Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scymraeg

/skʌmˈraɪɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scym-raeg
IPA: /skʌmˈraɪɡ/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Badly written or ungrammatical Welsh, often written with machine translation.

Derogatory; Informal

Example Sentences

"Soon the term Scymraeg, or scummy Welsh, was born and it has really caught on - it is part of Gary's stand-up routine, and examples are posted via a Twitter hashtag and in a Flickr group."
"And Google Translate—infamous since 2009 for its Scymraeg, or scummy Welsh—has, according to the BBC, recently taken a great leap forward in terms of the accuracy and quality of its Welsh translations."
"“Witcher Welsh” and Scymraeg share the same problem: well-meaning people trying to use Welsh without taking it seriously."
"I’m pissing in the wind here, obviously, but this isn’t some funny “Scymraeg” scenario, this is public money being spent on a bilingual website that only works in English."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Welsh Scymraeg.

Usage

Synonyms

scummy Welsh

Questions

How do you pronounce scymraeg?: The recorded pronunciation is /skʌmˈraɪɡ/.
What does scymraeg mean?: Badly written or ungrammatical Welsh, often written with machine translation.
Where does scymraeg come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh Scymraeg.

How to pronounce scymraeg

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