Daddisms: The Most Common Welsh Dad Phrase Has Been Revealed

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  • New research by thortful surveyed Welsh adults around Wales’ most used dad phrases ahead of Father’s Day

  • “Ask your mother” was revealed as Wales’ top Daddism with other favourites including  “Money doesn’t grown on trees” and “I’m not made of money”.

Father’s Day is a day of celebrating all things Dad – right down to their cheesy jokes and favourite grumbles. They may leave us rolling our eyes after they’ve uttered for the millionth time that week – but we have to admit, many of us secretly have a soft spot for those ‘Daddisms’.

To celebrate the lexicon of Dad, greeting cards marketplace thortful surveyed people across Wales to reveal Wales’ top dad phrases.

An exclusive collection of Father’s Day cards around the nation’s favourite Daddisms is also available so you can communicate your love for Dad in his own language.

The top Daddisms in Wales were revealed as:

Rank

Dad Phrase

Percentage Usage

1

Ask your mother

51%

2

Money doesn’t grow on trees

38%

3

I’m not made of money

35%

=3

I’m not going to tell you again

35%

4

Waste not, want not

29%

5

They don’t make them like they used to

27%

6

It’s like Blackpool illuminations in here

26%

7

 As long as a piece of string

25%

=8

He’s as thick as two short planks

23%

=8

You don’t know you’re born

23%

The British classic “Ask your mother” was revealed as the Wales’ most widely used dad phrase with half of the Welsh (51%) revealing the phrase regularly leaves their Dad’s mouth.

With the UK still experiencing a ‘cost of living crisis’, it’s no surprise that Dad likes to regularly remind us of this with “Money doesn’t grow on trees” (38%) and “I’m not made of money” (35%) ranking second and third.

Other classic phrases to appear on the UK’s dad phrase dictionary include “As long as a piece of string” (25%) and “It’s like Blackpool illuminations in here” (26%).

Commenting on the research a spokesperson at thortful said “Across the UK you’ll find those common phrases that leave the mouths of Dad across the country on a regular basis. We wanted to help Brits speak their Dad’s language this Father’s Day with our exclusive range of Dad phrase cards.”

You can find the full range of thortful’s Father’s Day cards here: https://www.thortful.com/cards/fathers-day


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