Quote Originally Posted by Jamsarnie View Post
I think the first time I heard ‘mate’ in common conversation in Cardiff was around the early nineties and I wouldn’t be surprised if it found its way into the local dialect via English students that study and live there.

No doubt the same tosspots that call Caroline Street ‘Chippy Alley’!

Interloping bastards!
my cousin is from Yeovil and they use "mate" a fair bit there. ...... could have come from there too ....



I like butt too. occasionally comes out . I remember speaking to a quite a young person (I the early naughties) from the heads of the valleys in a bar in Cardiff and he seemed to be from another world again ..... he was very pleasant and used my "butty" to talk about his friend .....which I think is another level again .