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The Welsh

  • 12-11-2011 2:31pm
    #1
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭


    Just a simple question. What do you think about the Welsh? Surely you have got an opinion on them.


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  • #2
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    They shag sheep


  • #3
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    They leek a lot!


  • #4
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Great at singing and Rugby.


  • #5
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    Just a simple question. What do you think about the Welsh? Surely you have got an opinion on them.

    Why?


  • #6
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    Just a simple question. What do you think about the Welsh? Surely you have got an opinion on them.

    Surely you have an opinon as well OP.


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  • #7
    Entec
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Entec


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    Just a simple question. What do you think about the Welsh? Surely you have got an opinion on them.

    Whats your opinion on them?

    Why so many posts asking questions, and the poster him/herself never says there own opinion


  • #8
    Noffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,549 ✭✭✭Noffles


    I think we're great but as with all nationalities we have our share of idiots


  • #9
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    I don't understand why they give boys girls names.


  • #10
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    A Welsh guy once said to me
    "we're similar - Celtic countries and all"

    I replied "Wales isn't a country - it's only a glorified county council"

    End of conversation :)


  • #11
    df1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,432 ✭✭✭df1985


    nice people.

    sexy accent.


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  • #12
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    Great bunch of lads.


  • #13
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,195 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    They can't keep secrets.


  • #14
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    Entec wrote: »
    Whats your opinion on them?

    Why so many posts asking questions, and the poster him/herself never says there own opinion

    Merely a simple inquisition rather inquisitive. Why are you being so defensive.


  • #15
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    df1985 wrote: »
    nice people.

    sexy accent.

    Talking about Welsh people.


  • #16
    Noffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,549 ✭✭✭Noffles


    eyescreamcone wrote: »
    A Welsh guy once said to me
    "we're similar - Celtic countries and all"

    I replied "Wales isn't a country - it's only a glorified county council"

    End of conversation :)

    Careful, you may poke your eye on that chip on your shoulder...


  • #17
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    eyescreamcone wrote: »
    A Welsh guy once said to me
    "we're similar - Celtic countries and all"

    I replied "Wales isn't a country - it's only a glorified county council"

    End of conversation :)

    Truly amazing.


  • #18
    ICANN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 350 ✭✭ICANN


    I know two welsh people who sound like English people, no trace of Welsh in them at all!! They don't think of Wales as a country and see the language as a waste of time. They consider themselves British as opposed to Welsh. It surprised me really because I thought that Welsh people would be really into their culture etc.


  • #19
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    Merely a simple inquisition rather inquisitive. Why are you being so defensive.

    they aren't being defensve. You haven't brought forward anything from yourself to discuss....

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63136207&postcount=10


  • #20
    whydoibother?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 758 ✭✭✭whydoibother?


    They have a great sense of humour. I'm thinking both of individual people I know and some of the comedians they've produced.


  • #21
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    they aren't being defensve. You haven't brought forward anything from yourself to discuss....

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63136207&postcount=10

    I asked the question, haven't I. Merely to gauge your opinion. Distinguish and distinction.


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  • #22
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    I asked the question, haven't I. Merely to gauge your opinion.

    That you did, but there's an expectation to provide your own along with that.


  • #23
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    irish-stew wrote: »
    Great at singing and Rugby.
    Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey. Rather listen to people shout. And a lust for being injured is one way to put it also.


  • #24
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    I lived in Cardiff for 2 years between 07 and 09. I thought they were a great bunch, really friendly and very similar to Irish people.


  • #25
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    That you did, but there's an expectation to provide your own along with that.

    As time progresses.


  • #26
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    JohnMearsheimer wrote: »
    I lived in Cardiff for 2 years between 07 and 09. I thought they were a great bunch, really friendly and very similar to Irish people.
    Disagree entirely. Send the Irish to be hit first, hardly a likeness.


  • #27
    Batsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭Batsy


    The Welsh all have surnames which end in S.

    Their native language produces plenty of phlegm in the throats and mouths of those who speak it.

    They think they invented rugby even though they didn't.

    The leek is their national symbol although they don't know why.

    They are prone to breaking into English people's houses and stealing pieces of beef and almost anything else they can lay their grubby hands on.


  • #28
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Westerly people with their own customs, questionable love of livestock and incomprehensible dialects.

    Like Mayo really.


  • #29
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    The accent makes my knickers fall off.


