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  • @padopaw
    @padopaw 7 лет назад +3533

    'i had no idea that they have their own language'
    wtf are you on woman

    • @stevethompson7168
      @stevethompson7168 7 лет назад +288

      She's from a country that differentiates "English" and "English (British)"

    • @Davbach01
      @Davbach01 7 лет назад +10

      +Steve Thompson
      Nice

    • @THEFizzyIssy
      @THEFizzyIssy 7 лет назад +2

      hahahaha

    • @Brandon-di2km
      @Brandon-di2km 7 лет назад +72

      To be fair the modern accent of American English is closer to the original English language pronunciation. The so called British accent was developed by the upper classes to distinguish themselves from the poor, and just spread throughout the country, but not across the pond.

    • @Davbach01
      @Davbach01 7 лет назад +13

      Brandon
      That's your opinion, I suppose it depends what side of the Atlantic you're on. I find English spoken in UK and northern Europe (anything above the English Channel in my book) have similar structure, more precise and less verbose. But that's probably just weather.

  • @Dennis-nc3vw
    @Dennis-nc3vw 5 лет назад +886

    1:41
    "Yeah no, I'm just gonna go."
    She should go go goch instead.

    • @marklee702
      @marklee702 4 года назад +15

      Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwryndrobwylllllantysiliogogogoch

    • @notitzgravity
      @notitzgravity 4 года назад +5

      Dennis M FUNNY

    • @burgerkingfootlettuce6363
      @burgerkingfootlettuce6363 4 года назад +6

      Why does she need to be red

    • @heddwyncloakoftimekeep7744
      @heddwyncloakoftimekeep7744 4 года назад +6

      It's easy to pronounce

    • @marklee702
      @marklee702 4 года назад +1

      @@heddwyncloakoftimekeep7744 it is
      Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwylllllantysiliogogogoch - god why does it take up almost 2 lines

  • @lazuriidkwhattoputhere8719
    @lazuriidkwhattoputhere8719 4 года назад +433

    "why do the 2 Ys sounds differently"
    Why do the 3 As in Australia sound different?

    • @allenwright123
      @allenwright123 4 года назад +19

      never really thought bout that.. put the pronunciation above them and you'll find why

    • @sergiovasquez1509
      @sergiovasquez1509 3 года назад +8

      -ough

    • @NiaJustNia
      @NiaJustNia 3 года назад +5

      It confuses me because both ys are pronounced "uh"
      "T-Uh-Oo-Uh-N", so I don't see how they're different if you say it correctly 😂

    • @Bandie18
      @Bandie18 3 года назад +14

      And each "c" in "Pacific Ocean"

    • @vox_void
      @vox_void 3 года назад +7

      And each e in Mercedes, I think.

  • @debfisher6096
    @debfisher6096 4 года назад +340

    The person doing the voiceover can't say "ll" and is pronouncing most of the names wrong.

    • @moiwilliams170
      @moiwilliams170 4 года назад +7

      Deb Fisher aye cytunaf,

    • @rachpendlebury901
      @rachpendlebury901 4 года назад +5

      They don’t sound welsh to me at all and I live on the border I hear the accent often

    • @nonameunfortunately
      @nonameunfortunately 4 года назад +1

      I knew it doesnt sounded right

    • @rowanfynn4574
      @rowanfynn4574 4 года назад

      To be fair it's very hard to if you haven't learned the welsh language.

    • @jamiel6005
      @jamiel6005 4 года назад +5

      IK it was killing me, they didn’t pronounce any of it right at alll.

  • @Olivia-jn8yf
    @Olivia-jn8yf 9 лет назад +3991

    OMFG THEY KNOW WE EXIST

    • @makh5736
      @makh5736 9 лет назад +160

      I DIDNT THINK THEY KNEW ABOUT US XD

    • @hannahm7746
      @hannahm7746 9 лет назад +254

      WE WELSH ARE IGNORED ALL THE TIME

    • @samrowe4572
      @samrowe4572 9 лет назад +35

      Exactly my reaction!

