exAtyeoMax Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, reddoh said: Many Somerset people moved to south wales and worked in the pits I sort of imagined 'im asking 'er if she fancied going to Wales, and she imagining them crossing the stream at the end of the village, not ending up in a mining village in the Welsh valleys! Yes, my grandad worked down the pit or had something to do with it, they were farm labourers before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 This is largely bollocks tbh. The language spoken in Wales on a daily basis is English. Headline grabbing crap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoh Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said: This is largely bollocks tbh. The language spoken in Wales on a daily basis is English. Headline grabbing crap They like there language so fo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 17 hours ago, Eddie Hitler said: Devon and Cornwall were known as West Wales in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Another shit newspaper . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 How can anyone possibly argue with this? Crack on, I say. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 Bully for them, I think they have shown by completely destroying a toilet how tough they are and if they want to change their name I wouldn't like to be the one to tell them they can't. One guy took the Dolman by walking on the pitch, stopping 20 yards away and raising his arms .. ( That's one tough hombre) A more apt name might be the bell-ends or the coke junkies.. Hope this helps. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 13 hours ago, TonyTonyTony said: This is largely bollocks tbh. The language spoken in Wales on a daily basis is English. Headline grabbing crap It's not about the language spoken. It's whether you have for your country name one given it by the people who conquered it or do you opt to have your own pre-existing country name? You can continue to call them Wales as you can continue to call "Deutschland" Germany. You won't be banned from Twitter for it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James54De Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 16 hours ago, TonyTonyTony said: This is largely bollocks tbh. The language spoken in Wales on a daily basis is English. Headline grabbing crap Depends where you go in Wales. Cardiff and Newport, yes, are influenced more so by the English. Towards the north and west Welsh is increasingly spoken as a first language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James54De Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 21 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: Fine. Whatever. If the cultural region of Wales is allowed to field its own team then the can call it whatever they like IMO. I'm of the opinion that the team that goes to international tournaments should be a UK team, with home nation teams, if desired, fielded in friendly competitions or in the CONIFA competitions for those odd little regions of cultural identity like Cascadia and Occitania. Odd. England, Scotland, Wales and NI are countries in their own right, not just a ‘cultural identity’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 44 minutes ago, James54De said: Odd. England, Scotland, Wales and NI are countries in their own right, not just a ‘cultural identity’. In some respects they are. In others they really aren't. Just my opinion but I don't think they should be classed as countries in any way at all. I'd like to see a full unification of the United Kingdom. I don't mean England absorbing the other 3, I mean unification, with government moved to Manchester (or somewhere else roughly central), abolition of the separate crowns and a new King of Britain crowned, new flag probably etc etc. I had a great holiday in Caernarfon last week. Loved hearing Welsh spoken in the streets, really enjoyed exploring the town and Snowdonia and meeting the people that live there. But Wales isn't a country, no more than England is. Both are a part of a larger whole. Each is an admirable, beautiful, wonderful part, but just as Mercia, Wessex, Northumbria and the like coalesced into England 1400(ish) years ago, so it's now time to move on from petty divisions. Preserve the culture but unify the nation's. Until then why would anyone give an F what each 'country' calls itself in a football tournament. As I say, I'd scrap the 4 teams (and restructure the FA in the process) and field a single UK team. I know that none of their will happen, and that's fine, it's just my ill-informed dream. It's not hurting anyone for me to wish for full unity. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 1 hour ago, James54De said: Odd. England, Scotland, Wales and NI are countries in their own right, not just a ‘cultural identity’. Depends on how you want to define it. None of those 4 are countries according the UN. Wales is no more a country that Catalonia (neither is England, btw). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James54De Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 7 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: In some respects they are. In others they really aren't. Just my opinion but I don't think they should be classed as countries in any way at all. I'd like to see a full unification of the United Kingdom. I don't mean England absorbing the other 3, I mean unification, with government moved to Manchester (or somewhere else roughly central), abolition of the separate crowns and a new King of Britain crowned, new flag probably etc etc. I had a great holiday in Caernarfon last week. Loved hearing Welsh spoken in the streets, really enjoyed exploring the town and Snowdonia and meeting the people that live there. But Wales isn't a country, no more than England is. Both are a part of a larger whole. Each is an admirable, beautiful, wonderful part, but just as Mercia, Wessex, Northumbria and the like coalesced into England 1400(ish) years ago, so it's now time to move on from petty divisions. Preserve the culture but unify the nation's. Until then why would anyone give an F what each 'country' calls itself in a football tournament. As I say, I'd scrap the 4 teams (and restructure the FA in the process) and field a single UK team. I know that none of their will happen, and that's fine, it's just my ill-informed dream. It's not hurting anyone for me to wish for full unity. 