Sign on wall (of soon to be opening coffee shop) showing picture of dog snuggling with words: “Pontcanna, we’ll be there now in a minute…”

#WelshEnglish side project:
Shops in South Wales using ‘now in a minute’ to advertise they’re opening soon. #enregisterment #commodification #nowinaminute
(Separate study - why the quotation marks)

Another day, another paper and yet another opportunity to accept that I can't really write about Welsh English without mentioning Gavin and Stacey in some way. #ShouldILaughOrCry #WelshEnglish

Welsh word from Race Across the World added to OED Fin Gough and Sioned Cray's saying poody confused producers but is in the Oxford English Dictionary.

I'm still plotting how to get the mainly Valleys form 'bother with' in the sense of be friends with/hang out with into the dictionary. Next time? #WelshEnglish
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#WelshEnglish is so coooooool 😸

I don't love listening to myself, but this was really fun to do and to listen to. If you want to hear about some of my research on #WelshEnglish have listen! Thanks @lexispodcast.bsky.social @englangblog.bsky.social for inviting me on ☺️ #linguistics

Map of Wales with dots representing responses for fuming. These are spread across Wales.

Map of Wales with dots showing responses for tamping. These are mostly in the south.

Graph showing distribution of fuming, tamping, furious and raging across locations in Wales. Northern areas are mostly fuming, while southern and mid areas have either similar rates of fuming and tamping or more tamping.

I don't know how anyone's else is feeling about things these days, but maybe you'd like to see what Eng words are used across Wales for when you're really angry?
People are mostly fuming or tamping with some raging and being furious #WelshEnglish
Take the survey at speakforyersel.ac.uk/wales/

Map of Wales with dots representing a yes response to the question: Can you use 'bother with' to mean you're friends with someone or you spend time with them? E.g. I bother with Jane. The responses are concentrated in South East Wales with a couple across the country.

Map of Wales showing the no responses to the bother question. The dots are spread across Wales

Bar graph showing the yes responses to the bother questions. Blenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Tag and Torfaen have the highest responses, while the lowest ones are from North Wales.

We're nearly at 1500 responses! So here's some figures about 'bother' meaning be friends with/ to hang out with. It's a mainly South Wales expression, but is used elsewhere in Wales. This meaning doesn't seem to be in the OED (yet). #WelshEnglish #linguistics
speakforyersel.ac.uk/wales/

Map of Wales with dots showing the respondents who choose twth/tuth. Most points are concentrated in SE Wales

Map of Wales with points showing respondents who chose tooth. This has a more balanced distribution across areas.

Graph showing rates of use across Welsh areas - those in the North are lower than those in the South. Blaenau Gwent, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Torfaen are highest (around 90%).

Anyone up for a Welsh English pronunciation feature?
Do you say tooth or twth (tuth)?
This time I'm including a graph to make it easier to see the regional distribution.
The survey has got about 1300 responses now, but we'd love more!
speakforyersel.ac.uk/wales/ #linguistics #WelshEnglish #twth

Map showing points for locations where respondents said they would say a phrase such as 'It's brilliant, it is' themselves. There are more points in the South East, but there are responses throughout Wales.

Map showing points for locations where respondents said they have heard people around them say a phrase such as 'It's brilliant, it is' themselves. There are not as many points on this map than the say it myself one, but responses are dotted through the country (with again more in SE Wales)

Map showing points for locations where respondents said they have heard people elsewhere say 'It's brilliant, it is'. There are dots throughout the country, with a better balance between North and South than previous ones.

Map showing points for locations where respondents said they have never heard a phrase such as 'It's brilliant, it is'. There are few responses here mostly in SE and NW.

Today's feature from SFY-Wales is one of my favourites, right dislocation. Participants in SE Wales have the highest rates of 'I would say it myself' but it's used throughout Wales.
See more results or take the survey here: speakforyersel.ac.uk/wales/
#WelshEnglish #linguistics #rightdislocation

Map of Wales showing dots for locations where people reported using the term cwtch - these are clustered in the South.

Map of Wales showing dots in locations where people reporting using hug. There aren't that many but they are evenly distributed in the North and South.

Map of Wales showing dots for the locations where people reported using cuddle. There are only a handful of responses (there's a cluster in Cardiff, but there are more responses there than other locations overall so it's not really showing a pattern).

We've got more than 300 responses so here's some initial results. Where in Wales do people say cwtch, hug and cuddle?
You can take the survey here: speakforyersel.ac.uk/wales/

#WelshEnglish #linguistics

Speak For Yersel Speak for Yersel maps the different words, sounds and sentences used throughout Wales, but we need YOU to do this. Take the survey now.

Are you from Wales? Are you interested in Welsh specific words, expressions & pronunciations in English?
If so, please take this survey + share it too. It takes 10min speakforyersel.ac.uk/wales/
(We're planning launch later this year, but want initial responses) #Wenglish #WelshEnglish #linguistics

Another set of conference slides, another pic of Gavin and Stacey (well, Stacey and Nessa). This time to talk about how ear, here, hear and year (plus heard) are pronounced :)
#WelshEnglish #ICLaVE12