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    BBC - Travel -

    Cwtches all round for everyone.
    Last edited by Snoop Puss; 25-06-2018, 02:04 PM.

  • #2
    its a word I grew up with, even though my family didn't speak Welsh. I never even thought of it being English or Welsh - "Come here and give me a cwtch" was just something that we said - and still say.

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    • #3
      For us non Welsh speakers or understanders if I went round saying things like 'come here and give me a cwtch' I'd either be arrested or paid.........................
      I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

      Outreach co-ordinator for the Gnome, Pixie and Fairy groups within the Nutters Club.

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      • #4
        ^

        Edited to add: well, not sure what happened to the emojis there. Came out as :d. Anyway, thanks for the chuckle, Lumpy.
        Last edited by Snoop Puss; 25-06-2018, 03:45 PM.

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        • #5
          I can relate to the identity element, though I'm not immediately aware that I'm being outwardly welsh often. I also like the word twp, for which I am often.

          There are many welsh words with no english translation but, that is probably more to do with the fact that words are often conveyed with an emotion or feeling in welsh. To give an example, who belongs to that house is how you would structure an english translation of a welsh question. It embodies the house as an entity not an object in language.
          Entities we know to have emotions and town and home are two localities that are living breathing entities not places you live for the welsh, leaving them is like a bereavement which is why many never stray for long or always hold it in their hearts dearly when they do.

          I'm not saying this emotion isn't true for others wherever their origin but, I'm simply not fluent in other languages to know if they embody emotion in language like the welsh.
          Last edited by Mikey; 25-06-2018, 03:56 PM.
          I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.

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          • #6
            I can relate to twp too - my Mother was always telling me that I was twp.
            Hiraeth's another one. Felt it really strongly when I lived in Australia - anything Welsh and I'd come over all emotional - and that's not me at all.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
              I can relate to twp too - my Mother was always telling me that I was twp.
              I'm not sure why VC...
              I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.

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              • #8
                If you click on this link, not only does it tell you what twp means but how to pronounce it!!
                Don't have the volume too loud.

                https://www.collinsdictionary.com/di...ry/english/twp

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                • #9
                  Sound more like the thud of a heavy bag of sand being dropped on the floor that the actual word!!!
                  I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.

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                  • #10
                    Made me jump. I've expected a singsong voice!!

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                    • #11
                      Or a least a Welsh accent innit.
                      I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Lumpy View Post
                        For us non Welsh speakers or understanders if I went round saying things like 'come here and give me a cwtch' I'd either be arrested or paid.........................
                        So every time I've sent you a Virtual cwtch, when you've been down, you thought you might have to pay me for it? Worse still, you didn't know what it was so it could have been a cake or a glass of wine or even an earwig.

                        I assure you, and Mikey will back me up, that Cwtches are freely given to all in need, even if you've never met them before.

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                        • #13
                          I think that we should endeavour to keep these types of words, listening to children speak nowadays you can hear that they are picking up a lot of their words from American TV programmes
                          it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.

                          Member of the Nutters Club but I think I am just there to make up the numbers

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                          • #14
                            You can't just blame the tv, the phone is the worst culprit hearing someone say lol as though it is a word is about as unnerving as it comes.
                            I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.

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                            • #15
                              My Vet (that's the dogs' Vet really) has just posted a photo on FB of a little chihuahua lying against a big cuddly toy sheep, both wrapped in a tartan blanket, with this caption:-

                              St David Veterinary Centre
                              34 mins ·
                              Look how gorgeous Chester looks cwtched up after his treatment in our Pentwyn branch recently

                              He was very happy with all the attention!
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                              Just to show how this word is in everyday use here.

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