Nicky
#1
I’ve seen and heard a lot of differences here.
I’m not the type to go into a pub and just say “2 pints of Beer X please” in English.
In English I’d tend to say something like “Could I have 2 pints of X” or “Can I have…”
Every website/book/blog has pretty much a different phrase listed, which makes things slightly more confusing.
What is your preferred way of asking for a drink in a tavern of your choice?
And if someone replies with OK, then that is actually perfect Welsh as well - (Oh) Cei - (Oh) yes you can.
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What you really need in your bar toolkit for New Years Eve is the welsh for:
“Oy Butt, I’ve been waiting here for hours, is anyone serving here or what.”
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Followed by "please don’t hit me again"
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We could maybe have some stock banter phrases, listed somehwhere:
“No, I was before you”: or the more polite - “go on, you were before me”: Also: “he/she was before me”
and the chatting to the person behind you - “the service here is cr.p isn’t it”; “they need more staff, don’t they”.
Also “top that one up will you” or “I can’t drink that, it’s off”
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Excellent. Or, “no mate, it was definitely the dog”
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And if you’re a bit strapped for cash, you could always try the “I gave you a twenty”
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Pete2
#11
Don’t forget “cyri, hanner a hanner”
Or
“Doner mawr efo saws chili”
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louis
#13
Dw i’n mynnu peint o gwrw a llawer o hopys - rwan hyn, cyn i mi farw!
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So, a pint of beer and plenty of hops?
If it was ‘â llawer o hopys’ I would read it as ‘with lots of hops’.
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Ah, of course. I forgot that most people have trouble adding a to bach to letters
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aran
#20
I’d definitely go for ‘ga i’ here.
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