Uchaf fi

[Richard Rhys]

For some time now I have been using the expression "uchhavee", as in
'that's revolting'. I thought it was just a make up word like
'Ugh!', but it has been suggested to me that it is actually Welsh and
it should be spelt 'uchaf fi' and translates as 'I am disgusted'. Is
this true?

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Richard

[Paul]

I've seen it spelled Ych y fi.

Gawd knows what it means though...
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Post by Richard Rhys
For some time now I have been using the expression "uchhavee", as in
'that's revolting'. I thought it was just a make up word like
'Ugh!', but it has been suggested to me that it is actually Welsh and
it should be spelt 'uchaf fi' and translates as 'I am disgusted'. Is
this true?
--
Richard

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[JohnJ]

Post by Paul
I've seen it spelled Ych y fi.

Yes, that's the usual spelling.

Post by Paul
Gawd knows what it means though...

Nothing more than "Ugh!" I think. My mother (a South Walian) used it
quite often.

John J
Aberystwyth

[Morfydd]

Post by JohnJ

Post by Paul
I've seen it spelled Ych y fi.

Yes, that's the usual spelling.

Post by Paul
Gawd knows what it means though...

Nothing more than "Ugh!" I think. My mother (a South Walian) used it
quite often.
John J
Aberystwyth

yeah, we say it over here (south Wales)
and it is spelled Ych a fi - though a north wailian
told me it was spelled uchefi
and that has kinda stuck with me over the years...

It doesn't have an actually translation...
just means that it is disgusting and is said when you are disgusted by
something

[AndyC the WB]

JohnJ> Nothing more than "Ugh!" I think. My mother (a South
JohnJ> Walian) used it quite often.

So did mine. I always translate it as "Yuk!, but with so much more
*feeling*".

Andy

[Dai Losin]

Yes but "uchaf" is not a suitable spelling since it means "highest" or "top"
in Welsh and does not, in Welsh orthography, have the sound you want to
convey. The usual spelling in Welsh is "Ach y fi". I imagine you use "uchaf"
because the first vowel in S. Wales dialect pronunciation rather resembles
the "U" in English. In Welsh orthography that sound would be better rendered
by "ycha". Dai Losin

Post by AndyC the WB
JohnJ> Nothing more than "Ugh!" I think. My mother (a South
JohnJ> Walian) used it quite often.
So did mine. I always translate it as "Yuk!, but with so much more
*feeling*".
Andy
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