American Couple Reacts: Wales, UK! History Summarized! First Time Reaction!! *FASCINATING VIDEO*
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- American Couple Reacts: Wales! History Summarized! First Time Reaction!! FASCINATING VIDEO
Calling all history buffs! We realized that we really know very little other than the beauty of Wales, so we thought we would take a dive into Welsh history on this episode! We learned SO much! Yet we now have loads of questions too! This is a major history lesson that is fascinating, fast and very rich. Join us to learn about our Welsh cousins across the pond. Drop a Like and comment especially if you learned something too! Thanks so much for watching!
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Of all the parts of the UK that I have visited, I find Wales to be the most foreign, in the best possible way. It seems to have an atmosphere all of it's own, the people are lovely, their accent is my favourite of these islands and don't even get me started on the scenery. I love the place. I'm English btw
I am Welsh, though I was brought up in England. I endorse your comments 100%. Wales is the most magical part of the UK hands down. It is strangely exotic in a way. The North in particular. And that's all down to atmosphere and having a vibe all its own.
I think there's a similar thing with yorkshire and Wales. There are some places, mountains etc in yorkshire that sound Welsh. I could be wrong but I think it's something to do with ancient Briton tribe connections
What lovely thing to say John. Thank you from S Wales.
Wales is a complete dump to be honest, Englands far better.
@@wessexdruid7598 Also akin to the language of Brittany.
This video made me so happy!! As a Welsh person studying Welsh at university (and through the medium of welsh) it makes me really happy so see people truly wanting to learn about the Welsh history, language and culture. It is so often overlooked! The pronunciation of 'Cymru' was spot on!
Chwarae teg merched a diolch!! :)
Wales is so cool!! This episode was VERY in depth for us and really gave us a lot of info we needed! We hope you like it and maybe learn something as well. Drop us a Like and leave us a comment on how you are liking our content. Also check out our links in the description of our videos.
I am English not welsh. But I do know that Welsh gold is some of the purest in the world and used a lot in the crown jewels. Of course don't forget Tom Jones.
I did know that. That's why I mentioned. I also know that a lot of Welsh and Cornish miners went to America and South America. Including Welsh people in Argentina.
There's quite a few Welsh bibles on ebay there mostly from round the 1800s and will cost about £40 dunno about shipping over the pond
One thing you might find interesting. I live in Aberystwyth where a gay Councillor, Jaci Taylor once had a spell as town mayor with her partner Felicity as mayoress.
Just so you no Anglo Saxons is English this is why we English hate you Americans trying to explain are history because you don’t no the fact you lot saying we English are not Anglo saxon that like saying to a black man he not black I’m not getting mad at you two i think your video was great it’s your dum countryman in the video explaining my ancestors history clearly he doesn’t no crap about my ancestors that came from Denmark and northern Germany and Anglo Saxon is not fiction because that what English people are Anglo saxon Just because you Americans don’t have any history don’t give you the right to make up lie in your video I would love for you lot to say that to my face because trust me you wouldn’t like the response and you Americans really need to learn the truth and facts about other country you no nothing about so stop pretending to be smart and learn more
He touched on the coal mining in Wales and on that theme you should look up the Aberfan disaster in 1966. It is is a story that is is both sad and horrific but an important part of modern history in Wales.
I remember that, I visited the graves in the 1970’s, absolutely heartbreaking
Very much remembered.
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It’s awful my English teachers grandparents were involved in the disaster.
And completely overshadowed by England winning the World Cup such a shame
The welsh dna can be traced back 10 thousand years to the ice age. The silures tribe in the south were darker in complexion and thought by the Romans to be from Iberia by origin
My Dad, sadly not with us now, was English but bought in Wales before he joined the army. He could speak Welsh, sing and play rugby, so properly Welsh. I have loads of Welsh relatives and love the accent almost like they're singing. One cousin of mine played rugby for Wales
I live in Wales, born in Wrexham. Have always lived in Wrexham. I go to a church of wales . I have a Welsh Bible. Y Beibl - ‘the Bible’ in Welsh . I love that the son of a poor Welsh coal minor spearheaded the creation of the British National Health Service (NHS). Aneurin Bevan. He’d be rolling in his grave at the dire state of the Welsh NHS today though.
