The " 'diff "....

[City123]

I hate it, never heard anyone from Cardiff call it "the diff". Same goes for "Chippy Lane/Alley"

[Cleve van Leef]

I never heard it then, ever!!

Well it was commonplace with the young and older generation that I knew.

[life on mars]

never heard of it as a reference

[Bobby Dandruff]

Does anybody on here actually use this term to describe Cardiff? Where exactly did it come from?

Embarrassing.

[valleys caveman]

It might have been all that was left when K..R was unceremoniously removed from our chant of the 70/80s

[The Bloop]

As The Smith's once said 'What difference does it make?'

[life on mars]

As The Smith's once said 'What difference does it make?'

I suspected Morrisey was behind this?

[Kitman]

Get with the times you grumpy old farts!

[the other bob wilson]

The other thing I hate is when people, usually youngsters are relating a conversation, and every thing said by each individual is prefaced with, "She turned round and said...." "and I turned round and said..." " Then she turned round and said...."

I can't concentrate on what I'm being told as I have this vision of people revovling in the middle of the pavement or the pub or where ever

Funny, I've always associated that with people older than me, because the only time I ever heard it used when I was a child was by grown ups.

As for people using the diff fifty years and more ago, I never heard it in Grangetown, Fairwater or Pentrebane, the areas I lived in during my sixty years plus living in the city - I only became aware of it in the last decade.

[splott parker]

Funny, I've always associated that with people older than me, because the only time I ever heard it used when I was a child was by grown ups.

As for people using the diff fifty years and more ago, I never heard it in Grangetown, Fairwater or Pentrebane, the areas I lived in during my sixty years plus living in the city - I only became aware of it in the last decade.

Exactly, the answer to ‘What’s the diff?’ Would never have been ‘A city in South Wales’

[light up the darkness]

Do they take shortcuts as well ??

They probably also see strange West Indian women at some point

[A Quiet Monkfish]

I suppose it sounds hip, cool. Probably comes from the same crowd who always describe any area with pubs, bars, and restaurants as 'vibrant'.

On a slightly different note, my 'generation' have always referred to 'Tudor Road', not 'Street'. Not sure of any historical context re. this oddity..

[light up the darkness]

It might have been all that was left when K..R was unceremoniously removed from our chant of the 70/80s

I see what you did there

Top banana

[light up the darkness]

It might have been all that was left when K..R was unceremoniously removed from our chant of the 70/80s

I see what you did there

Top banana

[xsnaggle]

Funny, I've always associated that with people older than me, because the only time I ever heard it used when I was a child was by grown ups.

As for people using the diff fifty years and more ago, I never heard it in Grangetown, Fairwater or Pentrebane, the areas I lived in during my sixty years plus living in the city - I only became aware of it in the last decade.

I agree about older people when I was young, but I've heard conversations between teens going into town on the bus and every single thing that is related from a conversation is begun with that phrase.
with you on the diff thing. Llandaff North Gabalfa and going to school with kids from all over the city, drinking in town in my teens I never heard 'The diff' .

[William Treseder]

No it wasn’t, used by locals in 50’s and 60’s.

That just isn’t true. Lived in Ely, Roath and Canton since the early 60’s and never heard one person Use that term, till a few yrs ago.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

"Work colleagues"
"Eroding away"
"Reversing back"

[Rjk]

"Work colleagues"
"Eroding away"
"Reversing back"

Superfluous tautologies?

[198bore]

The 'diff is cringe. It's an English student thing.
I use 'chippy lane' though.

[Baloo]

Superfluous tautologies?

Never heard that one growing up in Cardiff either.

[Rjk]

As much as I would never use "the diff" I can't harbor any grudge against someone who loves Cardiff enough to set up a website about it.

There are plenty of other terms that the kids come out with that we don't get parochial about, I can never see myself saying "yeet" but that in no way should stop the youth from moving the language onwards.

[cardiff55]

Here in the valleys we do get, when lads meet each other......"Wos 'appenin". Hate it.

[Rjk]

Here in the valleys we do get, when lads meet each other......"Wos 'appenin". Hate it.

Very valleys

[Heathblue]

Nelsonca61 is no student. See #56 on the Traffic Queue Jumpers thread. Shocked me that did.

I saw Sham69 in the Students Union, the originals, although I wasn't involved the riot at the premature end of gig dust up

[Fancydan]

Imo, anyone from Cardiff, or living in Cardiff who uses the terms Diff and Chippy Lane, should be banished from our great city for ever!!

Let’s get some perspective here. They should be kept in our great city.....and thrown in the Taff!!😋