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I visited a couple years back. Did a week long drive through wales. It was absolutely gorgeous. I've been lucky enough to have been on a few holidays in both S
by richjdsmith 6y ago
I visited a couple years back. Did a week long drive through wales. It was absolutely gorgeous.
I've been lucky enough to have been on a few holidays in both Scotland and Ireland for a few weeks at a time (I'm Canadian, but I lived in England for a just under a year). I found the people in Whales to be considerably less friendly than anywhere else in the British isles. To a point where I walked into a pub in a small town and people switched from speaking English to Welsh. I plan to return to Ireland and Scotland, but based on my experience with the Welsh, have no real desire to revisit Wales.
- hanoz 6y agoI'm sure they would have warmed up a bit if they'd realised you were Canadian. They probably assumed you were English, or, worse still, from a different part of Wales.
- fungiblecog 6y agoThis. When in Wales always make sure they know you're not English. You'll get a MUCH warmer reception
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- meigwilym 6y ago> I walked into a pub in a small town and people switched from speaking English to Welsh. I suspect they were already conversing in Welsh before you walked in. In fact, I've sat in many different pubs in North Wales, but not once did I switch from English to Welsh when someone walked in. I'd have no idea what languages they were capable of, and in any case would never be speaking in English with other Welsh speakers. I apologize for any snark, but we do get tired of this trope. Perhaps this sketch will lighten the atmosphere https://youtu.be/tJ5DzMmBuwQ https://youtu.be/tJ5DzMmBuwQ
- salamanderman 6y agoI expect the same thing. My cousins and their friends just speak Welsh, but like anybody who's totally bilingual, they do randomly flip when a word or phrase comes faster in the other language.
- seanhunter 6y agoFair enough if that is your experience but I don't recognise that at all. My parents (as English people) moved to North Wales and people have been extremely warm and welcoming to them and also to me whenever I have visited. There is some beautiful scenery and the many of the towns are also very run down. This problem is likely to get worse in the next few years as the development funding the region was getting from the EU will now cease due to brexit. I love these photos and there is a lot of truth in them. I myself have taken some amusingly bleak photos on the British coastline although clearly not as amazing as these.