@Winxger - You forgot a pretty big one there. Our Australian Prime Minister is not only our first woman to hold that position, but SHE WAS BORN IN WALES.
I spent 6 weeks out in the Western United States in 2006 and most people I met had never heard of Wales, or worse . . . they thought it was a part of England! In Australia and New Zealand it was very different, many people there have Welsh heritage.
You forgot that America was named by Wales after a Welshman called Richard Amerik, they also named the state Pennsylvania. Christian Bale is also Welsh but he moved and lived all over the world, he's the guy from American psycho, The Dark Knight and the latest terminator film! Also the Welsh were the only one's who didn't fight America that were British in the American civil war, perhaps with the power of Wales it would of tipped the scales in favor of the British?
I just read that Jesse James the notorious outlaw was Welsh......and here's another.....Murry the Hump - Llewelyn Morris Humphreys (1899 - November 23, 1965) (also known as The Camel, The Hump and Murray Humphreys), was a Chicago mobster of Welsh descent who was the chief political and labor racketeer in the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition. His family immigrated from the village of Carno, in Powys, Wales. Then you have Captain Henry Morgan but more South American.
My mam-gu came over to America from Wales when she married my taid. My father was born over here as well as myself. I love Wales and the Welsh launguage. I have visited a few times and now plan on moving :)
I take more pride in being Welsh than I do in being American. Cymru am byth!!!
Alright... Daniel Boone might have been descended from or might have been Welsh but he was a horseshot pioneer... he was married several times and his family was taken captive by Natives on most occassions. He pleaded for his life often..... I wager his family were slaves or food in harsh winters... That is not a good thing to give your family up to, even to save your own skin.
As I have stated before. I was born in Wales. My entire family is Welsh. But I have lived my entire life in the U.S. There are so many remnants of Welshness all around us here in America and sadly most of us dont realize it. I know some people in Wales may take offense to this, but I consider myself Welsh. And will always be proud of my heritage. I believe the Welsh are a special and chosen people. I hope, wales will strengthen its ties with her kindred in America.gving them their proper credit
@bpetote there may be a few welsh people who might take offence but that would only amount to a very small proportion. In general i do think that the majority of welsh people are really proud of what wales as achieved as it is only a small part of the united kingdom. We have always seemed to come as second best to the english but looking through history you come across so many areas that the welsh have been prominent people.
So yes be proud of your heritage,after all it's where your from
Cefais fy ngheni yn Renton, dinas ger Seattle, Washington, sefydlwyd gan mewnfudwyr o Gymru tua canrif yn ol. Roedd hen wr yn ein eglwys, Thomas Harries, a ddysgodd yr hen ganeuon a'r iaith i'r plant y mewnfudwyr, ac y mae'r Puget Sound Welsh Association yn cadw'r traddodiadau yn byw.
@CantwrCymreig Mae hynny'n wych. Wyf yn fodlon bod rhai traddodiadau Cymreig yn cael eu dal yn fyw, yma yn America. Mae iechyd da o nhalaith Efrog Newydd.
Anyone with the Williams last name you can bet your ass their ancestors are Welsh. My billionth or whatever grandfather settled here from Wales in the early 1700's which is pretty cool.
@Unit06JAW Lol England more than any other which is why 80 million Americans are descendants of Englishmen (the biggest ethnicity in the United States.)
check out prof. alan wilson - i am convinced that the welsh were the first peoples (certainly first european) to discover the americas, sometime in 3rd century ad and amzing thing is they got there not as the norse by 'island hopping' but by the trade winds - they settled not in north-east (as norse) but south-east - missisippi delta, it is the best recorded history in europe and most neglected - ties in with the arthur dynasty, pre-roman britian is all but forgotten - such a shame (i'm english)
@rugbyboy198127 The Vikings got their first for fucks sake stop trying to make as though Welsh have had a massive worldwide influence sorry but thats not true.
@NorthernerMatty123 mate the whole thing is ridiculous, its well known since 2002 that native indian tribes mostly carry 4 genetic groupings and some tribes in north east america show traces of a 5th group which is european in origin, but iberian rather than germanic. it is proposed that the salutrians of ice age europe settled america 20,000 - 17,000 years ago, when the natives arrived from asia is cetainly up for debate, but they say 16,000 years ago, i'd say theres been countless migrations?!
Vincent Price, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Williams, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent (Craddock was his real last name), Loretta Lynn, Bette Davis, William Penn, Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania, (Bryn Mawr University), Bangor Maine, Wales NY, Pembroke NY, Davis W.Virginia, Llangollen Estates Delaware, the list goes on & on!
@medwards8820 haha with a name like thomas jefferson? haha why are people so suprised - all these people have very welsh names so its really no wonder they are welsh lol!
I'm from North Wales, and can speak Welsh...I live in the States and am constantly told that I don't "sound Welsh"...the BBC did a great show about the many different accents we have in Wales from Scouse to the Valley's. I think it was called 'The way we say it', very entertaining.
@hughesglandwr Lmao this is a little late but Scouse is an English accent not a Welsh one you know from Liverpool, Merseyside and the Wirral? Lol and it originated from the Irish accent not Welsh.
@NorthernerMatty123 I think you misinterpreted what I was saying, I suppose I wasn't very clear. I didn't mean that Scouse is Welsh, the show demonstrated the Scouse influence on the Welsh accent and dialect along the North Wales Coast, we call them Scouse Walians. My Grandmother was typical of this she sounded like she was from Merseyside, but she would use Welsh words intertmittently.
Good video, friend. A lot of our Founding Fathers were of Welsh descent. Jefferson by far was the greatest statesman the United States has ever seen. One of his documents, the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedoms (my home state, by the way), was a precursor to the First Amendment, which effectively paved the way for both religious freedom and freedom of thought, emphasizing the liberties of the individual over those of the group.
