Long lost sister iaith
​
Rebecca Snell
You don’t say ‘on accident’ by accident,
you say it oherwydd ar ddamwain.
 
Ti ddim yn siarad bad Saesneg
you speak lyfli Welsh
jyst heb ei geirfa
sgerbwd with no flesh
 
An unseen siamese twin sy’n
pwyso dros dy ysgwydd,
dim ond cael ei gweld
in everything you say
 
Twp he is yw twp yw e,
by 'ere, by there and over way
are the cousins of
yma, yna a fan’co
ond ydyn;
Innit?
 
It’s why my friend Ellen will always be Elin in our house
dyna pham fod ti’n dweud ‘Primark’ fel ‘Prim-uchk’
 
Map cyfrinach dy ddinas,
the strictly adhered to code of prepositions;
up Spitty, down the Gwent, over Malpas way
with no relation to geographical location
​ond pob perthynas i iaith yn tir hwn.