Hi…Does anyone have a list of words that are different between S & N?
e.g. Cake = Teisen = Cacen
or something like that.
Sorry if its been posted before!
Diolch! 
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Rwan & Nawr = now. Looks like the same word backwards 
. Not really.
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Like most of these, that’s not strictly a North vs. South thing - There are plenty of southern districts that would naturally use cacen rather than teisen.
I suppose the classic examples would be:
North/South
Hogan/Merch (or Croten) - Girl
Hogyn/Bachgen (or Crwtyn) - Boy
Nain/Mam-gu - Grandmother
Taid/Tad-cu - Grandfather
Llefrith/Llaith - Milk
Lle Chwech/Tŷ Bach - Toilet
Ffordd/Heol - Road
Panad/Dish(gl)ed - Cuppa
Nionyn/Winwnsyn - Onion
Fferins (or Dada in Môn)/Losin (or Taffis in Cwm Tawe) - Sweets
Grisiau/Stâr - Stairs
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Ha, never noticed that!! 
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Diolch…that’s really useful actually!! 
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GYDA in the North.
Sorry if this is a bit Chapelly. I’ve noticed that Gyda/Gyd a/gida, not efo, still seems to be used in Chapels in N Wales. Even in informal (non-traditional) meetings lead by youngsters. Also in the new colloquial bible.
Is it just a case of old habits dying hard and no one wanting to be too modern?