@malteeaser101 The person who won them independence in the first place George Washington was English which is most important and tbh i'd like to see where you found that statistic of 50% of people who signed were Welsh i doubt thats true since England had the 13 colonies at the time not Britain.
Don't just state that, proove it. America was not named after a Welshman it was named after AMERIgo Vespucci.
Even if they had Welsh decenents doesn't mean they were 100% Welsh decent, OR that they even gave a flying fuck that they were Welsh in the first place. They did leave the British Isles for fuck sake. Most Americans are German decent, but do they give a rats ass? NO. I'm part Welsh decent myself and I don't give a fuck.
Didn't you actually read what I said, controversy that it was named after him..
And what I say is nothing to do with my intellect? So how can I be an idiot?
All I did is copy and paste info onto a you tube comment, then instead of you saying actually no it was named after Amerigo Vespucci you had to be a hot headed dick giving abuse, you made it an argument before I even said anything back.
so what? you sound like we need to grab at straws for some sort of pat on the head and be told that we are a good little country! quite embarrassing realy. (and im welsh)
@OnlyEngland1 Welsh people share simillar genes to people on the iberian peninsular, they were the first peoples to colonise the south west of britain and the south east of britain was colonised by peoples from holland belgium etc way before the saxon 'invasion'.
@NorthernerMatty123 no dude, the proportion of blood of saxon, angle, jeute origin is indeed higher in the south-east of england (as is frisian and belgae) but even here it makes up at the most roughly a third of the population - the other two thirds are still the 'indeginous' britons in terms of genetics (culturally another matter entirely ofcourse) the midlands, north-east&scots have higher norse viking proportion - up to 20% in places, of whole population of british ilses only 10-15% germanic
@rugbyboy198127 Yeah.... Scandinavians are also Germanic and i come from Northern England where genetic studies that most of the population is of Viking origin and that the Norse dialect had the most influence on modern Northern dialects including Geordie.
@NorthernerMatty123 which genetic studies? i agree culturally the north is very much viking country - york/jorvik etc so many name places in yorkshire, street names, local dialect, slang etc accross midlands, north and north-east but this is ALL cultural - they conquered the existing kingdoms and became the ruling class, whilst ofcourse certain amount of migration would follow, essentially they ruled over the defeated inhabitants, they didn't kill them all etc - nowhere in uk does non-rb1 = <70%
@NorthernerMatty123 its the same story with the angles, saxons, jeutes and even later the normans - they become the ruling class, ruling over their new subjects - the original inhabitants - and so their culture comes to dominate but it has little to do with genetics - even the particular 'hotspots' such as those of danish settlement in the south-east and vikings of northumberland register only 20-30% from the studies and documentries, articles i've seen, the remaining % is rb1 similar to iberia!
@NorthernerMatty123 i use germanic in the broad sense of the term ie: to include viking, danish, ducth, saxon etc - the belgae may be classed as celts as the gaulish i guess and they would for me represent the only truely 'celtic' inhabitants of the british isles... the original brits were their own peoples, sharing dna rb1 with basque cosuins and sharing history and migration from phonecia, etruscan, troy etc the ancient british alphabet of coelbren evolved from etruscan&phonecian alphabets etc
@NorthernerMatty123 the pieces can be found and put together if you look... its known that mediterrainian peoples can here often to exploit resources, mining tin in cornwall for example, some propose phonecians were doing this as early as 3,500bc and the ancient british using coelbren alphabet, became ancient welsh which later adopted latin alphabet becoming welsh, the root of brythonic languages is not shared with that of the now extinct celtic languages of europe nor with the goeldic languages
@OnlyEngland1 In celtic britain the celts on the east coast would have had more in common with the saxons than western tribes, and i believe it was more of the saxons being invited than invading. remember there is no true definition of what celtic is, europe was so tribal it was just a broad term the romans used to try and catagorise a large group of people.
Even some of us not so famous Americans have Welsh ancestry - my Da's family came over in the 19th century. In my unprejudiced opinion :), I find the Welsh quite affable, and I love the accent. You're a dear heart for sharing :)!
Just read my comments (have a new youtube page, just learning) & want to add - I understand there are no dirty words in the Welsh language - but they use a lot of 4-letter Anglo Saxon ones!
Today about 440,965 Canadians identify themselves as having some Welsh descent.( 1.4% of the Canadian Population ) David Thompson was one of the great explorers of the North West Company in the late 1700s and early 1800s, and is often called "Canada's Greatest Geographer. In a 2001 census, Alberta had the highest number of people of Welsh descent with about 60,000. Regions with significant " Welsh "populations
well done your my first abusive comment maker of 2009. Anyway what does a little boy of 14 know about shagging sheep or is that the only thing you know about Welsh people Very original NOT
The Osmonds, Howard Hughs, Jeff Davis (President of the CSA ), Vincent Price,Glenn Ford,Anthony Perkins,Ray Milland,Jack London,Robert E. Lee, Hillary Rodham Clinton,Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel - Tennessee-born founder of Jack Daniel's whiskey,Lewis Evans, .....need I say more !
sorrry i didnt mean to post that i was ment to reply to a guy who said somthing i realy didnt mean it like i said on another video he is realy interesting i htink i didnt even know about the presidents being welsh thanks
I am an American! Born & raised in south central Pennsylvania. My grandfather was pure Welsh. His last name was Thomas. I am very proud of my Welsh blood & consider it to be my most cherished ancestory. I am beyond proud to be Welsh. I only wish I knew more about Wales & the Welsh people.
yes i have and another interesting thing is that america was named after a welshman by the name of meric, not sure if that's the correct way to spell it. Don't know his first name though.