    • @josueacuna1569
      @josueacuna1569 9 лет назад +38

      Gareth bale is how i know you exist
      And Ramsey

    • @SkyRocketteShip
      @SkyRocketteShip 9 лет назад +17

      Josue Acuna I found out Wales's existence also from Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale, to be fair... I'm not alone at last, thank you!

  • @cullan2
    @cullan2 9 лет назад +2771

    Would you like to buy a vowel

    • @ifanprice1668
      @ifanprice1668 9 лет назад +231

      We're welsh, the only thing we can afford are sheep, unfortunately

    • @Vectal_
      @Vectal_ 9 лет назад +25

      Ys pls

    • @Litany_of_Fury
      @Litany_of_Fury 9 лет назад +5

      Things never really picked up in wales ever since the english came... - RULE BRITANNIA

    • @kungfukid2191
      @kungfukid2191 9 лет назад +38

      In Wales "Y" is a vowel

    • @chickenpermission608
      @chickenpermission608 9 лет назад +2

      So..."y" isn't a vowel in English?!

  • @duolingoowl9307
    @duolingoowl9307 4 года назад +526

    Iceland: I have hard to pronounce town names
    Wales: **pulls uno reverse card**

    • @burgerkingfootlettuce6363
      @burgerkingfootlettuce6363 4 года назад +11

      Iceland is a country and Welsh shop lol what a coincidence

    • @ctmarshpit1156
      @ctmarshpit1156 4 года назад

      PROSSIE ROUNDABOUTS!!!

    • @tes3327
      @tes3327 4 года назад +1

      @JORDAN PETERS *well done*
      what they mean near welsh ( or maybe even britain as whole ) has a store called Iceland

    • @iranoutofideas7114
      @iranoutofideas7114 3 года назад

      @JORDAN PETERS Wales isn't a country, it's a nation

    • @typhoon2minerva
      @typhoon2minerva 2 года назад +2

      Well try Bangkok's original name this is one word
      Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

  • @grilldwater5248
    @grilldwater5248 5 лет назад +2628

    "It's a beautiful language" - yes WHEN YOU'RE NOT BEING FORCED TO TAKE IT AS A GCSE

  • @devclubgaming3653
    @devclubgaming3653 8 лет назад +373

    Not even the narrator can pronnounce these correctly. (I'm from Wales).

    • @Gorkii89
      @Gorkii89 8 лет назад +1

      +DevClub Gaming
      Please tell me the way 'Ll' is pronounced is not like s or sh. I'm half German and half Welsh but my family unfortunatelly doesn't speak Welsh (they are from Caerphilly). They can at least read Welsh though and they told me you pronounce Ll more like the German 'ch'.

    • @Gorkii89
      @Gorkii89 8 лет назад

      +ibrebecca Thanks, so my family tought me the right pronunciation :)

    • @orionbarbalate4350
      @orionbarbalate4350 8 лет назад +1

      +Gorkii Crescent yeah, it's basically an h in front of and L. that's the sound

    • @Gorkii89
      @Gorkii89 8 лет назад

      Yeah, German-Welsh combination ftw xD I'm sad my family members from Wales don't know Welsh that well. They are from Caerphilly and they don't really speak Welsh there :(

    • @sirbeautimus5346
      @sirbeautimus5346 8 лет назад

      IKR.

  • @kiastephens4857
    @kiastephens4857 8 лет назад +1435

    Welsh people unite ! This was so funny to watch as I'm Welsh

    • @runwaybb
      @runwaybb 8 лет назад +1

      Right XD

    • @JEV16111
      @JEV16111 8 лет назад +1

      Yay!

    • @misscute0539
      @misscute0539 8 лет назад +1

      Me too high five dude lol

    • @caileighrussell8042
      @caileighrussell8042 7 лет назад +2

      UNITE!

    • @tokkina6611
      @tokkina6611 7 лет назад +7

      It was funny to watch for me as well although I'm German but I lived in Wales for a while xD
      I was just confused about the narrator's pronunciation...especially when he kept reading ll as sh xD

  • @_poppypowell_
    @_poppypowell_ 3 года назад +139

    "We associate it with being England"
    NEVER SAY THAT TO A WELSH PERSON EVER!

