ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACH-Y-FI
Welsh, probably from ach, achy general exclamation of disgust + fi I, me.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACH-Y-FI»
Discover the use of
ach-y-fi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ach-y-fi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices
Maesgwyn: mice-gwin, accent on the second syllable. page 7: Myfanwy: accent
on the second syllable, f as v, the first y an indeterminate sound, the second y as
ee. page 8: Ach y fi: the ch guttural, the y indeterminate, f as v, the whole ...
2
English in Wales: Diversity, Conflict, and Change
The Flemish Element in Gm Vocabulary A well-known expression ach-y-fi (also
ych-y-fi) shown by its usual spelling to be generally taken for Welsh, rather
naturally on account of its usually containing a voiceless velar fricative, is
curiously ...
Nikolas Coupland, Alan Richard Thomas, 1990
tants [Jack Black] was confessing to increasingly more awful lusts or perversions
(awful to the Welsh puritanism but of course really quite mild) and each
confession was greeted by the jury with a horrified and delighted 'Ach-y-fi!' I'm
almost ...
“Ach y fi! what is the world coming to when Nani's daughter sits on a red velvet
cushion, and has a 'dinner service' on her dresser? dost know what, Nell, fach? I
am sick of the world; it is so foolish. And didst see her ring? as thick as two, Nell, ...
5
How Green Was My Valley
O, dear, dear. Ach y fi." "Ach y fi, indeed," Mrs. Davies said, and a pinkness 408
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY.
Ach y fi! Over the fork of a yew tree in a churchyard, Jack Black appears, his whip-
belt ready. He descends on a loving couple, later found to be Nogood Boyo and
Mae Rose Cottage. She screams and runs. Jack Black : Ach y fi! Ach y fi!
The rage of the congregation was high when they comprehended the meaning of
this abomination. 'Ach y fi!' said one. 'A sick old mouse is Becws.' 'Out of her head
is the female,' said another. 'Silah was conceived in brimstone. The dolt's hair ...
8
Footprints of the Welsh Indians: Settlers in North America ...
... foot troed troed disgusting ake-e-Vee Ach-y-fi beautiful prydfa prydferth sing
canu canu English Mandan Welsh Pronunciation I Me Myfi Mifi You Ne.
'Ach y fi. He's sticking 'is tongue into her mouth now. 'E'll 'ave the committee after '
im less 'e's careful.' 'I could never get Ted to put his tongue into my mouth. I could
never get that fat slob to put it in anywhere come to that. Ooooh loook there's ...
... in that book the well- known Welsh expression, ' Ach y fi,' so that Meredith
evidently took away something from South Wales ! We have seen that the first
collected edition of the novels was begun in 1885 and completed in 1887. It is
worthy of ...
