wales

[Jedamethis]

Went on holiday to Aberystwyth once. (We have no money you see)
Was nice. No sheep in sight. Had fish and chips a lot.
It was nice and peaceful.

And then I'm off to the Welsh Farm next month with school. I think the proper name is Troedyrhiwegellifawr. The school owns it, and it's somewhere near a village called Pumsaint. Supposed to be a great bonding thing.

(I'm English, so sorry for not helping answer the question. )

 

[Mr.Squishy]

Y'all have some mighty long words that rival finnish in complexity, and a friend of mine says that "you've got to have a pint of saliva in your mouth just to pronounce a city name there". Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't merill from Dragon Age 2 have a welsh accent? Or was that just me? Also, you have a kick-ass flag, but in general you're stupidly underrepresented in the entertainment world.

 

[Kiardras]

Went to wales on holiday once, and went recently to the welsh border to play a 24hr Airsoft milsim.

 

[Embz]

so i'm curious do other countries like america or canada know of wales and if so what is the conception you have of my country. also plz english people dont put up any sheep-shagger jokes i just want to know what the view of wales is in forign lands.

Wales to me is a part of England populated by people who for some insignificant archaic reasons insist that they are not English and decided to talk a bit differently. I can't remember a single period in history when Wales wasn't ruled over by the English monarchy, so to me calling it a separate country is kind of silly.

Wales was its own country until the year 1282 when It became a part of Great Britain not England. So Welsh people aren't at all English but British

 

[megaraccoon]

so i'm curious do other countries like america or canada know of wales and if so what is the conception you have of my country. also plz english people dont put up any sheep-shagger jokes i just want to know what the view of wales is in forign lands.

Wales to me is a part of England populated by people who for some insignificant archaic reasons insist that they are not English and decided to talk a bit differently. I can't remember a single period in history when Wales wasn't ruled over by the English monarchy, so to me calling it a separate country is kind of silly.

you should read some history then cuz wales only became part of england when henry tudor a welsh monarch took england from king richard the third (aka the usurper king) and introduced the acts of union. before that wales was a collection of individula kingdoms e.g. dyfedd, powys ect before that romano-british and before that a collection of tribes. and our language is part latin part archaic celt hence why we dont have words for taxi and must instead mutate english to suit our purposes also we arnt english genetically the welsh are more closley related to italians (rome) and africans (first celts in wales were from africa) were as english are closley related to germans angles and saxons were german tribes.

 

[GundamSentinel]

From the Netherlands: I've been on holiday in Wales twice. It rained all the fucking time. Still, it was a nice country and I loved walking the hills. And it was nice and quiet. I liked that.

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I know of Wales because my dad's side of the family has Welsh heritage. I don't really have any conceptions of it though since I don't know much about it. I know that my great-great-great-grandfather who came from Wales was a coal miner before he came to America, but that's it.

 

[Tharwen]

Wales is that western part of England inhabited by inbred rednecks with funny accent right?

Funny accents, yes. Redneck-ness... not really. They're all sheep farmers (yes, every single one of them) and they have lots of hills (hence the sheep).

They also once had a war against England, but nothing really came of it.

 

[Detective Prince]

Awh I'm a half Welsh. My nan lives up near Llandudno. It's nice up there plus on the beach if you look to your left there's a cliff that's in the shape of a crocodile. XD

 

[TheIronRuler]

Nothing special, i know of Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland and England, comprising the unholy union that is called Britain. (UK if you still call them that, they don't have many colonies left).

 

[C95J]

hmmm, now that you have mentioned it, the last time I think I heard anyone make a sheep shagger joke must have been about a year ago. I know I certainly haven't made that joke in a long time.

Can't say I have ever been to Wales, or ever really thought about them (not in a bad way). So I can't really say good or bad about them. Although I am sure they are all nice people.

 

[Hungry Donner]

My father is of Welsh ancestry, although I don't believe he's ever been there (he was born in Manchester).

A while back I remember reading an article about the Welsh wanting a symbolic representation on the Union Jack, since there were representations of the English, Scottish, and Irish. Apparently this isn't very popular in the UK and I can't fathom why, who would turn down an excuse to put a dragon on their flag?!

 

[thylasos]

As my t-shirt says, "Wales is OK."

 

[infohippie]

I know you don't wanna hear sheep jokes, but I have heard that when it comes to sheep, Wales is thought of the same way as we Aussies think of New Zealand.
Other than that, Wales is known for unpronounceable words and thick accents. I really haven't heard much other than that.

 

[Tallim]

Wales is that western part of England inhabited by inbred rednecks with funny accent right?

No, I think you are thinking of what is known as the West Country, which while it does sport some very funny accents and some possible inbreeding, is very much still part of England. Wales is not part of England.

You are from Devon and you said that? lol. I'm in Somerset in a tourist town and as soon as summer hits the town gets over run by Welsh people. No idea why they choose to come here but they always do.
There is a local joke about it but it won't make any sense to anyone who doesn't live here so I won't repeat it.

 

[Joshimodo]

Our chief exports are Tom Jones, Batman, Hannibal Lecter, world champion boxers and Michael Douglas' squeeze.

 

[Dumbfish1]

What do you call a sheep tied to a post in Cardif?