so,why do people know so little about wales or the welsh?if u do please leave an answer!and please no stereotypes,sheepshagging ect.if you aint got nothing good to say,dont say anything at all!
thanx
2007-06-22 05:47:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Pam ddylai ni fod yr rhai nid yw pobol americanaidd yn wybod am?Gormod o braster yn ei ymenydd!Sorry the answer is in welsh but i cant be bothered to translate.
thanx
2007-06-25 05:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have a Welsh friend and he asked this same question of me. I think the possible answer lies in one fact: the USA is huge. So big, in fact, that many Americans don't often find it so easy economically to travel elsewhere so their major understanding of foreign cultures comes to them by way of popular media. How often are the Welsh really portrayed in popular media? Unfortunately, not very often. Most Americans have some grasp of English culture, or even Irish culture because it's everywhere in the states. You know, British royalty, and Brigit Jones, Irish step-dancing and St. Paddy's Day. But Welsh? Nope. If you were to tell them how many of their founding fathers had Welsh ancestry or that several of the popular "British" movie stars that they see on television are Welsh, they'd be surprised. When will that change? I don't know, maybe when they start setting cute comedic movies about the UK (a' la "Love Actually") in Cardiff instead of London.
2007-06-25 07:10:56 · answer #2 · answered by Little Girl Blue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've got to get real about Wales' status--you're part of Great Britian, and ruled by that government. Historically, also, the Welsh are very "original" Britons pushed West by the many invasions of the Saxons, Angles, etc.
I'm part Welsh myself (centuries back), and feel and know absolutely no stereotypes about the Welsh---I think perhaps, they are known for their great singing(?)---we all know that Dylan Thomas (superb poet) was Welsh.
People world-wide assume no stereotypes about you---you have to stand on your own as individuals, and not hide behind what someone wrote back in the 19th century.
But you need to put all this in it's place---Wales is a conquered country, and that's it.
2007-06-22 05:56:16 · answer #3 · answered by papyrusbtl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yankee from Welsh, etc., ancestors. Richard Burton, Tom Jones... I can think of a few Welsh folks!
The stereotype that I am familiar with is that the Welsh are great actors and singers, and mine a lot of coal. Obviously, a very incomplete picture. Why don't you post a cool link about Welsh history? That would be nice!
2007-06-22 05:52:51 · answer #4 · answered by Paul Hxyz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, great deeds get recognized... I personally can't think of too many world changing people from Wales.
Why don't the Welsh wear blue jeans?
Cause sheep can hear a zipper from a mile away!
Howard Smith, of Llandidloes, in Montgomeryshire, not only sold his house after overdosing on Valium, but went to live in a hovel with goats.
2007-06-22 06:00:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I'm supposed to have a lot of welsh in my blood...but I know so little about it. I DO know "Deck the Halls" originated in Whales....
and wasn't princess Diana the princess of Whales? Sorry if that's way wrong...I really don't know.
2007-06-22 05:52:01 · answer #6 · answered by Melissa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cute. Cough cough. Extinct soon. Whoopee.
2007-06-22 05:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wales. Don't the SAS hang out there
2007-06-22 05:50:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dk every year we get some exchange students at our school so i know a little about them.
2007-06-22 05:50:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