Welsh is also spoken in Patagonia (Argentina ) from Welsh settlers
They say welsh was spoken by the native Americans in 12 century because the Welsh were first to settle there. No sign of welsh in 1790 when a welsh explorer visited. Welsh in their thousands went to America in 1850 but the language didnt survive again. Only in Paragonia as you said it has survived.
Please come to Wales. It would be a pleasure to have you visit.
I am from Wales and am loving all your videos, glad you did this one, very interesting. All the best to you both xx
Still not heard the Welsh National Anthem sung at the Rugby in Cardiff? It will blow your socks off.
I'm glad you paused to read and go back a bit a few times. That was a lot of info coming at us thick and fast! LOL
Hello from Wales!
So when it comes to learning the Welsh language, all schools in wales teach compulsory Welsh classes right up to GCSE level, or at least that was the case for me. However there are also Welsh speaking schools for children who speak Welsh as their first language.
It is becoming more and more popular for some parents to try and bring their toddlers up with both English and Welsh in order to get them into Welsh speaking schools even if they’re not fluent themselves, so their children can be bilingual.
They might have tried to beat it out of us at one point but our language is still very much alive 🏴
Mae'r heniaith yn parhau!!
Ah, I’m glad you did another video exploring Wales. Thank you guys.
Thanks for watching!!!
My Grand Mother was visiting Porthmadog as a girl. (her relatives lived there). She met a boy and played with him at the time. He was from London staying with relatives (talking 6 and 8). They meet again in 1944. And I'm obviously their grandson.
Pronunciation aside, he did us a great service and some great facts. Lovely to see more people react to our great nation :)
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Visit wales every year and I would move there tomorrow its beautiful. Also the welsh anthem brings me to tears everytime
Thank you
I absolutely love living in Wales and wouldn't be anywhere else.
Our country is absolutely beautiful.
It's stepping back in time in a lot of Wales but you have places like Cardiff that are really modern too. It's just a delight.
17:25 "That looks epic with the Welsh flag on top". Yeah, that's the one thing that makes me smile the most - all the castles that Edward built to subdue the Welsh people now all have Welsh flags flying from them and contribute handsomely to the Welsh economy. I hope Edward is looking up at us from hell and seething with anger over that...
Yes.
Those nice English people who took over the management of Wales (You'll have noticed that we weren't that good at agreeing among ourselves 🙄) were kind enough to build us so many castles that we now have an amazing tourist industry.
Can't wait for you to come and see.
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It is what it is my friend. The Tower of London makes loads of tourist money for that city and it was built by the French to oppress the English. History cannot be changed, we have to accept it and move forward positively.
@@welshed True practically everywhere.
The whole modern world was built at someone's expense.
See British Empire, the whole USA or wherever.
Doesn't mean I can't love our castles, or Tenby's walls.
@@OnASeasideMission It still is. Life needs balance and someone needs to get the sh*tter end whilst others get the benefits. It is the fundamental law of nature. If there is a lion hunting on the savannah, if the lion successfully gets an antelope, the antelope loses its life, but the lion doesn't starve. If the antelope gets away or successfully fights back, the lion dies from injury or starves. Life is all about advantages and disadvantages. Humans NEED to understand that because the universe doesn't care nor is obligated to conform to your expectations.
Life needs balance and someone needs to get the sh*tter end whilst others get the benefits. It is the fundamental law of nature. If there is a lion hunting on the savannah, if the lion successfully gets an antelope, the antelope loses its life, but the lion doesn't starve. If the antelope gets away or successfully fights back, the lion dies from injury or starves. Life is all about advantages and disadvantages. Humans NEED to understand that because the universe doesn't care nor is obligated to conform to your expectations.
Loved this video,really learnt alot about Welsh and Enlish history. Have been to wales many times and the video is right in that it has an older ancient vibe and some stunning scenery.x
When my children were young in the 1990s stayed in a cottage in the north Wales mountains. It was built next to a small chapel. We went to the service on the Sunday.
