Taffy Spencer

[wowzz]

The well known "Comedy Madman" Taffy Spencer will be on our Arcadia cruise? 

Anyone seen him ?

 

[Eddie99]

No

 

… I think I’d be a bit wary, just from that billing 😱

[JOHNLS]

 

[Ardennais]

Never seen him but watched the video and he’d be ok in small doses! He’s a South Walian - enough said!! 

[Ilovemygarden]

1 hour ago, Ardennais said:

Never seen him but watched the video and he’d be ok in small doses! He’s a South Walian - enough said!! 

Sorry - but how is being a South Walian significant?

[Pine Man]

Just now, Ilovemygarden said:

Sorry - but how is being a South Walian significant?

They are probably a bit more Walian than North Walians and not to be confused with the West Walians!

[Britboys]

Never heard of him...

[Ardennais]

5 hours ago, Ilovemygarden said:

Sorry - but how is being a South Walian significant?

Nothing really! Just a joke. We call South Walians ‘Hwntws’ in Welsh and they call us ‘Gogs’. 
 

Don’t you have friendly regional rivalry in Scotland too? 
Taffy isn’t used as much north of Brecon - so the name instantly makes you think of somebody from South Wales. 

[Ardennais]

5 hours ago, Pine Man said:

They are probably a bit more Walian than North Walians and not to be confused with the West Walians!

Well we consider ourselves ‘Welsh Wales’ around here, still the stronghold of the Welsh language. We’re more Mid Wales than North Wales really. West Wales to us is Pembrokeshire. Taffys come from the South. 

[Britboys]

31 minutes ago, Ardennais said:

Well we consider ourselves ‘Welsh Wales’ around here, still the stronghold of the Welsh language. We’re more Mid Wales than North Wales really. West Wales to us is Pembrokeshire. Taffys come from the South. 

I spent Christmas on Anglesey a couple of years ago and was amazed that I hardly heard a Welsh accent, let alone someone speaking Welsh. Only heard that when visiting Caernarfon.

[Ardennais]

53 minutes ago, Britboys said:

I spent Christmas on Anglesey a couple of years ago and was amazed that I hardly heard a Welsh accent, let alone someone speaking Welsh. Only heard that when visiting Caernarfon.

That’s the thing though. Many people think that the Welsh accent is like that of Taffy Spencer or Rob Brydon and the like, but that’s a South Walian accent. The North Wales Welsh speakers sound more like Cheshire or Liverpool area when they speak English. 
 

We stayed in Beaumaris for 3 nights end of January and the hotel was full of Welsh speakers. Went to 2 pubs for a pub meal on different evenings and most people spoke Welsh there too! Depends where you go. We also stayed in Holyhead last September (great Premier Inn there!) and found that all the staff spoke Welsh once they realised that we were Welsh speakers. But you wouldn’t have known from their English accents. 

[Britboys]

27 minutes ago, Ardennais said:

That’s the thing though. Many people think that the Welsh accent is like that of Taffy Spencer or Rob Brydon and the like, but that’s a South Walian accent. The North Wales Welsh speakers sound more like Cheshire or Liverpool area when they speak English. 
 

We stayed in Beaumaris for 3 nights end of January and the hotel was full of Welsh speakers. Went to 2 pubs for a pub meal on different evenings and most people spoke Welsh there too! Depends where you go. We also stayed in Holyhead last September (great Premier Inn there!) and found that all the staff spoke Welsh once they realised that we were Welsh speakers. But you wouldn’t have known from their English accents. 

That Christmas we stayed on the edge of Beaumaris at Henllys. I wasn't expecting the broad South Wales accent but did think most folks would sound Welsh...😀. Walking round Caernarfon we didn't hear anyone speaking English...

[twotravellersLondon]

On 3/12/2022 at 11:16 PM, wowzz said:

The well known "Comedy Madman" Taffy Spencer will be on our Arcadia cruise? 

Anyone seen him ?

 

 Seen him on Fred Olsen... he is like on the video... having sat through his act once... I wouldn't do it a second time.