I'm English but my ancestors are Welsh, and I think learning Welsh is a pretty cool idea Only that BBC's "The Big Welsh Challenge" doesn't really enter grammar and sentence structure as much as basic phrases. Can someone help?
P.S. I live in France...

Even though I was born in North America, I have some Scottish ancestry. I noticed that the majority of people I encounter who are of Irish, Scottish, or Welsh do not have that typical "Celtic" look (red hair, green eyes, freckles, etc.). As a matter of fact, many of them have very dark brown hair, brown eyes, and not-so ruddy skin. I went to England once, and many of the English there are also the same. They also do not resemble Nordic people (blonde hair, blue eyes, pale) in Scandinavia and Germany (even though English is a Nordic language).

Why is this so? Where did these darker types of people come from? Also, I'm not talking about recent Middle Eastern immigrants but British people whose ancestors have lived there for many centuries. Anyone have an idea?

I hate living in South Wales, I would rather live in Germany. I'm not proud of being Welsh but then again I don't speak Welsh or have a Welsh background. I know my ancestors background is German, Irish (In Wexford, and that was founded by Vikings), Polish and English.
I want to be German!!
Would you ever like to change your nationality?
It's embarrassing being from Wales. Welsh people are so pathetically retarded, it annoys me!!

I've always wanted to learn one of the old English or Celtic languages since i knew that they were gradually dieing out and as i have always visited relatives in Wales and heard them speak Welsh i was thinking of learning Welsh but i found out about 3 years ago that my surname is Irish and found out how it's spelled in Irish etc. and i found it very fascinating. Now that i know i have Irish heritage and that at some point my ancestors spoke the Irish language i would like to go back to my roots, so to speak, and learn Irish. I also would like to learn it cause there we'll be one more person in the world who knows one of the old Celtic languages that are at threat from not being spoken any more.

I know that surrounding yourself in the language is the best way BUT for one i'm 20 years old and don't have a secure job so i can't afford to go to Ireland for that length of time and second as not many people speak it i'll prob be speaking English more than Irish; oh and i live in the South-East of England, near London. I see Rosetta Stone advertised on TV and they do Irish but it costs like £100-300 which i guess would be worth it if i knew those things actually work, i can't really go by what they say, of course. I was wondering if anyone who has learnt Welsh, Irish, Cornish etc. etc. has found a method that works, i don't know what i'm expecting everyone else to come up with lol i'm just hoping someone might mention something that i have not thought of.
Thank Cody you were a lot fo help, and you got the same name as my dog hehe.

Hi Eire
I'm not sure what you mean by which dialect i'd prefer, i thought Irish was Irish, that there's only one Irish dialect lol shows how much i know.
er.. have not a clue, but if i have to choose one, maybe whatever dialect they speak in Northern Ireland. I found out my Surname is from these counties: Roscommon, Fermanagh and Offaly (i doubt the site i found that from is correct)
what dialect do they speak in the area those counties are in?
Hi cantilen
I sing along to Celtic Woman a lot but not many of their songs are in Irish. Can you suggest any tradtional Iirsh singers?

(just letting you know Eire i'm still waiting for your reply ^^)
Oh wow thanks so much Eire, you've have told me everything that i've been confused about for years. Nice to find someone who's so helpful. I'll look into those books more and see how much they will be in pounds (£) and where else i can buy them from, like a shop or something.

I still would like more replies to my question, incase someone else has more info they would like to share with me
Oh okay so i might find them in my town's library then, it's a bran new library too so it should be all up-to-date and have a varity of books, i hope i'll be able to find them. Thanks again!!

Hi, there!

I am a bit confused as to what languages are spoken in Scotland and Ireland, other than English, of course. It looks like both countries come from a similar background, yet their languages differ.
I need this text translated in welsh, or the language the Scotland's ancestors were speaking. I should be so lucky if somebody who knows both languages will take a look at my humble request.

"NOT EVEN DEATH CAN STOP ETERNITY"

Here comes the tricky part: I need one word, ONLY one, translated in old Irish.

I am trying to write a book, and this small phrase is meant to sent my heroine into a search quest. Having one word in Irish in this phrase, it will give her the certitude she's not wrong.
I don't care which one is the word, as long as it is from old Irish.
Thank you!

I'm not talking about recent immigrants from the Middle East or southern Europe, but NATIVE Welsh people whose ancestors lived in Wales for many centuries. For example, Catherine Zeta-Jones and John Rhys-Davies. They look very Spanish, Italian, or Greek.

I discovered recently that one of my ancestors came from Llanbrynmair in Powys (Mid-Wales) and that it is still a predominantly Welsh-speaking area. Since I always hear of only the Northern and Southern Welsh dialects, I am wondering if one or the other dominates Mid-Wales or if Mid-Wales has something of its own dialect.

Diolch yn fawr.

My mom and dad divorced when I was little and I haven't seen my dad since. I've always been interested in learning about my ancestors but I can't find anything about that side of the family because I don't talk to any of them. All I know is that they are Welsh+German(My grandparents both lived in the USA, but I don't even know if they were born here). Is there anything I can do?

My ancestors spoke welsh so I would like to translate my first name into the language they spoke.