It was all in Welsh including Bible and hymn books. Enjoyed it though, the singing and welcome were so beautiful and genuine.
Another wonderfully educational video. Thank you both for bring this to our attention.
Thank you for your content on Wales! It's so enjoyable seeing people from other countries learn about this tiny, fascinating place. Look up Portmeirion, it's magical :)
Also take a look at "yma o hyd" being sang by Dafydd Iwan in the Wales v Austria match if you want to see Welsh passion!
I've just compiled a playlist on my channel of some Welsh related videos that I thought people looking to learn about Wales may find interesting. It's called "Wales/Cymru a phopeth Cymraeg". This video is in that playlist 😊
Thanks for a great programme.
Being an Englishman brought up in Scotland, my Scottish and English histories aren't too bad, but my Welsh knowledge is woeful to say the least.
Now I'm interested and off to find out more.....
Many thanks again.
Another excellent video. Thankyou ladies. And as always I’ve learnt a lot from this. Keep up the good work x
23:13 this happened all over, even in England itself. Any accent that was seen as "unproper" was corrected. Its one of the main reasons why the Isle of Wight accent disappeared
Being Welsh myself I enjoyed this. My father in law is in a Welsh band called Pwdin Reies ☺ 🏴
Pwdin Reis
Hello from Wales, you ladies are amazing. Thank you for your videos on Wales. Awesome.
I am late to the party today!! This super interesting 🧐 I have learnt loads! The only things I would have been able to say about Wales are….it’s stunningly beautiful, the language is intriguing and their national anthem is the best I’ve ever heard!! You need to hear it 🏴
As always a great video, you are both just great. Must say there was quite a bit I didn’t know like the white dragon, know of the red one of course! I’ve been quite a few times North and South Wales and It’s beautiful. I’ve also been to Conwy and Carnarvon castles 🏰 also in the video and they are stunning. Llandudno always has a special place from childhood. So much history in Wales and of course the UK as a whole. But I’ve certainly learnt more by watching. Look forward to seeing your next one soon.
Shwmae from Wales! 🏴 Welsh Bibles certainly are a thing. I have one!
Have you managed to get hold of one yet?
Thanks for watching a video about Welsh history ladies! 😊. Although the video did get a few facts wrong most notably in Henry 8ths section. Henry's borders and county's in Wales didn't really help the Welsh and he only gave a "high ranking Welsh man equal rights to an English man", and these high ranking welshman usually had an high status English mother or father; also the welsh werent aloud to speak welsh at places with formal events such a s court and so a high status person could blame something on someone from wales and because that welsh person couldnt speak Latin, French, English (whatever language was being spoken at the court during the time) they would be automatically found guilty with no evidence just because of their nationality and the language rhey spoke. Also it was Henry 8th's daughter Queen Elizabeth 1st who had the bible translated into Welsh as her caretaker growing up was Welsh and she taught Elizabeth a few words of the Welsh language and so she wanted to show her appreciation to the woman who looked after her after Elizabeth's mothers death.
There are welsh bibles, there are a small number of original ones that still exist from the late 1500's. The original ones are obviously really expensive as they are rare. I did see one a few years ago and I did almost buy it.
As ever a great programme. As an Englishman married to a Welsh woman and living in Wales I was really interested in the content. A couple of points the White Dragon is having a bit of a revival in England. One reason for this is it's connection with St. Edmund Englands first patron saint. The White Dragon on a Red background was England's battle flag for sometime and even flown in battle along the cross of St. George for a time.
Just to be a bore, it was actually a Wyvern for England, it was the Wessex banner I believe, two legs and two wings is a Wyvern, a Dragon has four legs and two wings in heraldry.
Fed up with the Red cross?
@@davebloke829 you are correct about it being the Wessex banner and hence it's connection with king (St.) Edmund. While it may have had two or four legs, at the time they would have called either a Dragon. Wyvern on the other hand is a French word and has it's roots in Norman heraldry.
