Welsh Anthem
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I've always thought it was a jolly nice anthem, not nearly as depressing as the UK one (I'm not much of a fan of the unofficial Scottish one either).
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I always likes Billy Connely's idea about having the Archers theme tune as the national anthem as it was jolly. A lot of natiinalists up here in Scotland don't like the seventh verse of GB's one because of the "crushing the rebelious Scots" line. Funny as most of them probably dont know any of the other verses. Spain's national anthem doesn't have any words as they couldn't decide on politically neutral words after getting rid of the pro Franco one. Weirdly Holland's anthem swears fealty to the king of Spain despite them fighting a few wars and being oppossed on religious matters for a long time.
Sorry I'm coming over a bit Sheldon Cooper's Fun With Flags but with anthems.
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
Sorry I'm coming over a bit Sheldon Cooper's Fun With Flags but with anthems.
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
I would Love to support one of the home nations now that we the English failed to show up. However as we are "Hated" for some reason that most cant seem to get over, i find myself supporting migrating towards NZ. haha
shame really but do unto others i guess.
shame really but do unto others i guess.
Now now, we don't hate you, we just want you to lose.
The Catalan one is pretty good, although the lyrics are terrifying.
Mod hat on, keep it calm and informative everyone.
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I would Love to support one of the home nations now that we the English failed to show up. However as we are "Hated" for some reason that most cant seem to get over, i find myself supporting migrating towards NZ. haha
shame really but do unto others i guess.
Most English are not hated in Wales, well...a lot from down southern England maybe
I think its very good of you, Rik, to produce a phonetic Welsh anthem for the 80% of Welsh who don't actually speak Welsh
However, as an Englishman, I'll do the sporting thing and support the team that actually properly beat us - Oz - rather than the team we gifted a win to!
However, as an Englishman, I'll do the sporting thing and support the team that actually properly beat us - Oz - rather than the team we gifted a win to!
I think its very good of you, Rik, to produce a phonetic Welsh anthem for the 80% of Welsh who don't actually speak Welsh
However, as an Englishman, I'll do the sporting thing and support the team that actually properly beat us - Oz - rather than the team we gifted a win to!
The sporting thing would be to concede that Wales won the match, not that England lost it; big difference. All I heard for days afterwards from my many English friends was how you'd gifted us the game! We won it!
as an Englishman through and through, we should never have given away the lead , however i think Wales never backed off , they won fair and square
as much as it hurts to have exited at the early stage, i wish wales good luck..
lucky for me I don't have any Welsh mates they are either Jocks or Irish even so they have not left me alone, thank God i am so Old now I forget
what they have said lol....
as much as it hurts to have exited at the early stage, i wish wales good luck..
lucky for me I don't have any Welsh mates they are either Jocks or Irish even so they have not left me alone, thank God i am so Old now I forget
what they have said lol....
I notice they've bypassed the bit about 80% of the Welsh not knowing Welsh
Or the 1.1% of Scots speaking Gaelic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic
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Like Sandbender says Gaelic wasn't traditionally spoken all over Scotland & adding in dialects really mixes it up. A Hebridean gaelic speaker would have real trouble understanding an East coaster.
On the East here we have the Doric which if you get chatting to an old timer even a young native can struggle to keep up. Further down in the Kingdom of Fife, Fresian was as commonly spoken as English 'till the turn of last century, couple that with all the small mining & fishing villages with their own take on things and the accent and local words can again make it hard going.
I like all the regional variations and odd words. Sometimes the words don't really translate as they just fit what they mean so well. My folks didn't speak to my brother or I unless we spoke properly, though we were encouraged to learn the older way of speaking. But this was saved for talking to the old folks and your mates. Have had some folk think I was English in the past but my accent is deffunately Scottish.
Watched a recording of a telly program I was part of about ten years ago and for some reason I have a Highlands accent in it.
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
On the East here we have the Doric which if you get chatting to an old timer even a young native can struggle to keep up. Further down in the Kingdom of Fife, Fresian was as commonly spoken as English 'till the turn of last century, couple that with all the small mining & fishing villages with their own take on things and the accent and local words can again make it hard going.
I like all the regional variations and odd words. Sometimes the words don't really translate as they just fit what they mean so well. My folks didn't speak to my brother or I unless we spoke properly, though we were encouraged to learn the older way of speaking. But this was saved for talking to the old folks and your mates. Have had some folk think I was English in the past but my accent is deffunately Scottish.
Watched a recording of a telly program I was part of about ten years ago and for some reason I have a Highlands accent in it.
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
Oh for flipping heck sake, the thread started with humor and has dropped to pedantism. The words 'life, people, a, get' spring to mind.
Had you clicked the link in my last post you'd perhaps have seen the humorous side too. The words 'pot, kettle, calling and black' spring to mind.
