20 Problems Only People From South Wales Will Understand

6. Where You To, Tidy, And Other Odd Phrases...

Welsh Road Sign
BBC

Every region has their own unique dialect, accent and phrases and South Wales is now different? For anyone, particularly students, who are living in Wales but weren't born here, here are some of the more confusing ones handily translated for you!

Where you to?

Where are you going? 'To' appears at end of many phrases such as 'where you from to?'

Tidy

Great.

I'll Be There Now In A Minute

Give me a minute.

Over by there

Over there. Again, by is used commonly in any directional phrase!

 
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