@@iriscollins7583 Unfortunately yes. St. Edmund was the first patron Saint of England. Initially King Richard took St. George as his and his armies patron saint after visiting his Tomb and achieving a great victory afterwards. It was only when Edward the 3rd in 1348 made St. George England's patron saint did the Red cross become part of the royal standard.
@@Mark-lx6xj Yes, you are are right about that, the word Dragon is a much older word.
Gaelic is still spoken in parts of Scotland. My grandmother only knew yes and no in English when she went to school, she was born on a small island in the inner hebrides of Scotland. But it is less than Wales. We do have a channel on television that has spoken Gaelic on it.
Wales is such a beautiful country though I have been there several times. Such beautiful countryside and lovely waterfalls in areas. Also a great steam train from Aberystwyth to Devil's bridge. You can also see the fantastic red kites.
I’ve just watched this Great video & subscribed 👍I’m from Anglesey North Wales 🏴 My first language is Welsh. I totally respect Your efforts in looking in to the Welsh history & culture ❤️Da Iawn a chwarae teg i’r Ddwy O hono’ch am y gwaith ardderchog ❤️🏴🏴🏴❤️
Another great video..also I like Debbie's hair xx
Loved holidaying in Wales. Especially enjoyed going over the Menai suspension bridge into Anglesey. Visited Beaumaris Castle and Plas Newydd Country House and gardens, well worth seeing. Also love the Snowdonia area. Could spend all day commenting on all the beautiful beaches, historic sites and breathtaking scenery in Wales, wonderful. Thank you ladies for educating me on the history aspect, have learned a few things I didn’t know. Just one suggestion, found the commentary a bit too fast, but as you say there are options to slow things down a little. Very interesting video, I enjoyed it.
Minute 16.40 Conwy Castle picture one of the best places to visit in the summer walking around the on the castle walls looking at the looking down at the town and and the view standing at the top of the castle is amazing looking at the sea with all the boats
Another amazing video by you two awesome ladies. I'm 100% welsh and I'm so so proud of my country. I went to a Welsh language primary and high school and my 2 boys do. Clogau is a jewellery company that used welsh gold and a lot of the Royal Family wedding rings are made from welsh gold.
Absolutely adore Debbie's hair today 🥰
Llewelyn still seems to be a fairly numerous surname in Wales.
Love this reaction. Your pronunciation attempts seem to be as good as I can manage as an English/ Scottish person.
There are a lot of tin mines in Cornwall and there was a lead mine in the Peak District video you watched.
Thanks! Hard to remember them all
Really enjoyed watching I hit the bell 😁 because I wasn't getting any notifications thanks again ladies.
I'm from a small village in South Wales by the name of Blackwood and if very proud of you learning our history.. So thank you 😊
I love watching you guys and the subjects you pick. I was super interested in this as I have not spent a lot of time in Wales 🏴, our family vacations tend to be within Scotland 🏴 or Cornwall, Devon, East Anglia and Yorkshire. I live in Yorkshire now but I went to Wales last year to pick up our puppy 🐶 Cooper, he was born on Anglesey. The North Coast of Wales 🏴 is stunning 🤩. My only other trips have with purpose too, but Paul and I have agreed it is our holiday list.
I have been to Wales a few times but didn't know any of this. It is a glorious place ✨️
Really love your channel! I was born in Wales but it’s my second language so I’m only semi-fluent. I’m from North Wales but a cool fact about the south and the north is that both the dialect and many words in the Welsh language are different in North and South Wales. It can often be harder to have a conversation as someone from the north with someone from the south. 🤣
All the Gog's fault of course! LOL
One of my Grandmothers'was from South Wales, the other from the North. After forty years of living in England, had to move because of pit closures, both of them not having much chance to use Welsh, They didn't communicate with each other, due to some family feud. Don't what it was about, I managed to get them together, they immediately started talking to each other in Welsh, I managed to pick up a few words, both of them had tried to teach me, but I used to get mixed up when I had to learn two words instead of just one. I sadly gave up, at the time I was learning French at School. I wish I had got them together sooner.My parents used a lot of Welsh words which I picked up, still use them. 🏴
@@iriscollins7583 Da iawn a iechud dda!!
