Letter: Welsh wording

Tuesday 18 March 1997 00:02 GMT

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Sir: One of the examples given in the article about regional dialects (16 March) needs correction.

I know three meanings of the word dap in South Wales but "bounce" is not one of them.

It describes the dropping of, for example, a cup which subsequently smashes,or someone's size and build - "He was about my dap", meaning about the same size as me.

However, the most common meaning (though this may be very local to South- east Wales) is plimsolls or pumps (not trainers) - "a pair of daps".

R PUGH

Cardiff

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