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Paul Rowland

31 things English people don't know unless they've lived in Wales

1. Buses are always driven by a man called Drive

Cheers, drives (Mirrorpix)

...and he must be thanked before leaving the bus

2. Chopsy means cocky and talkative

(It's nothing to do with meat)

3. You need to get used to this

4. Twp = a bit thick

5. The word 'Yur' can mean ear, year or here

5. Tidy does not mean neat. It means good

6. Buzzing means 'foul', 'unpleasant' or 'terrible'

It has nothing to do with bees

7. 'I won't lie to you' doesn't mean you aren't about to get lied to

In fact, it's quite likely you are

8. This isn't a warning about an approaching 'araf'

It just means slow in Welsh

9. No-one ever arrives now or in a minute

They arrive 'now in a minute'

10. They call him Dai Llaeth

Even though his surname's Jones

11. Being called 'good boy' doesn't mean you've been well-behaved

In fact, it's probably the exact opposite

12. 'Got to be honest with you' is far from a guarantee of honesty

13. Ridiculous has three syllables: ree-di-clus

14. 'Alright or what?' is a greeting, not a threat

15. No matter what your ears tell you, there's no C in Llanelli

16. 'Ychafi' is Welsh for 'buzzing' (see number 6 above)

17. This is a cwtch, not a cuddle

18. 91.6% of conversations start with 'What it is...'

(and 78% of the time, the next word is 'right')

19. 'Tidy butt' means 'good', it's not a comment about your bum

20. It's D-A-F-Y-D-D, not Daffid or Daffyd

21. Bard means sick

22. 'Where to? Over by there' is a perfectly normal conversation

It just means 'Where' and 'There'

23. Fabulous has two syllables: fab-lus

24. So does video: vid-yo

25. Half and half is a perfectly acceptable order

26. You can forget 5G (reception would be a start)

27. There's nothing grammatically wrong with 'she have' and 'I do'

28. 'Ychan' is a appropriate name for... anyone at all

29. 'The valleys' is not shorthand for Wales

It's actually only that little bit down there

30. W and Y are both vowels

31. A 'dwt' is a small child

And now, you knows it all

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