7 hours ago, Calculus said: Depends on how you want to define it. None of those 4 are countries according the UN. Wales is no more a country that Catalonia (neither is England, btw). In every sense, England, Scotland, Wales and NI are countries. That’s fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 13 hours ago, CyderInACan said: How can anyone possibly argue with this? Crack on, I say. 90% of em don't even speak the language, for a start 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James54De Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 11 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: 90% of em don't even speak the language, for a start False. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, James54De said: False. 70.3% of them don't speak the language, then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 I'm not sure I really care. All I know is both Wales and Cymru are 5 letters long which spells Loser in any language. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 9 hours ago, cidercity1987 said: 90% of em don't even speak the language, for a start So what? It's their name, in their language, for their country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 9 hours ago, James54De said: In every sense, England, Scotland, Wales and NI are countries. That’s fact. They're not sovereign states though. They're vestiges of a medieval world from time long past. They're no longer necessary and only serve to cause division and argument amongst those that inhabit this archipelago. We're stronger together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 26 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: They're not sovereign states though. They're vestiges of a medieval world from time long past. They're no longer necessary and only serve to cause division and argument amongst those that inhabit this archipelago. We're stronger together. Quite right. England doesn't even have its own government, doesn't have a recognised leader. The other three have devolved governments that are little more than jumped up county councils with leaders to match. We would be stonger together if we ever put differences aside and embarked on major change but sadly that won't happen. Unfortunately I believe that the UK will split in time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted November 2, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 Seems like a bit of PR as they are already doing it anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 On 31/10/2022 at 16:09, Super said: Wales' national football teams could change their name to Cymru - the Welsh name for Wales - after this year's World Cup in Qatar. The Football Association of Wales (FAW) already uses Cymru at its headquarters and in communications and documents. Informal discussions have taken place with European football's ruling body Uefa about a possible change. "The team should always be called Cymru, that's what we call it here," said FAW chief executive Noel Mooney. A can of worms here'; allow it for one. allow it for all Suomi, Danmark, Norge, Sverige, Nederland, Belgique, Deutschland, Italia, Rossiya, Espana etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUTOR Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 Why are people so inflexible with ideology? It’s perfectly acceptable to be a Cardiff hating, proud English Bristol City fan and see perfect sense in this decision. You can’t just take pride in the accomplishments you had nothing to do with that are good and spurn the things you had nothing to do with that are bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 Genuine question... If you're from Wales, you're Welsh. If you're from Cymru, what are you?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted November 5, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 9 hours ago, 22A said: A can of worms here'; allow it for one. allow it for all Suomi, Danmark, Norge, Sverige, Nederland, Belgique, Deutschland, Italia, Rossiya, Espana etc But they all do in their own language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) On 02/11/2022 at 09:51, phantom said: Seems like a bit of PR as they are already doing it anyway V Finland The irony. The English word for Suomi. Make your mind up guys. Edited November 5, 2022 by AppyDAZE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 12 hours ago, TBW said: Genuine question... If you're from Wales, you're Welsh. If you're from Cymru, what are you?... Cymraeg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 1 hour ago, elhombrecito said: Cymraeg. Yeah, nobody is going to know what the shit I'm talking about if I say that mid-conversation. I'll stick with Welsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 31/10/2022 at 17:15, italian dave said: Don’t knock it…it’s the only cup we’ve ever won! We won the Anglo Scottish Cup too. (And the JPT/Freight Rover) Was there for that one and the players carrying the cup around afterwards. My old man didn’t really want to go, but I said it might be our only ever Chance to see us win a trophy. I guess I was very nearly right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 01/11/2022 at 23:32, RoystonFoote'snephew said: I'm not sure I really care. All I know is both Wales and Cymru are 5 letters long which spells Sheep worrier in any language. Fixed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 1 hour ago, elhombrecito said: Cymraeg. No idea how that's pronounced in Welsh but sounds spot on for em in English Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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