How 'man a man a mwnci' ended up as the Welsh equivalent of 'might as well' is one of the wonderful quirks of language. And while someone new every day experiences the joy that comes with being told ...

There are certain Welsh words and phrases that have become part of our everyday vocabulary here in North Wales, regardless of Welsh-speaking status. They're words anyone who has been lucky enough to ...

A 180-year-old phrasebook has been unearthed by archivists to teach English tourists how to speak to Welsh “peasants”. The Welsh Interpreter was first printed in London in 1838 and carries the ...

Welsh Interpreter includes ‘You are giddy because you look down’ (Y’r ydych wedi pendroni o rhan i chwi edrych i lawr) In the 19th century the wilds of Wales began to draw the intrepid traveller but ...

A YouTube video made after the success of the Welcome to Wrexham documentary shows a group of Americans trying their very best to understand and say Welsh phrases - with often amusing consequences.

Anwyl, E., 1899, A Welsh Grammar for Schools. 2: Syntax, London/New York. Behaghel, O., 1909, ‘Beziehungen zwischen Umfang und Reihenfolge von Satzgliedern ...

St David’s Day falls on March 1 every year, a day when Welsh folk around the world will honour the Patron Saint of Wales, St David. The hero, who is credited as defeating the Saxons in battle, is ...

A mother has thanked a student nurse for writing comforting phrases in Welsh on the bedside notes of her son while he was in hospital in Birmingham. Natalie Ridler, from Gorseinon, Swansea, said the ...

Yes, yes, we know no one in Wales actually uses 'popty ping' but that hasn't stopped it acquiring a momentum all of its own. But these tremendous Welsh words and phrases deserve just as much fame How ...