The cheapest accomodation I have found in Wales is in Betws-y-Coed. I want to go to practise my Welsh but I cannot afford the travel to South Wales as I am from the north of England.

Betws-y-Coed is close(r) and is supposedly in an area where a lot of people speak Welsh. Is this true? I was under the impression more Welsh speakers are in the north, but apparently it is the south-west.

should more not be done in countrys like wales scotland and northern ireland to separate themselves national from england... the uk i fink is great but in northern ireland it does not have its own flag or national anthem or language same for i fink wales and scotland... scotland doesnt play enopugh bagpipes and talk scot gaelic and wales dont tlj enuf welsh there is too much english influence in the uk..

Are there five native languages in the UK? English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish and Shetlantic, or is Welsh, Scottish,Irish maybe Shetlantic the Gaelic languages really the same? lol i got a feeling i may insult some people in saying that.
I feel that i should know the answer really as i live in England, but i just haven't listened to the languages together to see for myself how they differ etc, even though i go to north Wales almost every year to see my auntie (she doesn't speak Welsh) and i listen to Celtic Woman songs i have never thought to compare them, i don't think i have even heard Scottish or Shetlantic.
Please be nice to me

Are there five native languages in the UK? English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish and Shetlantic, or is Welsh, Scottish,Irish maybe Shetlantic the Gaelic languages really the same? lol i got a feeling i may insult some people in saying that.
I feel that i should know the answer really as i live in England, but i just haven't listened to the languages together to see for myself how they differ etc, even though i go to north Wales almost every year to see my auntie (she doesn't speak Welsh) and i listen to Celtic Woman songs i have never thought to compare them, i don't think i have even heard Scottish or Shetlantic.
Please be nice to me
wow so there are more native UK languages. good golly lol

Hang on, Irish is still around, that's not extinct
are you saying that Irish, (Republic of Ireland) does not count??
oh yeah, well don't they speak the same langauge (Irish) all over Ireland
Northern Ireland is part of the UK
hehe okay, that's true

My parents are both English, I was born in Indonesia, and I live in Wales.

I have never lived in and have hardly ever been to England, I've only ever lived in Wales except from when I was a baby for a month in Indonesia.

I went to primary school in Welsh, I can speak Welsh and I've lived here all my life and I live in quite a 'Welsh' area.

I don't see how it makes sense to call myself English.. I've never lived there and I certainly wasn't born there.

But then again, I'm not Welsh either as my parents aren't Welsh and I wasn't born here either. I feel more Welsh than English though.

And I don't count myself as Indonesian at all! haha

What would you say?

Heres something,Im welsh,live in Wales and speak Welsh(and English).How come you americans think we are part of England or something.We are not.Also,Wales is in Europe,not America.And,3 million plus Americans are of Welsh decent,Abraham Lincoln was Welsh,so was Jack Daniels and over half the men who singed the bill of independendence.Tom James is Welsh,and many more.
Welsh:
Pam rydych chi americanwyr mor twp yn erbyn ni yr Cynraeg.Rydych yn fodus iawn maer america yn annibynniol heb yr cymraeg byddech yn rhan or daernas unedig!
Cymru am byth

PS...RUGBY ROCKS,THE WELSH NATIONAL SPORT!!!!

Heres something,Im welsh,live in Wales and speak Welsh(and English).How come you americans think we are part of England or something.We are not.Also,Wales is in Europe,not America.And,3 million plus Americans are of Welsh decent,Abraham Lincoln was Welsh,so was Jack Daniels and over half the men who singed the bill of independendence.Tom James is Welsh,and many more.
Welsh:
Pam rydych chi americanwyr mor twp yn erbyn ni yr Cynraeg.Rydych yn fodus iawn maer america yn annibynniol heb yr cymraeg byddech yn rhan or daernas unedig!
Cymru am byth

PS...RUGBY ROCKS,THE WELSH NATIONAL SPORT!!!!

Heres something,Im welsh,live in Wales and speak Welsh(and English).How come you americans think we are part of England or something.We are not.Also,Wales is in Europe,not America.And,3 million plus Americans are of Welsh decent,Abraham Lincoln was Welsh,so was Jack Daniels and over half the men who singed the bill of independendence.Tom James is Welsh,and many more.
Welsh:
Pam rydych chi americanwyr mor twp yn erbyn ni yr Cynraeg.Rydych yn fodus iawn maer america yn annibynniol heb yr cymraeg byddech yn rhan or daernas unedig!
Cymru am byth

PS...RUGBY ROCKS,THE WELSH NATIONAL SPORT!!!!

