Welsh speakers are pleased with the caller words being allowed successful Scrabble
- Stephen Moyes, Associate News Editor
- Published: 22:13, 20 Sep 2024
- Updated: 22:13, 20 Sep 2024
TEN Welsh words person been added to the Oxford English Dictionary — including “sglods” for chips and “cawl”, a soup.
Compilers person besides included “twp”, which means stupid, successful the respected authoritative usher revision, and “Senedd”, the Welsh Parliament.
“Calennig”, a New Year’s Day gift, and “Iechyd da” — for bully wellness arsenic good arsenic a fashionable drinking toast — besides marque the cut.
As does “Ych one fi” for disgusting — for the times erstwhile the sglods and cawl are not up to scratch.
The 414,825-word OED, which makes additions each quarter, said its updates bespeak trends and changes successful connection usage.
A spokesperson said: “The deep-rooted power of this Celtic connection connected . . . everyday code of radical successful Wales is evident successful the galore words and phrases that English has borrowed from it.”
On proceeding of the caller words allowed successful Scrabble, 1 Welsh talker said: “We’ve travel a agelong way!
"I chuckled connected speechmaking ‘sglods’. It’s slang.
"I’m not definite immoderate Welsh talker implicit the property of 75 would recognize it!”
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