Hi ladies. Thank you for doing this video of my home. My Dad was Welsh and Mum was English, as a result I grew up in England. When Dad retired my parents moved back to North Wales (where they met), and I joined them. Have lived here 20 years now, although my parents dragged my sister and I here every chance there was when we were younger. Sometimes to see family and sometimes just for Sunday morning service in the church where they were married.
Great video as always 👍
You must do a closer look at all the amazing scenery, castles and shear natural beauty of Wales.
We've done 2 other videos on Wales
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I know but l biased, born in a little village called Cwmaman 😄
your pronunciation of the word Gaelic was perfect.
I live near the first castle shown in the video 'Conwy Castle', when it was originally built it was actually rendered and painted white so it could be seen for miles, also just down the road is 'The Great Orme' where they discovered a 4000 year old copper mine in the 1980's, in recent years they've actually discovered the mines are much bigger than originally thought and it's now thought that they might have been one of the biggest copper mines in Europe during the bronze age, which could again alter how we understand the history of Wales. Both my grandfathers worked in the Slate Quarries of North Wales, it was tough work and they both died young of lung disease, so I never met either of them. Actually my Dad was a train driver and used to drive trains through Conwy Castle railway bridge, one time they were doing some maintenance on the castle so erected scaffolding all around it, my Dad would tell all the tourists they started building the castle in 1283 but they haven't finished it yet!
Happy Sunday from Pembrokeshire
Really great video! I learned a lot from watching this, although I’m going to watch it a few more times to try and take it all in! See you Wednesday 🙂
Great video I learned so much, but I'm gonna have to watch it a few more times to get all that information xx
your pronunciation of Cymru is actually pretty good!
Thanks for checking out a video about Wales, it feels like we often get forgotten about aha
(edit) yes there are Welsh Bibles, my family has a super old one.
It was good to see you learning the history of Wales. I'd say that the Welsh language is on the rise now and is promoted in schools and public services like the NHS and local councils. You may not know but a lot of Welsh people migrated to Patagonia in South America and they still to this day speak Welsh there and there is a strong Welsh culture there which they're very proud of. It may be something you'd like to take a look at for your travel Wednesday xxx
Wow, great episode, I really enjoyed this and as I only live about 5 minutes from the North Wales border I adore going into Wales even just for a day out. I love the language and yes give it a shot, it's tough but rewarding. I found stuff about the tales of the Mabinogi online which has some great Welsh folktales, including the story of the Red and white dragon fighting for supremacy and the red ending up on the flag, I love the stories. Read about Gellert the faithful hound that the town of Bedgellert is named after, its sad but heroic. Ah I think I need to take a quick drive out today into Wales. Thanks ladies xx
My Great Great Grandparents used to live and work in an Inn in Beddgelert. I think the name was, if I remember rightly, the Glaslyn Inn, their names were Owen and Elizabeth known as, Lizzie ( wait for it ) Jones 😊.
Yes there are still Welsh Bibles, I have a copy here at home from my late great grandfather who spoke Welsh. It's been passed on to me.
Love the video I’ve been to Wales so many times you’re not the only one learn a bit of history i’m from England I love the Welsh and Scottish and Northern Ireland and the Irish and you guys cross the pond in USA
On TH-cam do a search for Welsh National Anthum. There are several versions including at Rugby matches and also at the Royal Albert Hall. Also not mentioned on the video was why the heir to the British throne often gets the title Prince of Wales. That is a historic story in itself.
On the downside, Longshanks landed Wales with an English Prince.
On the upside, it solved the age old problem of getting the Welsh to agree on which of their own should have the job.
Despite the fact the british empire pretty much ran on welsh coal the people of wales were looked down upon as uneducated country bumpkins good for mining and farming and nothing else. Churchill himself treated the welsh with much contempt sending soldiers to deal with miners in north wales who had the audacity to go on strike due to horrendous working conditions and pay so low they could barely feed there families.