  • #30
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    Batsy wrote: »
    The Welsh all have surnames which end in S.

    Their native language produces plenty of phlegm in the throats and mouths of those who speak it.

    They think they invented rugby even though they didn't.

    The leek is their national symbol although they don't know why.

    That is it. Ask a question and you learn. Where is Dravokivich from! Some of it was informative or educational. Should have read it before.


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  • #31
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    As time progresses.

    Well you're Irish yourself, it would be interesting to know why you want to know what our opinions on the Welsh are.


  • #32
    Batsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭Batsy


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    That is it. Ask a question and you learn. Where is Dravokivich from!

    I don't know. I've never heard of him.


  • #33
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,151 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    This thread has something in common with Wales: pits.


  • #34
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    I married a welsh woman


  • #35
    Gingko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Gingko


    ICANN wrote: »
    I know two welsh people who sound like English people, no trace of Welsh in them at all!! They don't think of Wales as a country and see the language as a waste of time. They consider themselves British as opposed to Welsh. It surprised me really because I thought that Welsh people would be really into their culture etc.

    Many Welsh are into their culture. The Welsh language is thriving too. It's undeniable that large areas of Wales are now inhabited by English people. Generations in fact. But don't go by two English sounding Welsh friends you may have. I know a few welsh in Galway and they can all speak fluent Welsh and are proud of their identity. :)


  • #36
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    Dudess wrote: »
    The accent makes my knickers fall off.
    How to put this. Not everytime there isn't a need to run away.


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  • #37
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    Abi wrote: »
    Well you're Irish yourself, it would be interesting to know why you want to know what our opinions on the Welsh are.
    Cadiff University.


  • #38
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    Cadiff University.

    Bit of a talker, aren't you?


    I've no opinion on the Welsh myself, I've never had any interaction with them. Though, for a while there when I thought you were Welsh, I wondered were they all just as obnoxious.


  • #39
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    they like blinking they do


  • #40
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    They've got Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

    Lucky b@stards.


  • #41
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,151 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    Cadiff University.

    Where's that?:confused:


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  • #42
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    Abi wrote: »
    Bit of a talker, aren't you?


    I've no opinion on the Welsh myself, I've never had any interaction with them. Though, for a while there when I thought you were Welsh, I wondered were they all just as obnoxious.
    What are you inferring.


  • #43
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Where's that?:confused:
    South Wales. Cardiff. Sorry about missing out the r and f.


  • #44
    Cathaoirleach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 701 ✭✭✭Cathaoirleach


    The Welsh have a lot of pride and respect for their native language and Celtic heritage whereas the Irish loathe theirs.


  • #45
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    Cathaoirleach wrote: »
    The Welsh have a lot more pride in their native language and Celtic heritage whereas the Irish loathe theirs.
    The Irish are very intelligent. Are we all Celtic? Celtic heritage wht are the commonalities. Share a common ancestry, perhaps the Irish realise this is not the case.


  • #46
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    Cathaoirleach wrote: »
    The Welsh have a lot of pride and respect for their native language and Celtic heritage whereas the Irish loathe theirs.

    Uh-oh!

    I'm outta here.


  • #47
    saa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    Seems like a few folk here were asking the OP questions just to get some context,
    So OP why are you asking this - Cardiff University?

    That doesn't answer the question, so are you going to Uni there, have gone? and had a bad experience with the Welsh.. the Welsh you've met of course.


  • #48
    wtgorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭wtgorilla


    saa wrote: »
    Seems like a few folk here were asking the OP questions just to get some context,
    So OP why are you asking this - Cardiff University?

    That doesn't answer the question, so are you going to Uni there, have gone? and had a bad experience with the Welsh.. the Welsh you've met of course.
    Always better to cite all, that way you are never wrong.


  • #49
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,397 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Goldie Lookin Chain. Legends


  • #50
    saa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    Always better to cite all, that way you are never wrong.


    I wouldn't like to be "never wrong". :pac:

    It's so wrong to ask oh isn't it so terrible Joe, it's a disgrace.


  • #51
    Yahew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭Yahew


    wtgorilla wrote: »
    Always better to cite all, that way you are never wrong.

    Your answers to questions don't make any sense. We are none the wiser to understanding where you are from, are you Welsh, what is your beef with the Welsh, what exactly does saying "Cardiff University" mean and I don't think we will ever know, or really care anymore.

    Hmmm, but we could play that game I suppose....


    *strokes chin*


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