Any-one like the Welsh?

Discussion in 'U.K.' started by Dead_executive, Jan 27, 2006.

  1. FiddlerOnTheRoof

    FiddlerOnTheRoof Member

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    MAITH GO LEOR!!

    (sorry, but that's the only bit of Irish I know really well and I couldn't pass up a chance to say it twice in one week...)
     
  2. roly

    roly Senior Member

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    i adore the welsh and i think the accent is tres sexy... yummeh
     
  3. FiddlerOnTheRoof

    FiddlerOnTheRoof Member

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    I think that, to the Irish ear, the English accent a little more delightful!
    (not to say that Welsh isn't cool too)
     
  4. Anaconda man

    Anaconda man I am not a hippy

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    Irish accents are great, one of the best in the world.
     
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  5. Hippie_Girl

    Hippie_Girl Innit!

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    Accents are just ACE!!!
     
  6. FiddlerOnTheRoof

    FiddlerOnTheRoof Member

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    Tanks sir, tanks a million!
     
  7. roly

    roly Senior Member

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    im originally from northern ireland... antrim
     
  8. FiddlerOnTheRoof

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    Great! I'm born, bred and buttered in Belfast, great to meet a N.I hippy lady!
    *kisses your hand*
     
  9. Lazuli Blue

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    Welshy lass here too. Hey dead ex. I'm going to Caerphilly tomorrow, you only live a couple of miles from me haha! Going to the nearest health shop around here - f**king holland & barratt, otherwise I'd pop over to Newport and visit Beanfreaks :) Man I wish our beautiful country had some tidy places, know what I mean. Huh, babbling now... sorry :&
     
  10. eminemscrazychick

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    wales rules what more can in say :)
     
  11. the_boy_liam

    the_boy_liam Member

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    wales is very nice!
     
  12. Laura-the-flowergirl

    Laura-the-flowergirl Long haired child

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    It must be a great place: you live there ;)
     
  13. Forgotten-holocaust

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    i am not welsh but their accent and food is great
     
  14. cymru_jules

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    * waves hands in the air *
     
  15. melyn

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    I did like the welsh until they lost against england in the rugby last week, aaaarrrrghhhhhhhhh!!! My grandfather would not have been happy -hangs head-
     
  16. Hippie_Girl

    Hippie_Girl Innit!

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    But Wales did beat Scotland this weekend.. so all is ok!! ROCK!!! heehee!!!

    (by the way.. flowergirl!!! The Libertines ROCK)
     
  17. Laura-the-flowergirl

    Laura-the-flowergirl Long haired child

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    I know, I love them so much! But almost nobody knows them here in Belgium.:confused:
     
  18. Spacer

    Spacer 'Enlighten yourself'

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    Wales is a lovely country. Lovely countryside and the people in general are more friendly than in England. I'm from just across the pond in Éire. What's the welsh for Ireland? The Gaelic for Wales is An Bhreatain Bheag.
     
  19. cymru_jules

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    It's "Iwerddon", and Dublin is "Dulyn".

    I was reading a book about high mountains in Britain and Ireland last night and I note that the names for some of the peaks are very similar to what you just called Wales.

    Although we are all celts, there are quite big differences so I'm not sure if Irish Gaelic speakers could understand Scottish Gaelic speakers??? Welsh has more in common with cornish, people of brittany and the gauls - but the pronounciation of the North Western Gaelic languages is much easier with knowledge of Welsh. This is quite an interesting page which provides a rough summary:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goidelic

    The language which really stands out as being different of course is English! ;)
     
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    Spacer 'Enlighten yourself'

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    Dublin in Irish is Baile Átha Cliath but originally it was called Dubh Linn which seem like the Welsh. It means black lake. The English just made up names for places over here. Dubh Linn hmmm lets just make it Dublin. I live in a place called Baile Átha Troim hmmm lets call it Trim.
    I never met anyone who knew how to speak Scottish Gallic properly, just met the odd Scot who knew a few words. There are some similar words though with Irish and in general Irish would have far more in common with Gallic than Welsh. Only word in Irish and Welsh that's similar that I know of is the word for Scotland, Albain & Alba.
    It's shame though that more people don't speak the languages although in Wales the situation is better than in Scotland and Ireland.

    Ah here's a comparison with Irish and Gallic, that's interesting, alot of similarities. I can understand alot of the Gallic just from readin it, without the Irish equivilant. When someone is speaking it with an accent it may be a bit more difficult though
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    http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/ga-ge/coimeas.html
     

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