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JamMak
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Re: old people and stupid sayings - a tuesday morning rant

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Originally Posted by midge5
I do things like that

I never realised until university but then all the non locals started picking me, and other Welsh people up on it. We would apparently say things like "I will be there now" when we would mean 5 minutes or "be there now in 20 minutes" as well as loads similar to what your example.
Apparently some Welsh people say b'there
As in: "Have you seen the book?" "Yes, it's b'there"
This particular welshy could not bring herself to admit that it was - just possibly - non-standard english..
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