There are indeed still Welsh Bibles, and it's the one I grew up with :) The first translations date to the 16th Century, and some were still in print until fairly recently. Bishop William Morgan's 1588 Welsh Bible set the standard, and is to Welsh what the 1611 "King James" Bible is to English. Just like the English Bible, there have been several revisions and modernisations of the Welsh Bible since, with the most recent version I own dating to 2008.
I would just add that the Catholic Church was against using anything but Latin for their bibles. You had to be educated in Latin which kept priests a level ‘above’ the laity. William Tyndale’s English Bible is generally accepted as the first/foremost translation into English - in 1526. And the Bishop’s Bible under Elizabeth I was in 1568.
So Welsh not so very far behind.
@@AlBarzUK Unlike Tyndale's, bishop Morgan's was a translation of the entire Bible; William Salesbury having published a Welsh New Testament in the 1560s. Morgan published a revised version of Salesbury's NT in 1588, coupled with his own translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew and Greek Septuagint sources. I believe the first English translations were based on Latin manuscripts, so Morgan was something of a pioneer in basing his translation on "original" sources as far as possible.
Somewhere in a box, I have one that's over 140 years old - there were 19 canons (clergy) on my mother's side of the family. (& I'm an atheist lol)
Great show as always ladies, the tin mines are in Cornwall. Wales is beautiful although it’s been a long time since I went there, you will enjoy the parcel I am sending to you I hope xxx
Mam's maiden name is Edwards which is Welsh and her grandparents spoke Welsh all the time, they moved to Manchester England for work.
I'm falling asleep, so I've accidentally finished my comment. Also, Wales is the Land of Song. Their singing and poetry is wonderful, and there are important annual competitions called Eisteddfodau.
The trouble with ancient history is that it isn't always easy to work out whether people speaking the same language are indeed the same people genetically.
Love the fact that you've made the effort to study another country.
And don't look down on American history. I spent a lot of time researching a short period in US history for a novel (unpublished) and it took me down a lot of alleyways.
Am late, sorry, but still watching.
I really enjoyed this 🙂👍
You might like to have a look at the Eisteddfod which is an annual welsh cultural festival.
Great vid as always! 👍😊❤
Natasha you said Gaelic correctly. I was so happy so see you react to Welsh history, thank you very much or as we say Diolch yn fawr which means Thank you very much. There are videos on the history of our native language you could react to, there a video on one called Things only Welsh people say by the channel called Ze Fluffmeister, we even have a Welsh speaking community in Argentina & in the Welsh alphabet we have 29 letters, where as other countries have 26. Actually Natasha the Dd in the Welsh language is th in the English language, thought that might help. Saint David is our patron saint & we celebrate our national day on March 1st called Saint Davids day. My dad was a miner when he was younger. Plus we are well known for our choirs to, you might wanna check that out too.❤️ My grandparents could speak Welsh but because they were punished for speaking it, it wasn't passed down the generation, I know a few words but sadly not fluent. 🏴❤️
Yeah, Irish Gaelic was outlawed for many years while we where under British rule. the language almost died out but thankfully not completely. there are still pockets of Ireland where it can be considered the predominant language. these areas are known as "The Gealtacht" and can be found in Counties like Kerry, Cork and Galway. It was a common practice when I was in school to send your children to summer camps in these areas, staying with Irish speaking families to boost your Irish language skills, It is still a compulsory subject in Irish schools. though it has been a hot debate here for years as to whether it should be, most sign posts and place names are printed in both English and Irish, as are a lot of legal documents etc and we have Irish language TV and radio stations, there is even an option for English or Irish when using cash machines. I know this video is about Wales but as we where mentioned I thought I would add my two cents. much love from Ireland
When I was in school in the 1990s, Welsh was an optional GCSE. I chose to take it but because it didn't fit in with the other GCSE options I wanted, I had to take lessons in my lunch hour. Being a teenager who didn't want to miss out on lunch (or rather, playing Super Mario Kart on my friend's Nintendo at lunch), I think I only attended three lessons across the entire year. Bit of a shame, really. Having said that, I still got a grade B out of it... Today, Welsh is compulsory at GCSE level. I know quite a few people complain at that, but I definitely think it's the right way to go. It's only in the last few years that I've been trying to learn my own language again.
