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Language question
Posted: Mon October 2, 2006 08:09 PM UTC
Excuse my asking a language question in this travel forum. What does "ShwmaiByt" mean? I think it's Welsh, I've seen it on a t-shirt together with the Welsh dragon... I'd appreciate any help on this one. Thanks in advance!
Gosia
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RE: Language question
Posted: Mon October 2, 2006 08:43 PM UTC
Can't find a translation (may be a band, or a TV prog, or slang or some such), but here's a website which makes a t-shirt with it on:

http://www.joecooley.com/index1.htm

And yes, it's Welsh.

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RE: Language question
Posted: Mon October 2, 2006 08:59 PM UTC
According to Webster's online Welsh-English dictionary, "Shw' mae" means "how are you; how is it going?"

Sorry, I don't know (yet) what "Byt" means...note that the phrase is almost certainly intended to be "Shwmai Byt" (two words)...

Bill

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RE: RE: Language question
Posted: Mon October 2, 2006 10:03 PM UTC
The logo on the t-shirt seems to be from Budweiser and, on the back of the t-shirt (illustrated on the website leics googled) it also says "Nice and Cold". So I would expect it is some pun vaguely using Budweiser imagery. "Byt" would be a rough transliteration of 'Bud'('t' often softens to 'd' in Welsh). It would also sound like the Wales slang for 'mate' (as in Hello Buttie or Hello But). Like mcalpin says, Shwmae means 'hello' or 'hows things'.

Can't say I've seen a Shwmaibyt t-shirt being worn by any of the young things in cardiff. Clearly I am frequenting the wrong cool Welsh bars ;-)

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RE: RE: Language question
Posted: Tue October 3, 2006 04:53 AM UTC
Thanks a lot, everyone! The t-shirt actually looks like the sixth one from the top on this website:
http://www.t-hwnt.com/Jshop/pgTHDilladOedolionEng_Cat03_B.htm
But I gather that it's OK to assume it means "Hello / How are you, buddy?"... right?
Thanks again,
Gosia

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RE: Language question
Posted: Wed October 4, 2006 01:35 PM UTC
Shw Mae means- How are you and Byt is a welsh translation of the valleys word for friend which is BUT. So it basically means "HOW ARE YOU FRIEND?"

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RE: RE: Language question
Posted: Thu October 5, 2006 06:35 AM UTC
Thank you! It's all clear now :-)
Gosia

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