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# *looks for Iechyd Dalek pic*
*finds*
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 9:52, archived)
# hahahaha
although i have never in my life hear anyone Welsh say Look you!
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 10:12, archived)
# its normally just "is it?"
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 10:52, archived)
# I thought so
That's what they say all the time in How Green Was My Valley. That Pot Noodle ad a few years back was the first time I heard it as "Isn't it"
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 13:03, archived)
# being pedantic, is it?
in which case it's it's not its.
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 13:52, archived)
# no no im in wales..
this is what they say
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 14:04, archived)
# we say both is it? and isn't it?
just not Look you or boyo
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 14:23, archived)
# i dont hear isnt it? very often...
not heard anyone say "look you" its more "oi oi" and boyo is only used in mockery of over strong accents
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 14:27, archived)
# there's nice
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 14:57, archived)
# I know
I lived in Swansea for many years, it was always "is it?" as in "going down the shops, is it?" It was more of a lead in for my own pedantry
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 14:55, archived)
# true...but you might also say,
"Battenburg is a lovely cake, isn't it?"

is it? would not be appropriate in this context
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 15:09, archived)
# "isn't it?" is pretty much a national thing
"is it?", AFAIK, is specifically a Welsh thing.
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 15:51, archived)
# and the word "kift"
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 23:41, archived)
# but you see
thats in context...
"is it?" is more like "i'm going going down the shops"... is it?
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 23:40, archived)