Any welsh people on the org ?....

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by tigersaw

popti-ping

Originally Posted by Cymraeg_Atodeg

It's a valid word! Does exactly what it says on the tin.

Pobty-ping actually old boy, aka the ping oven. I think the more correct version is micro-don

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Pobty-ping actually old boy, aka the ping oven. I think the more correct version is micro-don

I just find it interesting that we have used the two latent sounds the item makes to give its name, the item inside pops and the machine pings when done.

[Luckypants]

Sorry to burst your bubble, pobty is the Welsh for oven. Nothing to do with stuff popping, but I like your thinking.

[Biker Biggles]

Originally Posted by tonyk

Thanks guys, next time I'm in wales I'll say hello and confuse the hell out of the locals .lol.

The problem arises when they reply in Welsh and you cant understand a word of it.
I remember trying to learn a few words of German in Hamburg once.A local girl told me not to bother.She said the reason the Germans all speak good English is because they would not expect foriegners to learn such a daft language as German.
They struggled to understand each other unless from the same area.

Back in the 80s we has a driver who did a lot of work in Wales he got two people to teach him to say I can speak Welsh but I choose not to. He got two people to do it because he didn't want to get stitched up saying something stupid or rude. Back then the people of central and northern Wales were quite rude to English people, I don't think that it is the same now as he seems to enjoy the runs to Wales now.

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Sorry to burst your bubble, pobty is the Welsh for oven. Nothing to do with stuff popping, but I like your thinking.

So ping means Micro... That's such a let down, I thought we were better than that

[garynortheast]

Ping doesn't mean micro but the name just means ping oven.

[Luckypants]

Yeah the Welsh for micro is micro said with a Welsh accent.

[Geodude]

I lived in the village of Foelgastell in Carmarthenshire (before moving to Llanelli) and nobody spoke english when i was around until i taught myself a bit of welsh to get by and hey presto the english started to flow but i prefered the welsh speaking and i even ended up with a welsh accent for a while

I always found it a north south thing when I have been to wales. Further north you are, the more likely you are to hear welsh spoken.

There is a pub/hotel I stay in up in Dolgellau and the barman there happily slips from welsh to english, depending on whether he is talking to the locals or not. Very happy to help out the the pronunciation of welsh beers too, if its not too busy.