Welsh Society

Hah. After posting a blog about the Eisteddfod and how I'm proud to call myself Welsh, an old "friend" removed me from facebook and then posted a status saying "You're not Welsh, you were born in England so you can't be Welsh, just being in an Eisteddfod doesn't make you Welsh so STFU". Charming, eh?

I wonder if they'd prefer it if everyone who moves to Wales didn't bother trying to integrate, and if we boycotted Welsh-speaking schools and places that use the Welsh language, and never bought Welsh products? Thankfully I don't think these people are in the majority, but it really hurts when I'm so proud to consider myself Welsh - I have never been English and never will be as far as I'm concerned - and so grateful to the majority of the Welsh people who have been so accepting and so encouraging of my attempts to naturalize and to become as culturally Welsh as they are. I can't help where I was born, but why should that mark me for the rest of my life as different (apparently in a bad way) to my boyfriend, to my friends and inevitably, to my own children in the future?

omg that's horrendous!
I wasn't born in Wales(or even the UK...) either, but culturally I don't think I'm any less Welsh than my friends whose families have always lived here. I would be really offended if anyone dared insinuate that I couldn't consider myself Welsh. Your nationality has absolutely nothing to do with where you were born or your parents, but rather what country you have the most cultural affinity with.
Grrr - I'm angry on your behalf!
(S)he probably wouldn't consider me Welsh either, despite the fact I've lived here my entire life, speak Welsh every day, and probably know more about Welsh literature and history than (s)he does.

It's people like that who give Welsh people a bad name.

Hah. After posting a blog about the Eisteddfod and how I'm proud to call myself Welsh, an old "friend" removed me from facebook and then posted a status saying "You're not Welsh, you were born in England so you can't be Welsh, just being in an Eisteddfod doesn't make you Welsh so STFU". Charming, eh?

I wonder if they'd prefer it if everyone who moves to Wales didn't bother trying to integrate, and if we boycotted Welsh-speaking schools and places that use the Welsh language, and never bought Welsh products? Thankfully I don't think these people are in the majority, but it really hurts when I'm so proud to consider myself Welsh - I have never been English and never will be as far as I'm concerned - and so grateful to the majority of the Welsh people who have been so accepting and so encouraging of my attempts to naturalize and to become as culturally Welsh as they are. I can't help where I was born, but why should that mark me for the rest of my life as different (apparently in a bad way) to my boyfriend, to my friends and inevitably, to my own children in the future?

I've never understood why some people think where you're born or who your great grandmother was defines who you are. What matters is what you think you are...what you KNOW you are. I find that sort of attitude really bizarre.

And you're right BTW...the Gwynedd coast IS the place to be. Just spent a few days on the Llŷn as a break from revision. What I'd give to be back there now.

How is everybody on this wet and windy Friday?

Sitting in my bedroom, wondering whether I can be bothered to revise or not! you?

^Yeah, it's awful! Must be horrific to be evacuated so near exams.
I live in Aber and the entire main roundabout into town was so flooded that cars and caravans were just floating around. Luckily I live quite far from any rivers/marshy ground, but it's bad for the people in smaller villages further up the coast.

Guys, can hiraeth be used as a verb, as in 'Dwi'n hiraeth'?

Yeah it can, but "hiraethu". e.g. "Dwi'n hiraethu am y gorffennol" or whatever.

It's such a lovely word.

I've lost faith in my Welsh abilities slightly. In my exam this week I thought the word for "deluge" was "dilyg" so I wrote something descriptive about rain, feeling clever that I'd made a good comparison. I've now, however, found out that it's not even a word. Apparently the actual word is "dilyw". I hope the examiner has fun trying to figure that one out.

I'm so gonna miss Wales when I go to uni

Did anyone else just watch that game? How much are we hating Joubert right now? I am livid! It's like the Rolland situation all over again! Fair enough we made mistakes but not enough to get that many penalties against us! it hurts being welsh sometimes!