It has also been suggested that the name "America" is derived from the name of Richard Amerike or Ameryk (derived from ap Meuric, ), a Welshman and wealthy Bristol merchant who was the chief investor in John Cabot's second transatlantic crossing in 1497.
I never really cared about my country much before i started this art project where i'm focusing on celtic welsh history, and all of a sudden i'm proud to be welsh.
I guess i didnt love the country of the United Kingdom as much because of the bloody monarchy. But i have to keep in mind, Wales is gaining more power now ;)
I'm Black English and Black Welsh and sooo proud of my heritage! Especially the face that we have our own unique language! IT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNISED MORE BY AMERICANS!
Yes, I agree with you but, a lot of people (english, scottish, Irish, French, Germans, Africans, Sweetish, Dutch) all say they did something for Americans. They all think that if it wasn't for them, there wouldn't be America. It's true!
I was born in Wales, but lived in america almost my entire life. My entire family is from wales. its no nice to hear about how much my ancestors have contributed to america. I hope one day America and Wales can stregthen its ties with one another. Because there many proud people of welsh origin here, its just very difficult to gain recognition against the other larger ethnic groups such as the Irish and Germans. I will always be welsh no matter where I am. Dioch ya fawr and god bless Wales!
Winxger forgot to mention Tommy Lee.. If it wasn't for TOMMY LEE (Welsh father), where would Paris Hilton's career be? He got the ball rolling on all the tawdry celeb-porn that we have all come to love and appreciate. Haha.. A true pioneer!
If it wasn't for a certain WELSH hero-- William Wallace (aka: Braveheart.. Yes, I said WELSH boyo!).. Scotland would just be another colony.. Now think of that while you're munching on your haggis. Not too many Scots have your bad attitude.
Thank you for all of your comments. I am awarding you the "International Welsh Patriot of the Year Award". There will always be a welcome in the hillside for you. Cheers Butt.
Too adorable! Go Wales! Beautiful country & very friendly, welcoming people with great sense of humor. I'm a Yank with Welsh relatives in South Wales. Wish I lived there. Cymru am Byth! Diolch. =)
glad to know that one of our cousins across the water likes us. Cymru am Byth!Dioch to you but i must point out that i am not a welsh speaker unfortunately.Good luck to you.
Not being a Welsh speaker myself who am I to criticise?! Just listening to your lovely, lilting Welsh accent is ok by me. I don't think my family in Wales speaks Cymraeg either.
BUT, without being rude, Wales does/did ~(avoiding argument) depend on England for financial help allot. It would not be as good as it is if it were not for England.
BUT Wales is a very under-rated country and everyone seems to shit on it, when all those famous people DID come from Wales
What, dumb ass - the English waged Genocide wars on the Welsh. Ever since, they've thumbed the Welsh, making an effort to keep the country down. Welsh's government funds are handled by the English and therefore goes to ENGLAND.
Wales would be a very rich country - if they could get their hands on their OWN money!
BUT, without being rude, Wales does/did ~(avoiding argument) depend on England for financial help allot. It would not be as good as it is if it were not for England.
BUT Wales is a very under-rated country and everyone seems to shit on it, when all those famous people DID come from Wales
Other famous Welsh Americans are: Howard Hughes, J. P. Morgan, Frank Lloyd Wright, James Madison, Daniel Webster, Hilary Rodham Clinton, Elihu Yale (Yale University), Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Harold Lloyd, John Huston, Myrna Loy, D.W. Griffith, Anthony Perkins, Teri Hatcher, Julia Roberts, Kelly Clarkson, The Osmond Family (Donnie & Marie, etc.), The Beecher Family, (Abolitionists along with Abraham Lincoln), Daniel Boone, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, and of course Catherine Zeta Jones
They probably would! But, dear old George was actually born in Malta! I'm not too sure whether any dragons ever lived out there. Dewi Sant was actually from the country he represents and is more well known for kindness and compassion, not killing things like some foreign-born representatives.
Wales has the best flag in the world by far. I wish we could have a dragon on our flag, after all it is st george and he did slay a dragon. All though I'm sure the animal rights activists will be up in arms about a dead dragon.
Cant forget about Jack Daniels, who's grandfather was Welsh.
OwainElias 4 months ago
@NorthernerMatty123
How do you know that the scouse accent didn't originate from the North Walian accent?
Why do people assume the Gogs talk like Liverpudlians when the influence could have been the other way around.
No one can prove it either way, although being English you probably arrogantly think you know all .sigh.
ticketyboooo 5 months ago
@SecularTechnology
Are you of Welsh decent or Welsh descent?
Very different connotations sweety.
littlesmew 5 months ago
THIS GUYS A FUCKING TROLL GUYS.
josebabe1234 5 months ago
prince madoc of wales found America also they found Welsh dna in a indian tribe in America they also found cave drawings of Welsh people.
we basically invented America we really should get some royalties.
jellyboy123 9 months ago 2
@jellyboy123 ha ha that would be just brilliant. I'll send the request off first thing
winxger 9 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@jellyboy123 lol, so what my ancestors fucked Indians?
Sean2k10lol 5 months ago
lol look at ur fucking ugly head u sad muppet what the fuck is up with that moustache u weird cunt
PipweedTheGreat2 9 months ago
@PipweedTheGreat2 no comment
winxger 9 months ago
@PipweedTheGreat2 Wow what's your problem? Have a wank or something.
