Golliwog Axing.

**Yankee** · 03-07-2009, 22:38

Originally Posted by timey

Welshman.

Never heard that one!

**Major Starbold** · 04-07-2009, 09:35

Originally Posted by Yankee

What's a Taffy?

Have thee never heard of a
taffy apple, oops, I mean
toffee apple.

**Earl** · 04-07-2009, 10:16

Anyone know where the term Taffy does come from?

**jools182** · 04-07-2009, 10:24

the river Taff

**Earl** · 04-07-2009, 11:10

Never heard of it. Does it run through Cardiff or something?

**mimseycal** · 04-07-2009, 11:26

Originally Posted by Mr Morningstarr*

Anyone know where the term Taffy does come from?

The general idea within etymological circles is that it is the mimicking of the Welsh pronunciation of the name Dafydd (the Welsh variant of David)

(had to research a paper once on the etymology of stereotype markers during a course on historical linguistics - for some reason that one stayed with me

)

**jools182** · 04-07-2009, 11:26

River Taff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**timey** · 04-07-2009, 11:43

Originally Posted by mimseycal

The general idea within etymological circles is that it is the mimicking of the Welsh pronunciation of the name Dafydd (the Welsh variant of David)

(had to research a paper once on the etymology of stereotype markers during a course on historical linguistics - for some reason that one stayed with me

)

That was what I thought too.

BTW, Dafydd is pronounced "davith".