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South Walian words

On page 112 of the book English in Wales: Diversity, Conflict, and Change by Nikolas Coupland, and Alan Richard Thomas they have a list of English words from the south west common in Glamorganshire. I noticed the following as words we also used next door in Gwent or Monmouthshire - daps (plimsolls), mob (hide and seek game), nippy (cold), scag (catch thread of garment), stingy nettles (stinging nettles), tump (hillock), whimberry (bilberry), wisp (sty on eyelid), pikelet (muffin - although my mother would use the word for crumpets).

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