Heres something,Im welsh,live in Wales and speak Welsh(and English).How come you americans think we are part of England or something.We are not.Also,Wales is in Europe,not America.And,3 million plus Americans are of Welsh decent,Abraham Lincoln was Welsh,so was Jack Daniels and over half the men who singed the bill of independendence.Tom James is Welsh,and many more.
Welsh:
Pam rydych chi americanwyr mor twp yn erbyn ni yr Cynraeg.Rydych yn fodus iawn maer america yn annibynniol heb yr cymraeg byddech yn rhan or daernas unedig!
Cymru am byth

PS...RUGBY ROCKS,THE WELSH NATIONAL SPORT!!!!

Other than standard English, Gaelic (in Ireland) and Welsh (in Wales), what Celtic languages still survive ion the UK and Ireland? What is the most ancient language in Scotland that is still spoken? Is there a ancient language other than English spoken in England? Thanks

Hey, I'm from Ireland & I really want to go to Wales. I know allot of English people who tell me that there is no real difference between Wales & England. I've been to Scotland before & it's different to England but doesn't feel like a total different country but you can definitely sense the different culture.
From what I know Welsh people are very proud of their culture such as their language, countryside of north Wales, accent & descending from different people to the rest of the U.K. But is this enough to seem like a different country to England because its in the same state as England (U.K).
Since I'm from Ireland of course there are similarities to the U.K. but we have enough to be a different country. What we use that's different to the U.K. is kilometers, euros, we have a total different culture, there are areas in Ireland called Gaeltachts where people speak Irish as their first language, we have our own sports like hurling & Gaelic football, we have our own tv channels and programmes. I could list allot more things but I think you have the point.
Any help is really appreciated!

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?

Does anyone know why when did people in what is now England stop speaking a Celtic language if English people are more Celtic than Germanic how come they speak a Germanic language instead of a Celtic language the Scottish the Welsh and the Irish still speak a Celtic language as well their national language which is Germanic i'm just wondering why English people don't speak a Celtic language as well as a Germanic language their national language is Germanic how come they don't speak both a Celtic language and a Germanic language like the Scottish the Welsh and the Irish do.

what can any race have against a white welsh man i was thinking about this because the welsh wales not really done anything to any body apart from hating and fighting england most of the time and why person just because they had land and spoke a different language lol
the hate is still going between my town and an english town fight threw football when they can
i am welsh can speak it but more than a lot speak english could speak to welsh to some of my family members if i wanted

I remember learning that England was originally inhabited by the Welsh, and the English took it from them. But what country did the English come from before they moved there?

I am writing an essay on English political history and identity. I cant figure what the collective term is to define you all. When i say "You" I mean Welsh, Scot's, Irish (north and South), English etc. Also what is the collective name given for Ireland and England is it Great Britain?

I have family in Wales who we decided to visit for the first time for a wedding just recently and was really surprised.

I live in the UK, so I wasn't a tourist or anything, but as an American, I went to various different cities like Cardiff and Swansea and people were incredibly nice to me! But when I went to a very small town, people weren't so nice, which I understand the whole not-used-to-diversity thing, so it made sense.

So, instead of me talking to people, I figured, Hey, maybe they will be nicer to my boyfriend (who is English). No, they were way worse to him...haha. If he would talk, most of them would just mumble something, be very short with their answers, or just ignore him. You know when you see someone who is clearly talking about/making fun of you from a distance? That happened a lot when we were talking. I was really surprised! Of course, again, this was in a small town though, so that could have been it. Any ideas? In England, I always hear people cracking jokes about the Welsh, but I figured it was all in good fun...
@Harrison----Okay...Let me rephrase my question to please you then since I wasn't TRYING to generalise. Do a lot of Welsh people TEND to not like the English. I only ask because it wasn't a one time thing where I've seen them act like that to each other. Jeez.

HI

My boyfriend is Welsh, and im moving to Wales with him next year, only prob is im half English and living there at the moment Im half Irish and lived there 3/4 of my life, when my boyfriends friends thought i was American (big mix up with his ex) they where fine with me when they found out i was from England some took the piss.

I know most of the Welsh hate the English, ive tried everything from learning Welsh History, spending as much time there as possible, and even trying to learn the language. I love my boyfriend and hes very proud to be Welsh and when we have our own family i want them to be Welsh and and proud of it...

unfortunatly im not proud of English History but its not my fault...What should i do to stop criticism??
No there maay not be a Wales without England but at least then they wouldnt have to suffer been ruled by the damn queen...Wales should have there independance just like northern Ireland should!!

