Doh! Daft things I've said in Welsh

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#1

Hey everyone. I’m starting a bilingual onlne collection of stories, articles, poetry and interviews- a Welsh equivalent of medium.com. I’m collating around 15 initial articles now and will launch in the first week of November. One article that I’d like to run is ‘Doh- daft things that I’ve said in Welsh’- a collection of the mistakes that we all make when learning. It’s partly to have a chuckle at ourselves as learners and partly to show new learners that making mistakes is normal.

Examples I’ve heard recently include:

Pan siarad â chyfaill, o’r blaen o ddweud ‘Dw i’n hoffi dy glustdlysau’, ‘Dw i’n hoffi dy glustffonau’
When speaking to a friend, instead of saying ‘I like your earrings’, ‘I like your headphones’

Pan ysgrifennu ebost, o’r blaen o dypio ‘Dw i’n atodi’r cyfieithiad’, ‘iDw i’n atodi’r cyfieithydd’
When writing an email, instead of typing ‘I attach the translation’, ‘I attach the translator’

Pan siarad â’r bos, o’r blaen o ddweud ‘Wyt ti’n brysur yn y gwaith ar hyn o bryd’, Wyt ti’n brysur yn y gwely ar hyn o bryd’
When speaking to the boss, instead of saying ‘Are you busy in work at the moment’, ‘Are you busy in bed at the moment’

Anyone fancy sharing their classics??

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#2

“No wonder you’re so thin, when you work so hard.” To the waitress, manager in Blakeman’s Pantry in Carmarthen. But instead of tenau, for thin, out came tew, fat. Mortified.:open_mouth:

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#3

That must be classic!!!

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#4

:laughing: What a great thread.

#5

Everyone knows the rhew / rhyw trap, I’m sure! A sort of hot or cold alternative!
(rhew is ice or frost rhyw is sex).

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#6

I remember getting up the courage to say a collective goodbye the first day of my first off-line, real world course. I turned cheerily to the class and announced: “Goodbye, I heard you tomorrow!”

Didn’t realise what I’d said until I was getting into my car. (I had been going for: “Goodbye, see you next week”. At least I got ‘goodbye’ right!)

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#7

My daughter was just about to attend a meeting, which required as an icebreaker, for each member to send a text on ahead. Each person’s text had to be in a different language.

I suggested: “Gwela I chi yn y cyfarfod” for “I’ll see you at the meeting”. Unfortunately, instead of “gwela…” I spelt out “gwella…”, giving “I’ll improve you at the meeting”.

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#8

Surely the only reason to have a meeting…:wink:

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#9

Thanks all for your contributions- I shall pop them in the article (unattributed…)

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