Nellynoodlebums 7 months ago
@Nellynoodlebums love that reply awesome
winxger 7 months ago
AHAH, OH I MISS THE WELSH ACCENT. <3
TheSuperDuperNut 10 months ago
@Winxger - You forgot a pretty big one there. Our Australian Prime Minister is not only our first woman to hold that position, but SHE WAS BORN IN WALES.
nextbid 1 year ago
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nextbid 1 year ago
I spent 6 weeks out in the Western United States in 2006 and most people I met had never heard of Wales, or worse . . . they thought it was a part of England! In Australia and New Zealand it was very different, many people there have Welsh heritage.
imtheduke 1 year ago
You forgot that America was named by Wales after a Welshman called Richard Amerik, they also named the state Pennsylvania. Christian Bale is also Welsh but he moved and lived all over the world, he's the guy from American psycho, The Dark Knight and the latest terminator film! Also the Welsh were the only one's who didn't fight America that were British in the American civil war, perhaps with the power of Wales it would of tipped the scales in favor of the British?
007Influence 1 year ago
Leslie Nielsen.....RIP
" His mother, Mabel Elizabeth (née Davies), was a Welsh immigrant............" (Mam)
Carnabwth 1 year ago
I just read that Jesse James the notorious outlaw was Welsh......and here's another.....Murry the Hump - Llewelyn Morris Humphreys (1899 - November 23, 1965) (also known as The Camel, The Hump and Murray Humphreys), was a Chicago mobster of Welsh descent who was the chief political and labor racketeer in the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition. His family immigrated from the village of Carno, in Powys, Wales. Then you have Captain Henry Morgan but more South American.
Carnabwth 1 year ago
My mam-gu came over to America from Wales when she married my taid. My father was born over here as well as myself. I love Wales and the Welsh launguage. I have visited a few times and now plan on moving :)
I take more pride in being Welsh than I do in being American. Cymru am byth!!!
CallTheQueen 1 year ago
Were the Islands of the Caribbean colonized or taken from natives, by Welsh?
Jamaica, St. Vincent, Bahamas..etc..? Well the UK Empire, but were the majority of sailors, if we can call them that.. Welsh?
yanikeke 1 year ago
Alright... Daniel Boone might have been descended from or might have been Welsh but he was a horseshot pioneer... he was married several times and his family was taken captive by Natives on most occassions. He pleaded for his life often..... I wager his family were slaves or food in harsh winters... That is not a good thing to give your family up to, even to save your own skin.
Flayprime 1 year ago
yep, the welsh are a very important group in american history
AgentCarter 1 year ago
As I have stated before. I was born in Wales. My entire family is Welsh. But I have lived my entire life in the U.S. There are so many remnants of Welshness all around us here in America and sadly most of us dont realize it. I know some people in Wales may take offense to this, but I consider myself Welsh. And will always be proud of my heritage. I believe the Welsh are a special and chosen people. I hope, wales will strengthen its ties with her kindred in America.gving them their proper credit
bpetote 1 year ago 4
@bpetote there may be a few welsh people who might take offence but that would only amount to a very small proportion. In general i do think that the majority of welsh people are really proud of what wales as achieved as it is only a small part of the united kingdom. We have always seemed to come as second best to the english but looking through history you come across so many areas that the welsh have been prominent people.
So yes be proud of your heritage,after all it's where your from
winxger 1 year ago
@bpetote
Cefais fy ngheni yn Renton, dinas ger Seattle, Washington, sefydlwyd gan mewnfudwyr o Gymru tua canrif yn ol. Roedd hen wr yn ein eglwys, Thomas Harries, a ddysgodd yr hen ganeuon a'r iaith i'r plant y mewnfudwyr, ac y mae'r Puget Sound Welsh Association yn cadw'r traddodiadau yn byw.
CantwrCymreig 1 year ago
@CantwrCymreig Mae hynny'n wych. Wyf yn fodlon bod rhai traddodiadau Cymreig yn cael eu dal yn fyw, yma yn America. Mae iechyd da o nhalaith Efrog Newydd.
bpetote 2 months ago
Anyone with the Williams last name you can bet your ass their ancestors are Welsh. My billionth or whatever grandfather settled here from Wales in the early 1700's which is pretty cool.
TheTechnoChrome 1 year ago
Wales, England, Scotland , Ireland
Its all Britain, and these four countries had where four of the few who greatly affected how America is today.
Unit06JAW 1 year ago
@Unit06JAW Yeah but mainly England.
NorthernerMatty123 1 year ago
@NorthernerMatty123 Ireland had a rather large impact on America aswell
England - Irland - Wales - Scotland
imo
Unit06JAW 1 year ago
@NorthernerMatty123 Are u anti Welsh bro?
malteeaser101 1 year ago
@Unit06JAW Lol England more than any other which is why 80 million Americans are descendants of Englishmen (the biggest ethnicity in the United States.)
NorthernerMatty123 1 year ago
@NorthernerMatty123 Not true. German is actually the largest ethnic group in the United States. Irish and Italian are second.
bpetote 2 months ago
@bpetote German Americans: 50 million. English Americans: 80 million.
NorthernerMatty123 2 months ago
check out prof. alan wilson - i am convinced that the welsh were the first peoples (certainly first european) to discover the americas, sometime in 3rd century ad and amzing thing is they got there not as the norse by 'island hopping' but by the trade winds - they settled not in north-east (as norse) but south-east - missisippi delta, it is the best recorded history in europe and most neglected - ties in with the arthur dynasty, pre-roman britian is all but forgotten - such a shame (i'm english)
rugbyboy198127 1 year ago
@rugbyboy198127 The Vikings got their first for fucks sake stop trying to make as though Welsh have had a massive worldwide influence sorry but thats not true.
NorthernerMatty123 1 year ago
@NorthernerMatty123 mate the whole thing is ridiculous, its well known since 2002 that native indian tribes mostly carry 4 genetic groupings and some tribes in north east america show traces of a 5th group which is european in origin, but iberian rather than germanic. it is proposed that the salutrians of ice age europe settled america 20,000 - 17,000 years ago, when the natives arrived from asia is cetainly up for debate, but they say 16,000 years ago, i'd say theres been countless migrations?!
rugbyboy198127 1 year ago
U left out alot of welsh people that signed the Declaration like oilver Wolcott
TheEmoney18 1 year ago
No problem! I almost forgot, Evan Williams makes a great whisky! He was the first Welshman to come to America and mass produce whisky for sale.
