Ambulance... Ambiwlans - Has dumbing down gone too far?

[V8S]

wobert said:

V8S said:

Apparently Araf is pronounced Avva.

There's a bit of useless information for you, and possibly wrong.

"f"s are pronounced as "v"s

What are Rs pronounced as then?

We asked a local while on holiday in Pendine last September and he pronounced it Avva.

[Horse_Apple]

james_tigerwoods said:

You should be proud. You've done more to promote Wales in half a day than the Welsh Tourist Board have been able to achieve in decades.

I suspect many people on here may not ever had heard of Wales until today.

[james_tigerwoods]

Horse_Apple said:

james_tigerwoods said:

You should be proud. You've done more to promote Wales in half a day than the Welsh Tourist Board have been able to achieve in decades.

I suspect many people on here may not ever had heard of Wales until today.

Embarrassed more like. But laughing - mostly at myself.

I would, however, like to cite my 4 week lack of sleep due to the new baby as a poor excuse....

[spidermanUK]

Horse_Apple said:

james_tigerwoods said:

You should be proud. You've done more to promote Wales in half a day than the Welsh Tourist Board have been able to achieve in decades.

I suspect many people on here may not ever had heard of Wales until today.

But at least they'll know what to ask for if they dial 999 in Swansea

[gopher]

V8S said:

wobert said:

V8S said:

Apparently Araf is pronounced Avva.

There's a bit of useless information for you, and possibly wrong.

"f"s are pronounced as "v"s

What are Rs pronounced as then?

We asked a local while on holiday in Pendine last September and he pronounced it Avva.

Just spoken to my North Walien colleague and he says it's pronounced "ah rav" soft "a" and the v for f, spoken quickly added to a bit of local dialect then a "avva" sound could possibly be heard.

[racingsnake]

If you go to the new Anglesey track you can pay a visit to the village with the longest name - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
And I can pronounce it too!

[thuggy]

Don't normally post,bit of a lurker but I have to say this is the funniest post I've seen for a long time.Just read this at work and pissed myself just can't stop laughing.Off now to change my wet pants and back to lurking

[NikB]

Flippen heck, this is the stuff of legends.

[wobert]

gopher said:

V8S said:

wobert said:

V8S said:

Apparently Araf is pronounced Avva.

There's a bit of useless information for you, and possibly wrong.

"f"s are pronounced as "v"s

What are Rs pronounced as then?

We asked a local while on holiday in Pendine last September and he pronounced it Avva.

Just spoken to my North Walien colleague and he says it's pronounced "ah rav" soft "a" and the v for f, spoken quickly added to a bit of local dialect then a "avva" sound could possibly be heard.

I've just checked too.....you're correct, ah rav (rav as in RAV4)

[V8S]

thuggy said:

Don't normally post,bit of a lurker but I have to say this is the funniest post I've seen for a long time.Just read this at work and pissed myself just can't stop laughing.Off now to change my wet pants and back to lurking

You don't want to do that, you want to tell us what wheels are on that Griff...

[Plotloss]

Well, I think we can safely report that dumbing down has indeed gone too far.

[maxrider]

gopher said:

When I was commuting along the M4 every day the big digital signs they erected were very useful in telling me that there was congestion ahead and placed just before an alternative route exit - until they decided that the first sign would display Welsh only and the second sign (after my alternative route exit) would display English only. Ok so I learnt what congestion ahead looked like in Welsh but that first time I spent over an hour in a queue I shouldn't have been in.

This is intentional.

Wales and France are two places I will never, ever, under any circumstances, visit again.

[thuggy]

V8S can't remember offhand I'll see if I've got a receipt for them when I get home tonight, they are 16inches front and rear got them second hand unused from a chap in winchester,he was going to put them on his welsh ambiwlans but they didn't fit...sorry

[BiggusLaddus]

jamoor said:

james_tigerwoods said:

In Scun-thorpe - on the M180? On dealer plates.

And I apologise that my linguistic skills don't extend to Welsh.

its probbably no longer an ambulance and has been sold to the trade.

More likely it is being used to transfer a patient from Wales to a Shorpe hospital. Maybe to a specialist unit in Shorpe.

[james_tigerwoods]

BiggusLaddus said:

jamoor said:

james_tigerwoods said:

In Scun-thorpe - on the M180? On dealer plates.

And I apologise that my linguistic skills don't extend to Welsh.

its probbably no longer an ambulance and has been sold to the trade.

More likely it is being used to transfer a patient from Wales to a Shorpe hospital. Maybe to a specialist unit in Shorpe.

Nope, it was empty and on dealer plates.

Why didn't I just let this go.....

[mercemployee]

JTW, Thanks for brightening up my day!

[tonyvid]

My Ex once commented that there wasn't much choice of hotels in Wales as they all seemed to be owned by Gwesty....

[E36GUY]

Silent1 said:

james_tigerwoods said:

I saw this yesterday near Scun.thorpe (for the swear filter) - has dumbing down gone too far?



Or have I missed something?

It's welsh you 'tard.

[james_tigerwoods]

mercemployee said:

JTW, Thanks for brightening up my day!

Not a problem, I'm pleased that my personal idiocy has brought pleasure and hapiness to the masses

JTW

Edited by james_tigerwoods on Wednesday 9th April 13:19

[Mikey G]

tonyvid said:

My Ex once commented that there wasn't much choice of hotels in Wales as they all seemed to be owned by Gwesty....

Reminds me of a classic from a friend, "wheres this Hotel Gwesty? seems to be a popular place..."