achyfi

Andrew Perry AWMPerry at CS.COM
Tue Sep 12 15:37:06 UTC 2000


Well, during my advanced English lesson today we found the term "ach y fi" in
Dylan Thomas' 'Under Milk Wood'. My teacher, who is Welsh, says it means,
literally, "go away". It is also used, in a figurative sense, to mean
horrible, frightening, or, as someone said, repulsive.

Andrew Perry



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