USAwelsh 1 year ago
@USAwelsh Jack Daniels was a Welsh American too, welsh american's helping the world get drunk since 1783 lol =D
mutley2209 1 year ago 3
@mutley2209 I'll drink to that lol
winxger 1 year ago
Vincent Price, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Williams, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent (Craddock was his real last name), Loretta Lynn, Bette Davis, William Penn, Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania, (Bryn Mawr University), Bangor Maine, Wales NY, Pembroke NY, Davis W.Virginia, Llangollen Estates Delaware, the list goes on & on!
USAwelsh 1 year ago
@USAwelsh. Thank you for that update
winxger 1 year ago
"How Welsh Are You?" contest. Email contemporarycomm@gmail. com for more info
contemporarycomm 1 year ago
Thanks Wales, from the USA! :-)
Yay Wales!
ikvsabre 2 years ago
Hang on now. Thomas Jefferson was Welsh? serious
medwards8820 2 years ago
@medwards8820 haha with a name like thomas jefferson? haha why are people so suprised - all these people have very welsh names so its really no wonder they are welsh lol!
rugbyboy198127 1 year ago
@rugbyboy198127 What makes Jefferson such a Welsh name? son sounds kinda Germanic if you ask me like a scandinavian name Andersson.
NorthernerMatty123 1 year ago
I'm from North Wales, and can speak Welsh...I live in the States and am constantly told that I don't "sound Welsh"...the BBC did a great show about the many different accents we have in Wales from Scouse to the Valley's. I think it was called 'The way we say it', very entertaining.
hughesglandwr 2 years ago
@hughesglandwr Lmao this is a little late but Scouse is an English accent not a Welsh one you know from Liverpool, Merseyside and the Wirral? Lol and it originated from the Irish accent not Welsh.
NorthernerMatty123 1 year ago
@NorthernerMatty123 I think you misinterpreted what I was saying, I suppose I wasn't very clear. I didn't mean that Scouse is Welsh, the show demonstrated the Scouse influence on the Welsh accent and dialect along the North Wales Coast, we call them Scouse Walians. My Grandmother was typical of this she sounded like she was from Merseyside, but she would use Welsh words intertmittently.
hughesglandwr 1 year ago
Good video, friend. A lot of our Founding Fathers were of Welsh descent. Jefferson by far was the greatest statesman the United States has ever seen. One of his documents, the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedoms (my home state, by the way), was a precursor to the First Amendment, which effectively paved the way for both religious freedom and freedom of thought, emphasizing the liberties of the individual over those of the group.
ColtBarrettUSA 2 years ago
dude u remind me of my grancha aha u make me giggle . love from Caerphilly :D
xx
BowellsBaby 2 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Mate your fucking imbarrasing Wales
BritishWarLord 2 years ago
You're *embarrassing Wales because of your lack of education.
megwego 2 years ago 4
This comment has received too many negative votes show
i have a lack of education i would destroy you in any contest of the mind
BritishWarLord 2 years ago
nice vid :)
I hate it when yanks take the piss out of us, but this vid shows that we should mean alot to them :)
Nice
subs2meplease 2 years ago
New york times was founded by a welshman,
Hilary Clinton has Welsh heritage,
50% of the people who signed America's decloration of independance were either Welsh decendant or Welsh,
colleges like Yale, Princeton, Brown, William and Mary, Virginia, Johns Hopkins, and Andover were founded by Welshman,
There's controversy on wether America was actually named after a Welshman something Amerik,
the other stuff is just to long to say for the comment
malteeaser101 2 years ago 9
thanks very much taking so much time to reply, it is much appreciated.
Rob.
winxger 2 years ago
No prob, I'm actually making a vid and uploading it soon just showing 23 facts about Welsh and America
malteeaser101 2 years ago
Abraham Lincolns family were from bala tho his mam went over to america when she was preggers and he was born an american
stegorm 2 years ago
@malteeaser101 The person who won them independence in the first place George Washington was English which is most important and tbh i'd like to see where you found that statistic of 50% of people who signed were Welsh i doubt thats true since England had the 13 colonies at the time not Britain.
NorthernerMatty123 1 year ago
@malteeaser101
Don't just state that, proove it. America was not named after a Welshman it was named after AMERIgo Vespucci.
Even if they had Welsh decenents doesn't mean they were 100% Welsh decent, OR that they even gave a flying fuck that they were Welsh in the first place. They did leave the British Isles for fuck sake. Most Americans are German decent, but do they give a rats ass? NO. I'm part Welsh decent myself and I don't give a fuck.
SecularTechnology 1 year ago
@SecularTechnology Ehem.... CALM THE FUCK DOWN AND GET A LIFE!....
That is info from an American website I don't need to get proof by quoting shit from the website or anything why?
It's a Youtube comment not, it's not a fucking yahoo answer or an online encyclo fucking paedia.
And prove it was fucking named after Amerigo whatever the fuck his name is? A recent One show episode proves otherwise so stfu
malteeaser101 1 year ago
@malteeaser101
You idiot. Because the first map of the modern day Americas was actually named "AMERICA" after Amerigo. Amerike only sailed newfoundland.
SecularTechnology 1 year ago
@SecularTechnology
Didn't you actually read what I said, controversy that it was named after him..
And what I say is nothing to do with my intellect? So how can I be an idiot?
All I did is copy and paste info onto a you tube comment, then instead of you saying actually no it was named after Amerigo Vespucci you had to be a hot headed dick giving abuse, you made it an argument before I even said anything back.
malteeaser101 1 year ago
@malteeaser101
It's not a controversy, it's a fact. THE FIRST MAP of America was named after Amerigo that is a fact (look up Waldseemüller map).
