# I think I just figured out the Welsh language **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232 "2004-10-14T17:50:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/1 "2004-10-14T17:50:04Z")
It’s so clear now. I was typing the word “breakdown,” and had my right hand in the wrong position on the keyboard. It came out as “brealpwm,” which is clearly a Welsh word, right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/2 "2004-10-14T18:24:35Z")
If it’s not, it sure as hell should be. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/3 "2004-10-14T19:52:49Z")
Cywir. Cyfiethu â “can’t type.” ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/4 "2004-10-14T20:00:27Z")
O tjoml upi cpi;d ne pm tp sp,tjomg! ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/5 "2004-10-14T20:02:18Z")
> [@Cerowyn](#): > > Cywir. Cyfiethu â “can’t type.” Does this translate to “Sure. It means ‘Can’t type’?” ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/6 "2004-10-14T20:08:55Z")
I only know 4 words in Welsh, I can’t spell them, however, those weren’t they. The 4 words I know, were taught me by my great grandmother when I was 5. I’m not sure why she taught me how to say beer, bread and cheeze, but I know why she taughtme “shut up”! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/7 "2004-10-14T20:13:14Z")
I can only remember two - Dynion and Merched, and I can’t even remember which is which. Clue: they would normally be found on two adjacent doorways, and you would want to get the right one :o ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/8 "2004-10-15T00:05:15Z")
Ahem. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/9 "2004-10-15T04:38:36Z")
Just so you know, my maternal grandfather was Welsh. [Krusty]Seriously, the Welsh are great. Always there for the kids.[/Krusty] ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/10 "2004-10-15T05:25:48Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Does this translate to “Sure. It means ‘Can’t type’?” Ie. 😃 (_yes_, in other words) My father’s first language was Welsh (he learned English in school), but I can’t claim to be fluent. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/11 "2004-10-15T07:20:29Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > I only know 4 words in Welsh, I can’t spell them, however, those weren’t they. > The 4 words I know, were taught me by my great grandmother when I was 5. I’m not sure why she taught me how to say beer, bread and cheeze, but I know why she taughtme “shut up”! Is that how they spell cheese in Welsh? I’ll be buggered. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/12 "2004-10-15T13:37:59Z")
> [@Cerowyn](#): > > Ie. 😃 (_yes_, in other words) > > My father’s first language was Welsh (he learned English in school), but I can’t claim to be fluent. Woo hoo, I was right. By the way, in that case, 😃 good one! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-the-welsh-language/269232/13 "2004-10-15T13:53:45Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I can only remember two - Dynion and Merched, and I can’t even remember which is which. > > Clue: they would normally be found on two adjacent doorways, and you would want to get the right one :o I can’t imagine this would be an everyday problem for you, but in case you should find yoruself in a rather eccentric bar or whatever\* “merched” = women, and “dynion” = those other humans. \*Oh yeah, just don’t do such a thing with a serious gastric upset - that tiny few seconds it takes to sort out which word is which seems VERY long time. (And to make it sillier, this wasn’t even Welsh in my case, but Gaelic - Celyn _ran_ off 'bus, looked for nearest place that would possess public toilets, _ran_ in, but the doors were labelled only in Gaelic and even the mere fact that the word they used for “women” or “ladies” just wasn’t the one I would normally recognise at first seemed quite terrible. (Mind was sort of on other _urgent_ matters at the time, I fear.)