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Elizabeth Thomas

25 ways people know you're Welsh without you actually telling them

1. Someone calls your name and you accidentally answer 'Yma!'

Cardiff needs TEN new Welsh-language schools (PA)

2. You tell people you'll meet them now in a minute

3.You start and end sentences with 'oreit?'


4. Your call your local shop owner Dai Shop

The original Bear Shop - WA Lewis on the corner of St Mary Street and Wood Street, circa 1950s (Western Mail & Echo)

5. 'Year', 'ear', and 'here' all sound the same when you say them

6. You think it's OK to sing on the bus

Singing on the train

7. And you thank the drive when you get off

(PA Wire/PA Images)

8. You think Twin Town is the best film ever

9. You dress for all weathers when you go out

10. You describe lunch as dinner

11. And dinner as tea

12. And call these daps

(Pixabay)

13. You say the word 'to' after 'where'. And 'by' before 'here'

14. You call this a 'tuthbrush'

15. You don't order rice. You order 'half and half'

16. You start all explanations with 'What it is'

17. You call people 'mun'

18. And your butt is not what you sit on

19. You don't get cross, you get tampin'


20. You go nuts when Tom Jones comes on in a club

21. And cry when you hear Hen Wlad fy Nhadau

(Getty Images)

22. You call this Tescos

(WalesOnline/Gayle Marsh)

23. When you're on holiday you check the weather back home

24. Walking around with one of these pinned to your chest does not sound weird

25. You cheer when you see this

(WalesOnline/Rob Browne)
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