhole) is what you're askin' for...'

• Click: Wenglish for 'clique'. People can be described as 'clicky'

• Clicked: Been successful, as 'Goin' steady they are - 'e seems to have clicked this time...'

• Clonc: A good old chat/gossip.

• Cochyn/Cwychyn: A red headed person

• Colly: Local word for 'cauliflower'

• Conk: Local expression for 'nose', also used for 'head'

• Considerin(g): When all is considered,'...a real cop(bargain) it was, considerin'

• Couldn't get over it: Couldn't believe it

• Cozzee/Cozzay: Wenglish for 'because she' and 'because they'

• Crackin' Laughin': Laughing very heavily

• Cree: immunity in a childrens game

• Cue-cummer: Wenglish for 'cucumber'

• Cwrdd clecs: A Welsh expression for a ladies meeting

• Diws annwyl/Deuce ynnwl: meaning 'Dear Gad'

• Dinnit?: Wenglish for 'didn't it?'

• Diprish: Untidy, slovenly

• Doan wonnoo: Wenglish for 'I don't want to'

• Done a bunk: Has cleared off; 'They've done a bunk - you'll never see youer money now!'

• Donkey-work: The difficult/unpleasant parts of a task.

• Don't look: This has always seemed to me, at least, a most contradictory expression since it invites the opposite outcome to that stated; 'Don't look at the state of this place - I haven't had chance to get started on the work yet!'

• Doss: A nap or breif spell of sleep.

• Drag: A difficult journey as in, ' It's a long old drag to where they've gone to live now'

• Dubs: the lavatories in school, W.C's

• Dwnshee/Doanshee?: Wenglish for 'doesn't she', 'Dwnshee keep it nice?'