![]() ![]() My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I’m right. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target. I am an early bird and a night owl… so I am wise and I have worms. ![]() I told you to go to Cox’s and buy a searsucker suit, but it looks like you went to Sears instead. ![]() Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution? H.L. ![]() My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. “If any of you cry at my funeral I’ll never speak to you again.” – Stan Laurel If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments. There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened. I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass. Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Bob ThavesĪll right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height. Inside me there’s a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate him with four or five cupcakes. Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away. Normally used to describe extreme happiness or the sound a bee makes, the Welsh tend to use buzzing to describe something firmly unpleasant.“I thought talk was cheap until I saw our telephone bill.” – Henny Youngman Quotes to Make You Laugh It doesn’t literally mean ‘I’ll be there now’. You better get used to ‘now’ meaning at any point in the future. Not that thing you sit on, butt means ‘friend’ to us! Now TeaĬup of tea? Maybe, but we’re far more likely to use tea to describe what you might call dinner. No, it’s not how to describe our vivacious green landscape and rich meadows at Bluestone. Think it’s the sound a bubble bursting might make? Wrong. While it might mean nice and neat in English, tidy is far more likely to describe something that’s ‘good’ over here! Pop Here are a few examples to note down! Tidy Once you cross over our borders, our English visitors should be aware that words they use in everyday speech might have a totally different meaning over here. Meaning utterly disgusting, icky, or gross - ych-af-i is an effective way of telling someone something is really not to your taste.Įnglish words that mean something different in Wales It’s a rather serene experience - you can commonly find people bobbing about on them at Bluestone’s lake. Not normally found much outside of Wales, a coracle is a small round wicker boat that you propel yourself over water with using a wooden paddle. It is pronounced phonetically as ‘ken-edl heb yayth, kenedl heb gal-on’. This is one of Wales’ most famous proverbs and means ‘a nation without a language is a nation without a heart’. We have a lot of dwty fairies and hobbits living in the secret village at Bluestone. If you are dwt (rhymes with ‘put’) you are cute, sweet, and small. Dwtĭwt means a little person or just a 'dinky thing'. The word for scarecrow is a bit more grown-up - Bwgan Brain, pronounced ‘boo-gan braen’. It’s also used to describe scarecrows or a playful hobgoblin who would help out around the house in return for cream and occasionally play pranks on people. The ‘Bw’ of Bwbach is pronounced ‘Boo’ with the closest translation being ‘little scare’ - like a playful prank. This is a phrase we have embraced at Bluestone and has inspired the Bwbach Festival that runs on-site during the Autumn months. ![]()
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