That Place In Wales - Mcclyneth?

[davesgcr]

Another lovely West Wales term is

"tidy" - as in "tidy job that"

or "sesh" - drinking bout .......

 

[Gromit]

Another lovely West Wales term is

"tidy" - as in "tidy job that"

or "sesh" - drinking bout .......

Tidy darts!

Tidy isn't just restricted to the west. Pure wenglish!

 

[bluestreak]

tidy and sesh are well used in london IME.

 

[pembrokestephen]

Another lovely West Wales term is

"tidy" - as in "tidy job that"

or "sesh" - drinking bout .......

Round here, it seems to often be "tidy like"

"Sesh" I'm not so sure about - I used to use that phrase in London, as short for "session".

 

[mtbskalover]

hehe

my attempt at phonicating it to ya is
mach (as in mach 5) uhn ll (that one u prob can't do) eth (ie seth, beth)
have a nice trip

south-wale-ians and south wales imports (like me) say it like that,

but my mate from bangor/llanberis (i.e north wales) says it different, but then when do the north wale-ians say anything the same?

have a good un Dubs, i loves mach,
some of the best riding in the wolrd in the near by dyfi (pronounced dove-y) forest!!

 

[davesgcr]

I can assure you that "sesh" is still used in the context of a long alcaholic sojourn in some of the finest pubs in the Pontardawe area.

Mind you that was a long time ago ...... (fond memories of sleeping in a hedge after one "sesh")

 

[rhys gethin]

how do you spell it? small town in Wales - maclyneth or Maccluneth or summat.

thanks

I'm sure you really means that place in Scotland - Mncheastr or summat. It is North of Watford Gap - probably.

 

[llantwit]

And who says the Welsh are unwelcoming?!

 

[MikeMach]

Answering the question at the top of this page, almost all of CAT's staff and hangers-on are incomers, though, as they've been there over 30 years now, there's a whole generation of 'CAT-children' grown up bilingual and (mostly) lovely.

They still get a bit hoity-toity about local culture, mind you, and not many of them have bothered to get any Welsh.

 

[lewislewis]

That's unfortunate but what can be done, at least their kids have grown up bilingual.

 

[hiccup]

No, that's pretty much still the way it is in Rural Wales.

I was driving back to Pembroke from Newcastle Emlyn the other day, having decided foolishly to try and get there (NE) by cross-graining the countryside, and got very low on fuel as a result.

I must have passed four or five petrol stations, at 2030, on the way to Carmarthen, all of them closed. By the time I got to Carmarthen's Tesco (blech), I was running on fumes - the tank's capacity is nominally 50l, and I got 52 in there.

Definitely fill up at every opportunity. You'll also save money - some of those backsunded middle-of-nowhere petrol stations charge 5 or 6p/litre more than the cheaper places.

I once set out from Shrewsbury, heading for Aberystwyth, with my petrol indicator in the red. "No problem" I thought "I'll fill up somewhere on the way". Must have driven past 10 closed petrol stations. Still amazed we made it. Must have been running on vapour by the time we rolled down the hill into Aber. The thought of running out on one of those single-lane roads, in the dark, in the days before mobile phones, still sends chills down my spine. Bought a petrol can after that.