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[danhiggins1002]

G'day pawb!

Had another Welsh in the wild experience last week, this time with me starting things off...

I was in Macquarie shopping centre, when a guy wearing a red shirt (with the dragon and 'Cymru' written on it) walked the other direction.

So I went through the whole mental thing in my head - "Ooh a Welsh person, I should probably ask if he speaks Welsh and see how it goes, but that could be weird just saying "helo!" to someone I don't even know-"

Then I bottled out as we walked past each other

So I thought to myself "Nevermind, we'll write that one off, I highly doubt I'll ever bump into the guy again, but if i do I WILL say something in Welsh to him!"

Then 5 minutes later I see the guy again - Time to swallow my words!


Me - "Bore da!"
Cymro -
Me - "Um... Bore da..?"
Cymro " ...
Me - "Wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg?"
Cymro (in full-on Aussie twang) - "Nah mate."
Me - " Ah, sorry mate, my mistake, have a nice day!"
Cymro's wife -
Me - *walks away*

[SJ]

Fair heart never won a Welsh conversation!

Da iawn Dan! At this rate I'm sure you'll bump into a Welsh speaker soon!

[Aran]

Superb work, Dan!...

And not only are you massively increasing your own chances of finding a Welsh speaker, you're also doing the best possible job of making other people think about the language...

[Cer]

Me - "Wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg?"
Cymro (in full-on Aussie twang) - "Nah mate."
Me - " Ah, sorry mate, my mistake, have a nice day!"
Cymro's wife -

Focusing in:

Me - "Wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg?"
Cymro (in full-on Aussie twang) - "Nah mate."

And, if you ask if he's asleep, will he answer, "yes"?

[danhiggins1002]

Me - "Wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg?"
Cymro (in full-on Aussie twang) - "Nah mate."
Me - " Ah, sorry mate, my mistake, have a nice day!"
Cymro's wife -

Focusing in:

Me - "Wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg?"
Cymro (in full-on Aussie twang) - "Nah mate."

And, if you ask if he's asleep, will he answer, "yes"?

Sorry I don't follow

[Sionned]

If he understood that you asked him, in Welsh, if he speaks Welsh, would he understand other Welsh??

[Cer]

Yeah, what Sionned said. "Are you asleep?" "Yes." = "Wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg?" "No."

I suppose, to be fair, maybe he understands, but doesn't speak.

[danhiggins1002]

Yeah, I've been quietly hoping to read a 'Welsh in the wild' story from someone saying some strange curly haired guy randomly started speaking Welsh to them when they were out shopping.

[Cer]

Give him a couple of weeks to a) simmer down from the wife's ribbing, and b) find the course. Then, expect it under Introduce Yourself:

"So, me and the wife were out shopping, and it being rugby season and all, I had my shirt on, when this guy comes up from out of nowhere, and accosts us in Welsh..."