So do a lot of Scots, and Irish, for historical reasons, but none seem to hate us nearly as much as the North Welsh, they can be very hostile towards us, and I go there, sometimes, and to keep out of trouble, I learnt Welsh, and speak it whenever I go there, so then they may think I'm Welsh.

I ain't generallising, well, okay, I am, but the North Welsh seem to be very hostile...
Maybe, I am English, but I'm more Celtic (Irish, Cornish, Scottish, Welsh, etc) than I am English.
Nelly_num, you moron, they share the same Queen as us!
Roman C, I know my history, that's why I acknowleged the historical reasons!!

But the Welsh aren't exactly fluffly little bunnies either, they did plenty of pillaging of England!
Thanks, Fireball. Really helpful.

I've noticed a lot of Welsh, Irish, Northern Irish and Scottish people always deny themselves as part of Britain, a lot of them hate and criticise England, are disgusted by being under the same category as it, and from what I've seen online, almost every Irish, Scottish and Welsh person brag about their culture, have usernames related to it and go on and on about themselves and their country.

Do you see me or any English people coming online, slagging off the Welsh, Irish or Scottish, writing stuff in Cornish, going on about English history and pride in our culture and giving ourselves usernames to do with England? NO, YOU DON'T.

It's OK to love your culture and take pride in your country, I do take pride in England and I also have admiration for the Scottish, Welsh and Irish and I do truly feel that we are all British united (Ireland needs to join Britain, they're just making excuses to not be involved with the English because its a self-obsessed nation). We're all part of the same thing and I don't know why non-English Brits or Irish hold things against us for events that happened centuries ago, or deny themselves to be connected to us and part of Britain and thinking of Britain as "England" simply. I find it unfair.

Now I imagine I'll be getting Scots, Welshmen and Irishmen on here having a go at me, going on about how great their culture is and how England is an atrocity.

I was on Xbox live talking with somebody with a really really thick Welsh accent, the most Welsh accent in Wales (Im from the North west of England with an English accent) and an American came on, and we were all talking together for a wile, and he said we both sounded the same and had the same accents?

I am English, not Welsh or Scottish so why on visa to go abroad etc to i have to write British?
But i am not from Wales or Scotland i am from England. I am English why should i be grouped together with the scots and welsh, no offense to them i am sure they feel the same.

in wales do you start speaking welsh if you want to have a private convo in a public place for example train,bus, etc ,

non welsh speakers do you find this offencive if welsh speakers change there language when 'you' enter the room or carriage or bus etc

or do you just accept it as part of normal life in a welsh speaking area ??

I'm asking this because on the way home from college me and a friend were having a private convo in welsh when this english man comes up to us and tells us that we should not be speaking our language as other people find it offence if (we were standing in the doorway of a 2 carriage train because there were no seats ) we carried our convo on and had him glaring at us for the next hour !!

do you think its acceptable to ask somebody not to speak there own countries language in there own country ??

i would understand if we were in england or scotland because its nice to respect the other countries if you can (as in speak there lang)

your opinions ??

xx

I'm doing a presentation about the Welsh language and society, and wanted to know a few reasons why people spoke Welsh. Also, I would like to know if there is a more "prestigious" dialect/accent in Welsh, for example, RP English is in England.
oops i meant speak, not spoke! bad grammar on my part, sorry!

Can you tell me which part of England do welsh people most likely to lived there?

hey guys, i have a welsh oral exam tomorrow, the teacher is going to ask me a set of simple questions about myself and homelessness in wales. i just need simple ways to say these sentences, if any1 can help me say them in welsh i would REALLY appreciate it! 10 points best answer, thanks! x x

homelessness is expected to rise by 12 percent between 1996 and 2016. 50,000 people experience homelessness in wales every year. it is terrible.

i think they are homeless because of lack of jobs and education. wales is much less populated than england.

to be honest cardiff has a largr number of homelessness than abertae but on the other hand places like london have high homeless rates too.

anyone please?? simple sentences don't have to be hard just enough to get the message across of what i said in each part, thanks

Hardly anybody knows that Wales is not a part of England....and they have their own language. Did anybody else here know that??

I don't know any Welsh people who don't speak it,and found it shocking when i travelled down to the southern part of Wales and heard hardly any spoken.....can you imagine being English/French/German and going to a part of England/France/Germany and found out they couldn't speak their own language....very strange indeed.