And to say that it's just a coincidence that our modern map is named after another guy is just absurd.
SecularTechnology 1 year ago
@SecularTechnology they named countries with the persons last name. its not called vespuccia
rhomastoss 11 months ago
so what? you sound like we need to grab at straws for some sort of pat on the head and be told that we are a good little country! quite embarrassing realy. (and im welsh)
choronic1 2 years ago
the welsh are nice people...but they remind me of a german race that never learned the germanic language and just used english
americanoutlander 2 years ago
wtf?
glantom 2 years ago
we got our own langauge lol
arrowbyname 2 years ago
its the english who are germanic the welsh are celtic
stegorm 2 years ago 21
@stegorm Culturally and linguistically yes. Not genetically.
OnlyEngland1 1 year ago
@OnlyEngland1 Welsh people share simillar genes to people on the iberian peninsular, they were the first peoples to colonise the south west of britain and the south east of britain was colonised by peoples from holland belgium etc way before the saxon 'invasion'.
stegorm 1 year ago
@stegorm i agree with everythin u said, but also most people in england share similar genes with the basques :)
OnlyEngland1 1 year ago
@OnlyEngland1 No most have the same blood type as Dutch and Germans and are of Anglo-Saxon origin.
NorthernerMatty123 1 year ago
@NorthernerMatty123 no dude, the proportion of blood of saxon, angle, jeute origin is indeed higher in the south-east of england (as is frisian and belgae) but even here it makes up at the most roughly a third of the population - the other two thirds are still the 'indeginous' britons in terms of genetics (culturally another matter entirely ofcourse) the midlands, north-east&scots have higher norse viking proportion - up to 20% in places, of whole population of british ilses only 10-15% germanic
rugbyboy198127 1 year ago
@rugbyboy198127 Yeah.... Scandinavians are also Germanic and i come from Northern England where genetic studies that most of the population is of Viking origin and that the Norse dialect had the most influence on modern Northern dialects including Geordie.
NorthernerMatty123 1 year ago
@NorthernerMatty123 which genetic studies? i agree culturally the north is very much viking country - york/jorvik etc so many name places in yorkshire, street names, local dialect, slang etc accross midlands, north and north-east but this is ALL cultural - they conquered the existing kingdoms and became the ruling class, whilst ofcourse certain amount of migration would follow, essentially they ruled over the defeated inhabitants, they didn't kill them all etc - nowhere in uk does non-rb1 = <70%
rugbyboy198127 1 year ago
@NorthernerMatty123 its the same story with the angles, saxons, jeutes and even later the normans - they become the ruling class, ruling over their new subjects - the original inhabitants - and so their culture comes to dominate but it has little to do with genetics - even the particular 'hotspots' such as those of danish settlement in the south-east and vikings of northumberland register only 20-30% from the studies and documentries, articles i've seen, the remaining % is rb1 similar to iberia!
rugbyboy198127 1 year ago
@NorthernerMatty123 i use germanic in the broad sense of the term ie: to include viking, danish, ducth, saxon etc - the belgae may be classed as celts as the gaulish i guess and they would for me represent the only truely 'celtic' inhabitants of the british isles... the original brits were their own peoples, sharing dna rb1 with basque cosuins and sharing history and migration from phonecia, etruscan, troy etc the ancient british alphabet of coelbren evolved from etruscan&phonecian alphabets etc
rugbyboy198127 1 year ago
@NorthernerMatty123 the pieces can be found and put together if you look... its known that mediterrainian peoples can here often to exploit resources, mining tin in cornwall for example, some propose phonecians were doing this as early as 3,500bc and the ancient british using coelbren alphabet, became ancient welsh which later adopted latin alphabet becoming welsh, the root of brythonic languages is not shared with that of the now extinct celtic languages of europe nor with the goeldic languages
rugbyboy198127 1 year ago
@OnlyEngland1 In celtic britain the celts on the east coast would have had more in common with the saxons than western tribes, and i believe it was more of the saxons being invited than invading. remember there is no true definition of what celtic is, europe was so tribal it was just a broad term the romans used to try and catagorise a large group of people.
stegorm 1 year ago
i been thinking right..
Aria6900 2 years ago
Even some of us not so famous Americans have Welsh ancestry - my Da's family came over in the 19th century. In my unprejudiced opinion :), I find the Welsh quite affable, and I love the accent. You're a dear heart for sharing :)!
imaof4 2 years ago
yes true enough
did you mention little old kyle minoge
thekingofswansea 2 years ago
cymru am byth! xo half fijian and half welsh...so yes the welsh do get around..lol
WelshVitian 3 years ago
well, to be honest
bein welsh is bloody marvelous xD
rockerellie234 3 years ago
Just read my comments (have a new youtube page, just learning) & want to add - I understand there are no dirty words in the Welsh language - but they use a lot of 4-letter Anglo Saxon ones!
handycrafter 3 years ago
I was just wondering weather any canadians have american ancestry, the canadian accent reminds me of a welsh one...
SuperiorSavior 3 years ago
Today about 440,965 Canadians identify themselves as having some Welsh descent.( 1.4% of the Canadian Population ) David Thompson was one of the great explorers of the North West Company in the late 1700s and early 1800s, and is often called "Canada's Greatest Geographer. In a 2001 census, Alberta had the highest number of people of Welsh descent with about 60,000. Regions with significant " Welsh "populations
Ontario, Western Canada, Atlantic Canada
mush1955 3 years ago
I may be related to that Francis Lewis b/c my mother's maiden name was Lewis.
