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#4341314 - 03/01/17 03:51 PM To the Welsh here  
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Happy St. David's day !

the Welsh had brains enough not to settle here smile , but I have friends near Llandevaud and near Llandelo


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#4341331 - 03/01/17 05:45 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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I don't recall too many Welsh coming to the US either during the 18th and 19th centuries. It was almost all Scots and Irish!


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4341344 - 03/01/17 06:56 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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I guess they liked it back there.

Think about it, though. You've heard of fighting Irish and angry Scots, but have you ever heard of a discontented Welshman?



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#4341417 - 03/02/17 02:17 AM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: Jedi Master]  
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Originally Posted by Jedi Master
I guess they liked it back there.

Think about it, though. You've heard of fighting Irish and angry Scots, but have you ever heard of a discontented Welshman?

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Would Prince Charles count? wink

#4341501 - 03/02/17 03:13 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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Mildly discontented I suppose. smile



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#4341503 - 03/02/17 03:17 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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It's just his title. Charles wasn't born in Wales.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4341506 - 03/02/17 03:21 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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24 hours after the initial post and none of our resident Welshmen have popped in? Must have been a good day! cheers

Despite my Welsh surname and proximity to the border,I am not Welsh.Not even a little bit,according to my sister who is a genealogist.

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#4341513 - 03/02/17 03:55 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: Jedi Master]  
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Originally Posted by Jedi Master
I guess they liked it back there.
Think about it, though. You've heard of fighting Irish and angry Scots, but have you ever heard of a discontented Welshman?


The only unhappy Welshman I can think of is Manchester United legend Ryan Gigg's after it was discovered he had been cheating on his wife by sleeping with his sister in law for 8 years:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-wife-four-years-bedding-final-time.html

Pretty shocking for soccer(football) fans like me as he was probably one of the most celebrated/visible Welshman in the world at the time.


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#4341523 - 03/02/17 04:27 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: Jedi Master]  
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Originally Posted by Jedi Master
I guess they liked it back there.

Think about it, though. You've heard of fighting Irish and angry Scots, but have you ever heard of a discontented Welshman?


The Jedi Master


The Welsh didn't get the shaft from the English like the Scots and Irish did.


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
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#4341529 - 03/02/17 04:52 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: Jedi Master]  
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Originally Posted by Jedi Master
I guess they liked it back there.

Think about it, though. You've heard of fighting Irish and angry Scots, but have you ever heard of a discontented Welshman?



The Jedi Master



So what you're saying, that since 1400, when a Welsh nobleman, Owain Glyndŵr, led the most serious revolt against English rule, and was put down, they have become resigned to being content? The fight is no longer there, unlike the Scots and Irish.

#4341575 - 03/02/17 09:29 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: Jedi Master]  
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Originally Posted by Jedi Master
I guess they liked it back there.
Think about it, though. You've heard of fighting Irish and angry Scots, but have you ever heard of a discontented Welshman?
The Jedi Master

Maybe they're all discontented, but nobody else in the world can understand Welsh?

#4341579 - 03/02/17 09:41 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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Meibion Glyndŵr firebombed over 200 English owned properties in Wales in the 80s and 90s.

There's still a few grumpy ones wink

#4341611 - 03/03/17 12:03 AM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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Diolch un fawr pob ac Dydd gwyl Dewi hapus i chi gyd !
Not many of us Taffs on this forum now so it seems ! By the way here is a link to some Welsh Americans you might know !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Welsh_Americans

Nos da pob.

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Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra m�d,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.
Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra m�r yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.
#4341642 - 03/03/17 02:56 AM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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My name is Jenkins, and my ancestry is Welsh settling in the USA from the late 17th century. smile

However, I did the DNA test from Ancestry and found I'm the highest percentage Irish, with Scot and Welsh thrown in. Second highest percentage was Scandinavian, and then western European. For Scandinavian I'm going with when the Vikings settled in Ireland and then moved around marrying the locals. wink I've traced my mother and father's side back to the 13th and 14th centuries and most were Welsh and English. Married into German, Native American, and French when they settled in the USA.


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#4341646 - 03/03/17 03:06 AM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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I heard of a Welshman saying he was discontented - but then he took it back.

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#4341736 - 03/03/17 01:26 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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Originally Posted by KraziKanuK
Originally Posted by Jedi Master
I guess they liked it back there.

Think about it, though. You've heard of fighting Irish and angry Scots, but have you ever heard of a discontented Welshman?


The Jedi Master


The Welsh didn't get the shaft from the English like the Scots and Irish did.


I would disagree with this statement.
There are more castles in wales than any country in Europe all built by the English to keep the Welsh in under the yolk of English rule, They banned the Welsh language and anyone found speaking it would recieve Very harsh punishments indeed.
In fact the Welsh were treated as second class citizens in their own country by the English.
Not that I am a grumpy or discontented Welshman of course rofl

BTW Dydd Dewi sant hapus pawb smile (happy saint davids day everyone)

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Let this war cry sounding
Summon all at Cambria's call
The mighty force surrounding

Men of Harlech onto glory
This shall ever be your story
Keep these fighting words before ye
Welshmen never yield
#4341737 - 03/03/17 01:28 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: Weasel_Keeper]  
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Originally Posted by Weasel_Keeper


For Scandinavian I'm going with when the Vikings settled in Ireland and then moved around marrying the locals. wink



And driving the enemy before them and hearing the lamentation of the women. biggrin


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4341749 - 03/03/17 02:16 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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There are more castles in wales than any country in Europe all built by the English to keep the Welsh in under the yolk of English rule


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#4341775 - 03/03/17 03:26 PM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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Indeed he does


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#4342138 - 03/05/17 10:02 AM Re: To the Welsh here [Re: No105_Archie]  
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The welsh had their period of great discontent with the english, but
being closer to them, they went through it a lot longer ago, and have
settled down (not to mention intermarried) to a greater degree in the
centuries since. (Consider that in North America, "Jones" is considered
the typical WASP surname.)
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