Daliwch ati!
Da iawn - mae dysgu'r iaith wedi trawsffurfio fy mywyd i er gwell.
Watch a Welsh rugby match where everyone is singing the Welsh national anthem, The pride is something to behold.
Great again girlies, we were never taught this kind of history in school ( ours was all about the industrial revolution) which was boaring. We only learnt anything interesting from my parents love of history. My brother and I were taken to all sorts of places and my husband and I took our children to historical places now our son takes his children. This video was really interesting and I have learnt some new stuff thank you. Xx
Awesome Michelle! Thanks for telling us that
I may be English but I bear a Welsh name and know, for a fact, that some of my ancestors hail from a place in North Wales called Bettws-Coed and,
no, I can't pronounce it properly either. My father spent a lot of time in Wales back in WW2 and he used to say that you needed a cleft palate to speak
Welsh (he was very un-PC). That video was super interesting and reminded me that the real reason that Wales has so many castles is because the
English kings just didn't trust the Welsh to stay conquered! Keep up the posts, ladies, the best thing on YT..............................the ancient Englishman.
Betws Y Coed. "Betoos uh koyd".
Alexander Cordell was an English novelist who settled in Wales and wrote several novels about the industrial age: exploitation, social inequality, injustice and the lot.
Check out 'Rape of the Fair Country', 'Hosts of Rebecca' and 'Song of the Earth' if you can.
And if you want a good intro to contemporary Welsh humour, Malcolm Pryce has written the Aberystwyth series; private eye novels set in the dullest seaside town in the world.
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Da Iawn, Diolch (Well Done and Thanks) nice to get the recognition, it’s less than a third of the population who are fluent in the language, Tin Mining in Cornwall
regards the language issue, my grandmothers 97, she can remember being whipped in school for speaking cymraeg, welsh! with all welsh language books destroyed, this was around 1930`s
The narrator actually did a pretty good job with pronunciation. Some points about Welsh - there is a different alphabet to English and the letters J,K,Q,X and Z are not a part of it - however we do have the added letter ch, dd, ff, ng, ll, ph, rh and th. The letter Y is used as a vowel.
So cool to see you both wearing the Welsh/US pins again. :)
The village of Ysbyty Ystwyth not far from me, I find fascinating. How to have so many 'Ys' in such a short name.
moving from England to wales when i was very young, my first day the attendance register in the morning was all in welsh, when they call your name and everyone saying yes in welsh. that was the very first school and was only there for a few years as did most my first school in England or just less before moving to the big high school and then we get i think it was 2 lessons a week in welsh and you have an yearly exam and a main exam at final year in the welsh subject. one thing i do regret is not learning it, my mum now can speak welsh and ive tried but i struggle with all languages, french i was terrible at, college i had to choose a language so it was Italian and i have a pass in it and cannot speak a word of it. but i do want to give welsh another go as i do plan moving back to wales as it where i feel most at home
That's what matters, where you feel at home. 🏴
A great video idea would be to look at traditional welsh folk stories such as the story between the red and white dragon or Gelert as they are very famous stories in our country.
Note to Natasha.
If long treks aren't feasible, then the narrow gauge steam trains of Wales are a great way to see the country.
Lines were built into the mountains to serve slate mines and you can get a train from Porthmadog to Caernarvon (Castle 🤩) by way of Beddgelert. (Great scenery)
You can also get one to the peak of Mount Snowdon.
Facilities are available at the top 😉
Needless to say, plenty videos are available.
Also, it will probably be raining 😕
Welsh music is beautiful, might be worth looking up Dacw Nghariad (nghariad / cariad essentially means sweetheart), particularly the version by Eve Goodman.