Musicfan121495 3 years ago
ahhh haa im welsh and ohhh i never new any of them
HAZNCEZ 3 years ago
Amazing video, hope to see more of you. I am working on my accents, I speak with a very plain standard north American accent (Colorado).
satirecola 3 years ago
just adorable man, but I would like to know: do the welsh roll the "R" like the Scottish????
moh459 3 years ago
No we do not roll our Rs, the double LL is quite difficult to pronounce though.
winxger 3 years ago
I had a college room-mate who was hard of hearing; she normally used a "lateral lisp" trying to say "s" like the Welsh "ll.
I really love to make this sound & to do the "tongue flutter" to sound the "r" - It's fun! Llwry meillion mewn rhyn curo (sweet as the clover)
handycrafter 3 years ago
Don't forget Hillary Rodham Clinton. Her father was pure Welsh and her Mother was a Howell, again Welsh.
darksorceress23 3 years ago
Just a pity I think, Anthony Hopkins decided to give up his Welsh nationality. I don't see how it would have affected him.
Andyteetwo 3 years ago
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decciebee 3 years ago
well done your my first abusive comment maker of 2009. Anyway what does a little boy of 14 know about shagging sheep or is that the only thing you know about Welsh people Very original NOT
winxger 3 years ago
The only twat here, is you
billybobpie 3 years ago
The Osmonds, Howard Hughs, Jeff Davis (President of the CSA ), Vincent Price,Glenn Ford,Anthony Perkins,Ray Milland,Jack London,Robert E. Lee, Hillary Rodham Clinton,Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel - Tennessee-born founder of Jack Daniel's whiskey,Lewis Evans, .....need I say more !
mush1955 3 years ago
thanks for making me feel good about being Welsh. My maiden name is Maddox!
vastceruleansky 3 years ago
the pleasure is all mine,best wishes and merry christmas, Robert.
winxger 3 years ago
i think some people in wales dont have deep deep accents is because so many people from say england have come oer hear so u grow up with them :(
welshukskater 3 years ago
well put, i agree with you on that. Cheers Rob
winxger 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
mate shut up
welshukskater 3 years ago
sorrry i didnt mean to post that i was ment to reply to a guy who said somthing i realy didnt mean it like i said on another video he is realy interesting i htink i didnt even know about the presidents being welsh thanks
welshukskater 3 years ago
winxger,
Don't tell be that Daniel Boon was actually Daniel Bowen.....
Carnabwth 3 years ago
nice teeth :)
liamevans11 3 years ago
mate shut the fuck up (this is the reply i ment to do it too)
welshukskater 3 years ago 2
I've always been proud of my Welsh ancestry, and I'm a New Yorker.
queanofswords 3 years ago 3
good for you mate,we need all the help we can get lol. All the very best to you.
winxger 3 years ago
Do you have a " Tafia " in NY like the Chicago Tafia ?
mush1955 3 years ago
I am an American! Born & raised in south central Pennsylvania. My grandfather was pure Welsh. His last name was Thomas. I am very proud of my Welsh blood & consider it to be my most cherished ancestory. I am beyond proud to be Welsh. I only wish I knew more about Wales & the Welsh people.
Dedhedted71 3 years ago 2
Try going down to the Philadelphia City Hall, there is a plaque mounted on the east façade that will make you even more proud !
mush1955 3 years ago
I would love to see it! But I really doubt I will ever have a reason to go to Philly .Maybee you could give me some idea of what it says. Thank you!
Dedhedted71 3 years ago
Hilary Clinton has Welsh ancectry.
I have heard that the guy Jack Daniels was Welsh.
I know for a fact that the Corona drinks co had Welsh links......I know some rather rich Welsh families who were left not inconsiderable fortunes.
Howard Hughes?
Robert Vaughan?
There's a lot more of course.....
Carnabwth 3 years ago
...and yet no1 knows were we r!! >:( ggrrrr!!...really i didnt know Jack Daniels was welsh! :D
welshkid246 3 years ago
Ever heard of Prince Madoc? Early literature explains that he may have discovered America centuries before Christopher Columbus!
crugad 3 years ago
yes i have and another interesting thing is that america was named after a welshman by the name of meric, not sure if that's the correct way to spell it. Don't know his first name though.
winxger 3 years ago
i thought it was named after Amerigo Vespucci.
aheartonfire 3 years ago
It has also been suggested that the name "America" is derived from the name of Richard Amerike or Ameryk (derived from ap Meuric, ), a Welshman and wealthy Bristol merchant who was the chief investor in John Cabot's second transatlantic crossing in 1497.
mush1955 3 years ago
Scholars think that the Amerigo Vespucci thing is likely to be wrong as it was not the done thing to name a land after someones first name apparently.
If if was named after A. V. it would have been Vespucciland or something like that.
I don't know if it was named after this ap-merig guy, but it was discussed in QI the other night and Stephen Fry seemed to think so.
He's got a big brain... so maybe??
tellyontellyon 3 years ago
I never really cared about my country much before i started this art project where i'm focusing on celtic welsh history, and all of a sudden i'm proud to be welsh.
