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@freamon

Are you saying it in a Welsh accent when you read it off the page?

@GreyShack

It is a long-standing custom but I doubt it is outmoded.
I've been hearing it for years and I like it.

I like the mindset it's coming from.

@Puttaneska

There are not many chipper, upbeat accents in Britain so I say "I'm not being funny, but like…" in a Welsh accent and that makes the distinction in my mind between Geordie, Welsh, a few other buoyant accents.

Hence: the Rosetta Stone.