⌕Children’s language & games
Playground words and traditional games reveal a distinctive part of Welsh English childhood.

A celebration of English as spoken in Wales, bringing together distinctive words, loanwords, traditions and expressions from across the country.
Benjamin A Jones ranges beyond the familiar speech of the South Wales valleys to explore English words and expressions from across Wales, including the borders, Gower, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed and the north.
Alongside the glossary are Welsh loanwords, cultural traditions and vocabulary from mining, farming, food and children’s games, creating a lively picture of Welsh English past and present.
⌕Playground words and traditional games reveal a distinctive part of Welsh English childhood.
⌕Mining vocabulary and the history of the South Wales coalfield show language shaped by working life.
⌕The tale of Mr Clough and Carlo is one of the stories connecting language with Welsh rural tradition.