I guess i didnt love the country of the United Kingdom as much because of the bloody monarchy. But i have to keep in mind, Wales is gaining more power now ;)
benxander 3 years ago 5
totally!! wel sed! cymru am byth!
welshkid246 3 years ago 2
I'm Black English and Black Welsh and sooo proud of my heritage! Especially the face that we have our own unique language! IT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNISED MORE BY AMERICANS!
ldixon53 3 years ago 3
i dident know that about my own country thanks
fitzyj94 3 years ago
Dont forget about JP Morgan and Jesse James, and Merriweather Lewis.
blloyd51 3 years ago
thanks for that bit of info,cheers
winxger 3 years ago
Didn't the welsh settle in south america too? must have been some who made a mark down there too.
nesossin 3 years ago
good point my friend I will have to check that one out.
winxger 3 years ago
yeah its called patagonia, they speak welsh there
RockyC123 3 years ago 5
Yes, I agree with you but, a lot of people (english, scottish, Irish, French, Germans, Africans, Sweetish, Dutch) all say they did something for Americans. They all think that if it wasn't for them, there wouldn't be America. It's true!
van1houtte 3 years ago
I was born in Wales, but lived in america almost my entire life. My entire family is from wales. its no nice to hear about how much my ancestors have contributed to america. I hope one day America and Wales can stregthen its ties with one another. Because there many proud people of welsh origin here, its just very difficult to gain recognition against the other larger ethnic groups such as the Irish and Germans. I will always be welsh no matter where I am. Dioch ya fawr and god bless Wales!
bpetote 3 years ago 3
Winxger forgot to mention Tommy Lee.. If it wasn't for TOMMY LEE (Welsh father), where would Paris Hilton's career be? He got the ball rolling on all the tawdry celeb-porn that we have all come to love and appreciate. Haha.. A true pioneer!
WelshMeic 3 years ago 2
If it wasn't for a certain WELSH hero-- William Wallace (aka: Braveheart.. Yes, I said WELSH boyo!).. Scotland would just be another colony.. Now think of that while you're munching on your haggis. Not too many Scots have your bad attitude.
WelshMeic 3 years ago 3
Thank you for all of your comments. I am awarding you the "International Welsh Patriot of the Year Award". There will always be a welcome in the hillside for you. Cheers Butt.
winxger 3 years ago
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FUCK Wales!! Scotland 4 LIFE
weehutchie007 3 years ago
Fuck you Scottish twat !!
CYMRU AM BYTH !
RoyallyJade 3 years ago 5
Thanks to Wales from the USA!!
ikvsabre 3 years ago 2
Well I thank you kindly all the very best
winxger 3 years ago
Too adorable! Go Wales! Beautiful country & very friendly, welcoming people with great sense of humor. I'm a Yank with Welsh relatives in South Wales. Wish I lived there. Cymru am Byth! Diolch. =)
carriebg 3 years ago 2
glad to know that one of our cousins across the water likes us. Cymru am Byth!Dioch to you but i must point out that i am not a welsh speaker unfortunately.Good luck to you.
winxger 3 years ago
Not being a Welsh speaker myself who am I to criticise?! Just listening to your lovely, lilting Welsh accent is ok by me. I don't think my family in Wales speaks Cymraeg either.
carriebg 3 years ago 3
thank you kindly. Rob
winxger 3 years ago
i just did a family tree school project and found out my ancestors were welsh. yay!! i want to visit wales SOO bad
courtney9567 3 years ago 2
there will always be a welcome in the hillside.good luck hope you make it some day.
winxger 3 years ago
well thank you i hope so too. as soon as a get a chance i plan on it
courtney9567 3 years ago
BUT, without being rude, Wales does/did ~(avoiding argument) depend on England for financial help allot. It would not be as good as it is if it were not for England.
BUT Wales is a very under-rated country and everyone seems to shit on it, when all those famous people DID come from Wales
Metalhead71992 4 years ago
What, dumb ass - the English waged Genocide wars on the Welsh. Ever since, they've thumbed the Welsh, making an effort to keep the country down. Welsh's government funds are handled by the English and therefore goes to ENGLAND.
Wales would be a very rich country - if they could get their hands on their OWN money!
P'da.
Black2007Charger 4 years ago 7
BUT, without being rude, Wales does/did ~(avoiding argument) depend on England for financial help allot. It would not be as good as it is if it were not for England.
BUT Wales is a very under-rated country and everyone seems to shit on it, when all those famous people DID come from Wales
Metalhead71992 4 years ago
I agree..... 5 stars!
cclover31 4 years ago 2
i must say your list outdid mine,well done mate. Just goes to show how the Welsh don't half get around.
winxger 4 years ago
Other famous Welsh Americans are: Howard Hughes, J. P. Morgan, Frank Lloyd Wright, James Madison, Daniel Webster, Hilary Rodham Clinton, Elihu Yale (Yale University), Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Harold Lloyd, John Huston, Myrna Loy, D.W. Griffith, Anthony Perkins, Teri Hatcher, Julia Roberts, Kelly Clarkson, The Osmond Family (Donnie & Marie, etc.), The Beecher Family, (Abolitionists along with Abraham Lincoln), Daniel Boone, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, and of course Catherine Zeta Jones
WelshMeic 4 years ago 4
kelly klarkson is welsh
konor12 3 years ago
I'm a Welsh-American. :D Cymru am byth!
Midd 4 years ago 6
They probably would! But, dear old George was actually born in Malta! I'm not too sure whether any dragons ever lived out there. Dewi Sant was actually from the country he represents and is more well known for kindness and compassion, not killing things like some foreign-born representatives.
hphg76 4 years ago
Wales has the best flag in the world by far. I wish we could have a dragon on our flag, after all it is st george and he did slay a dragon. All though I'm sure the animal rights activists will be up in arms about a dead dragon.
Catuveluni 4 years ago 2
Jefferson Davis aswell, he was the first and only Conferderate President, he was Welsh American.
Jacobitejoe 4 years ago
cymru am byth :)
superpunkmuffin 4 years ago
Wow, didnt know that some of those holywood stars had Welsh ancestry. The Welsh made America what it is today!
I'll try not to hold that against ya...
;)
rudeydudey05 4 years ago
many thanks
winxger 4 years ago
Giving Wales a bad name lol
dafyddla 4 years ago
ur point is
bozo493 4 years ago
ur the original gethin?? :O
Crosehh 4 years ago
btw i didnt mean that comment i was quoted a comment i saw on this welsh rappin thing
JIGGAWAHT 4 years ago