Have a couple of things to send to your PO Box so I’m sure I can send you some Welsh stuff
Just found your channel and I’m obsessed 😂
As a non Welsh person I can confirm that Wales is LUSH! If you do visit UK - get down to Pembrokeshire, Wales for the summer and go to Little Haven.. too cute :)
Ah. The land of my fathers. Sort of!
Despite living in England for the vast majority of my life, and possessing an accent described as 'lower class 10th Doctor Who', I am, technically, Welsh.
Due to my Father's posting in the Royal Navy, I was born in Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire. The birth registrar at the hospital was apparently a big Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nationalist) man, and didn't want an English man born in his hospital, on his watch. So, he put my nationality down as 'Welsh'. No one noticed until the birth certificate arrived. Something that my parents found endlessly hilarious, and to this date, I am my family's first and only Welshman....
You can say you’r English born in little England. I live in Haverfordwest but conciser myself Welsh.
Welsh enough for me 😁
Pembrokeshire - didn't they use to call it the "Little England beyond Wales" ?
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Sorry my Mom's Dad was from Anglesey and his Dad only spoke Welsh.
I was born in and grew up in North Lincolnshire and now live in East Yorkshire but once lived in Wales, in particular the south of that country. Its countryside is beautiful - particularly at this time of year. I`m an EnglishScotWelshMan at day`s end. I`ve been practically everywhere there is to go on this Isle, a hundred times over. `Nothing more beautiful than Spring in Wales.
Great video I learnt something
Hey from wales! We have a welsh history museum here in South Wales called Sain Fagans. You should check it out online ! Love you guys xx
He got some nice pictures of Conwy Castle, my boy loves going there , I have plenty of pictures from inside lol
The trick with Welsh is, apart from ch ll and dd, the words are pretty much phonetic so they are easy to pronounce if you don't over think them.
Living in the Welsh Marches, there are plenty of castles scattered around. Also, Iron Age hill forts. And Offa's Dyke is just a few miles away. All being evidence of border conflicts over thousands of years of history. So pleased we get along better these days 😁~ though a rugby match between Wales and England sometimes seems like a trip back to 'medieval' times 🤣
We are taught Welsh more now. Schools are now working to make every sign written in both welsh and english withing the actual schools now
Enjoyable video ladies Wales is a wonderful country and your grand attempts at some Welsh word pronunciation. The red dragon in Welsh is Y Ddraig Goch the thing to remember is the dd (a single letter in Welsh) is pronounced as a soft 'th' as in 'breath ' and not in 'thing' she's also a lass so draig (dry-g) mutates to dd (th sound) after 'the'. If you haven't done a Wales place name video maybe you can consider one there are some beauties like Ynysybwl, Eglwyswrw Llanelli and the famous one from Anglesey Llanfair PG. Keep the great videos coming, diolch yn fawr ❤️
That final castle was Conwy, taken from the Llandudno side of the River (Afon) Conwy.
Did Debbie pick the tin mine reference from watching "Entire History of The World, I Guess"?? "🙂 Either way, I hope that She is versed in the historical (and CURRENT) talents of Sir Tom Jones!
As a Welsh speaker, I can say your pronunciation of Cymru was spot on. I will say the one thing the video did miss out was the 8 year period from 1055-63 when Wales was a fully united Kingdom under the sole King of Wales Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
And yes, there are still Welsh Bibles. They're quite common, especially in Welsh medium schools and chapels/churches. As for Scots Gaelic, there are still some 60,000 speakers in the Western Isles of Scotland, Outer Hebrides' etc. As for things taking too long, you're not wrong. Welsh people have effectively had to carve our own country back out of England after centuries of annexation. The designation of Cardiff as the capital city in 1955, the Welsh civil unrest and bombings by nationalist groups in the 1960's/70's, and the introduction of S4C (the Welsh language TV channel) after the threat of a hunger strike by a prominent campaigner were all things that helped toward reclaiming our identity as a nation, but the devolution of powers in 1999 to the Welsh Parliament/Senedd Cymru (then the National Assembly for Wales) was the defining point that really made that a de jure thing, with our own laws, government, etc.
Epic! Thanks!!!!