English & Welsh are races apart

[Melanie]

Who gives a toss, anyhow. If I like you I like you, if I don't, I don't. If someone whines at me that I am racist because of their skin colouring, I tell them why.....they are lousy at their job, or their personality is .......

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Who gives a toss, anyhow. If I like you I like you, if I don't, I don't. If someone whines at me that I am racist because of their skin colouring, I tell them why.....they are lousy at their job, or their personality is .......

Obviously you have never been to Wales! :smilewinkgrin: But yea, your right....means nothing when your 6 feet under:laugh:

 

[Melanie]

Obviously you have never been to Wales! :smilewinkgrin: But yea, your right....means nothing when your 6 feet under:laugh:


Somewhere I would dearly love to visit however!!!:thumbs:

 

[Jkdbuck76]

Yes, I am English forever (born) even though I speak English, French and Welsh, and I am Canadian by citizenship. In Canada, we are either English-Canadians or French-Canadians, even though we are multicultural and multi-lingual as a people. We do tend to confuse language with what we call ourselves. Still, people born in Cardiff seldom speak Welsh, but are deemed to be Welsh.

There are many changes in all countries these days. I have no relatives left in West Ham, East London to-day. We couldn't find fish and chips there, and we had to speak Cockney with an Indian accent.

Welsh language was related to Welsh nationalism, yet there are many foreigners in Wales who speak Welsh. I have been a Canadian citizen,by oath, since 1972, but I am still called English because of my accent.

So, in the minds of many, culture and nationality is connected to language,,,,,,right or wrong.

Cheers,

Jim

Were you raised in Wales? My family came to the USA from Powys.

 

[Jim1999]

JKDBuck,

I went to all boys school in llanelli, to form6a, but lived in London when not at boarding school. My mother was Welsh born and I have relatives there.

Cheers,

Jim

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

JKDBuck,

I went to all boys school in llanelli, to form6a, but lived in London when not at boarding school. My mother was Welsh born and I have relatives there.

Cheers,

Jim

I always knew I liked you!

And God bless ya:love2:

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Then Obama might be the most "American" candidate. <G>

BTW....Obama has Welsh, Irish & Scottish ancestors.....Now Hilary Clinton has Welsh ancestors & is from the Scranton PA (big coal mining area)

 

[blackbird]

Obviously you have never been to Wales! :smilewinkgrin: But yea, your right....means nothing when your 6 feet under:laugh:


Somewhere I would dearly love to visit however!!!

In '04 I spent 2 weeks in Wales working along side an English pastor in a little beautiful village called Ogmore-by-Sea

He made the statement that stumped me

He was an Englishman---pastoring a church of Welshian citizens

He told me he was really surprised that they would even consider having him as Pastor---because he was English and they were Welchian---and at the same time he was humbled by the task----overcoming barriers and learning customs etc. He told me that usually Englishmen do not have much to do with Welchmen and visa versa

Wales is a beautiful place---I loved the tour of the mountains and loved the "city" feel that Bridgend and Cardiff had to offer:saint::saint:

 

[Gwen]

Were you raised in Wales? My family came to the USA from Powys.

My ancestors were from Powys as well. Their name was Vaughn. Maybe we are related! :wavey:

 

[blackbird]

Gwen is standing in line to receive thousands and thousands of Welchian $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$'s!!!!!!!:saint::flower: to which Blackbird will be wanting his fair share!!!!:1_grouphug::laugh:

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Gwen is standing in line to receive thousands and thousands of Welchian $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$'s!!!!!!!:saint::flower: to which Blackbird will be wanting his fair share!!!!:1_grouphug::laugh:

Ohhhh, dont you know that the only thing the Welsh get is coal in their stockings & lungs. Cough cough!

 

[Gwen]

LOL!! My grandfather was a coal miner, so I know all about getting coal in your stockings. And in your lungs!