While on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour holiday in Wales in 2009 we noticed a few different spellings of Minigolf, Miniature Golf and Crazy Golf!
Below are the translations from English to Welsh:
Crazy Golf (1) = Golff Gwyllt
Crazy Golf (2) = Golff Giamocs
Minigolf = Minigolff
Mini Golf = Golff Bach
Miniature Golf = Maes Golff
Putting Green = Llain Bytio
Golf = Golff
Course = Cwrs
Below are the translations from English to Welsh:
Crazy Golf (1) = Golff Gwyllt
Crazy Golf (2) = Golff Giamocs
Minigolf = Minigolff
Mini Golf = Golff Bach
Miniature Golf = Maes Golff
Putting Green = Llain Bytio
Golf = Golff
Course = Cwrs
.JPG "Crazy Golf / Golff Gwyllt in Swansea")
Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour list of courses visited and played
- Wales
- Lost in Translation
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Looking at the Anglesey Attractions 2009 Map & Guide I noticed another variation on the Welsh terms for Crazy Golf.
In English it said:
"Captain Jake's Crazy Golf."
In Welsh it said:
"Golff gwallgof Capten Jake."
Looking at a blog post from 2010 when we visited Penarth we saw another two ways to say 'Miniature Golf' in Welsh.
Mini Golf = Golff Mini
Pitch and Putt = Golf Byr
Related blog post:
- Penarth Golff Mini (it's a Golf Byr!) - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
At the World Alternative Games 2014 (Gemau Byd Arallddewisol 2014) in Britain's smallest town - Llanwrtyd Wells - we played the Portaputt Crazy Golf course that our friends the Kukielka family brought to the event.
In the World Alternative Games event brochure the word 'Portaputt' is translated into Welsh and comes out as 'Portaputt'.
But, the introductory line in Welsh is "Beth am gêm o golff gwirion pan yn ymweld â Llanwrtyd yn 2014?" which translates as "How about a game of crazy golf when visiting Llanwrtyd Wells in 2014?", so 'Crazy Golf' is also 'golff gwirion'. Another new way to say Crazy Golf in Welsh! Brilliant.
Related blog posts:
- Portaputt at the World Alternative Games
- World Alternative Games
- Lost in Translation
Here's an updated list of the ways to say 'Crazy Golf' etc. in Welsh!
Crazy Golf = Golff Gwyllt
Crazy Golf = Golff Giamocs
Crazy Golf = Golff Gwallgof
Crazy Golf = Golff Gwirion
Minigolf = Minigolff
Mini Golf = Golff Bach
Mini Golf = Golff Mini
Miniature Golf = Maes Golff
Pitch and Putt = Golf Byr
Portaputt = Portaputt
Golf = Golff
Course = Cwrs
Golf course = Cwrs Golff
If anyone knows of any other ways to describe the game please do let me know.
I'd like to see an example of Adventure Golf on a sign in Welsh ;-)
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Speaking with the team at Cwmbran-based Crazy Golf business Portaputt I've got some more info on English to Welsh translations of 'Minigolf'.
"Adventure Golf" is "Golff Anturus".
The best translation for "Crazy Golf" is "Golff Gwyllt". The word "gwirion" means "stupid"!
The Welsh word for "putt" is "put".
Check out the Portaputt website and Twitter feed for more information on the Portaputt Crazy Golf course / Cwrs Golff Gwyllt and how you can hire it for events.
At the Great Orme Family Golf Centre in Llandudno the sign for the course says:
Cwrs Golff Bach
Miniature Golf course
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