Do the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?

No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 411 points – 8 months ago

I'd imagine they fake an American accent. Maybe Burbank, CA?

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I watched a catapult fire projectiles into a castle moat outside of Cardiff at a medieval fair. Also got propositioned by a Welsh girl, but couldn’t understand what she was saying.

Yakkie-dah = hello; good morning/day; yes; correct; goodbye
Boy-o = boy
Ma-fan-way = girl
Cmyru-way = motorway
Cmyru-shypi = shop
Cmyru-foni = phone
Cymru-nana = banana
Llllllgoogllgoogll-y-cymrnllllll = the/a/I/you/we/us/him/her/them/up/down/this/that/those

Now you can speak Welsh. Well done or, should I say, Yakkie-Cymru.

Hello = Shwmae / S'mae
Good morning - Bore da
Day - Dydd
Yes - ydw, ydy (and other words, it's a bit complicated)
Correct - iawn
Goodbye - hwyl
Boy = Bachgen / Hogyn (South Wales / North Wales)
Girl = Merch / Hogan (South Wales / North Wales)
Motorway - Traffordd
Shop - Siop
Phone - Ffôn, mobile phone - ffôn symudol
Banana - Banana
The - y, yr
A - (no article)
You - chi / ti
We - ni
Us - ni
Him - o
Her - hi
Them - nhw
Up - i'r lan
Down - i lawr
This - hon / hwn / hyn
that - hyna
those - hwnnw

I can't be arsed to write the pronunciation in IPA. Just go on Google Translate to hear how it's pronounced or learn Welsh on Duolingo.

Da iawn, rwyt ti'n gallu siarad / ysgrifennu Cymraeg nawr / rŵan! :)