Why are the Welsh people so strange?

Used to do Wrexham open air market on a Monday - Always busy and found the folks in general to be alright. There was always some urchin hanging around looking to 'mind' this or that for you, one in particular looked like he could have played 'dueling banjo's' and I swear I only ever heard him say 2 words - 'Nah' and 'Bollix". That was it really.
Have a sister who was born there, pregnant mum evacuated during the war.
Always enjoyed 'holidays' with my mates in various Welsh resorts as a teenager - nice place then.
 
Charles Hawtrey said:
Used to do Wrexham open air market on a Monday - Always busy and found the folks in general to be alright. There was always some urchin hanging around looking to 'mind' this or that for you, one in particular looked like he could have played 'dueling banjo's' and I swear I only ever heard him say 2 words - 'Nah' and 'Bollix". That was it really.
Have a sister who was born there, pregnant mum evacuated during the war.
Always enjoyed 'holidays' with my mates in various Welsh resorts as a teenager - nice place then.
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I’m just glad no locals got pasted after someone visited earlier today…. Phew !!
 
ElGato said:
Having grown up in Wales, they are a very proud people.

They see themselves as the first country to be colonised, had their libraries burnt, bards slaughtered, and were all renamed Davies and Jones in a form of cultural erasure. They don't appear on the British flag, and are missing from a lot of our narratives. When you think of the closure of the mines, you think of poor Northern England. No one talks about South Wales, which has some of the highest rates of poverty and smack addiction in Europe. They are and have been, basically, completely ignored, and carry that in a national psyche of distrust and minor nationalist aggression.

The Scots are a bit like a younger brother to us Angles. Lot of banter but ultimately we love eachother. The Welsh genuinely hate us. Can see there being a successful referendum for independence in the next decade. They'd bloody love it

On top of that they bloody love choirs and a pub in mid Wales on a Saturday night will be full of burly rugby players singing in falsetto.

So that's also weird
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Jaysus, that's all a bit Anglo-centric. No wonder they hate you! 😆
 
Only just found this thread, very entertaining. There are two Waleseses. One can be represented by puce men and sour-faced women in their 50's/60's spending their days on community Facebook groups replying to ANY and ALL posts (i.e a new shop opening, a query about which day is bin day, a photograph of a rainbow...) with snarky comments about muslims, Starmer, immigrants, Starmer, invasions and Starmer.

The other Wales is humble, inclusive, painfully self-deprecating and desperate to be the best hosts they possibly can. If you are driving through the South Wales Valleys and have a puncture, by time you have taken your seatbelt off and opened the car door, a local will have changed your tyre and will be whistling off down the road, waving away your thank-you's.

In fact, I see huge similarities in the people, culture and soul of the South Wales Valleys (my home) and the people of Liverpool (my favourite City).
 

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