    • @serenzside9364
      @serenzside9364 3 года назад +4

      They may aswell should’ve gotten out the lineup right then and there tbh. Anyone w me?

    • @OfficiallyPlat
      @OfficiallyPlat 11 месяцев назад

      w/out england, wales would be a mess

    • @user-nj9ru4ef2w
      @user-nj9ru4ef2w 9 месяцев назад

      isn't it just like a suburb in england though

    • @_poppypowell_
      @_poppypowell_ 9 месяцев назад

      @@user-nj9ru4ef2w Idk if that's some sort of joke, but no. Wales is a totally different country with a totally different language

    • @-----...moth......--
      @-----...moth......-- 27 дней назад

      @@user-nj9ru4ef2wu better not go to Rhyl

  • @joelt8625
    @joelt8625 5 лет назад +822

    "Americans Pronounce Welsh Town Names"
    *plays french music*

    • @mssheeba1965
      @mssheeba1965 4 года назад +35

      Mr worldwide

    • @confusedflourbeetle4734
      @confusedflourbeetle4734 4 года назад +6

      its not necessarily french that style of music was poplular througout northern and western europe

    • @thomasb8700
      @thomasb8700 4 года назад +5

      That is not french music my guy

    • @joelt8625
      @joelt8625 4 года назад +2

      I forgot this comment even existed xd

    • @axvyrall2793
      @axvyrall2793 4 года назад

      @Auto Driven not really

  • @roryhumber8263
    @roryhumber8263 9 лет назад +393

    Glad I live in Swansea, so I can actually spell my address

    • @darlingdolly8895
      @darlingdolly8895 9 лет назад +1

      Rory Humber Omg me too =D!

    • @darlingdolly8895
      @darlingdolly8895 9 лет назад +1

      ***** Some places xD But the beach is beautiful ^__^

    • @Srh8D
      @Srh8D 9 лет назад

      Rory Humber Same xD although there are some street names around me that I can't spell...

    • @darlingdolly8895
      @darlingdolly8895 9 лет назад +2

      ***** omfg, you cant compare wales to australia, you people actually get that thing,.,, what's it called? oh yeah THE SUN.

    • @stephyclaws
      @stephyclaws 9 лет назад +5

      I'm from Swansea :D

  • @michalaswindail783
    @michalaswindail783 6 лет назад +2466

    Yep, our language just looks like we slapped a keyboard.

    • @taffyducks544
      @taffyducks544 5 лет назад +53

      How?! Cymraeg predates English by over 1500 years. The Britons were using the Phonecian alphabet when the Saxon horde were still using runes. They, the English were When they got Britain and the druids had to create the English language for them using the phonecian alphabet and influnces from other Germanic languages, Latin and Cymraeg.

    • @taffyducks544
      @taffyducks544 5 лет назад +14

      @@lurji sorry, nothing in his comment implies a joke, or sarcasm!

    • @jaylynn.-
      @jaylynn.- 5 лет назад +46

      @@taffyducks544 it's a joke it was obvious that they were joking.

    • @taffyducks544
      @taffyducks544 5 лет назад +14

      @@jaylynn.- Point it out then!!! The Welsh constantly hear this sort of thing due to things such as....An English Superiority complex and foreign Ignorance!

    • @jaylynn.-
      @jaylynn.- 5 лет назад +6

      @@taffyducks544 kay then.

  • @catrinnowaczek9692
    @catrinnowaczek9692 5 лет назад +130

    Being fluent in Welsh makes this better. I'm crying from laughing so much

  • @lj.r8500
    @lj.r8500 5 лет назад +444

    When she said ‘’I still wanna go to Wales, but I don’t want to see the road signs there’’- road signs have welsh and English on them 🙄

    • @ItsLxyla-pewpew
      @ItsLxyla-pewpew 5 лет назад +27

      lol. It was a joke but ok buddy

    • @sbaeneg4738
      @sbaeneg4738 4 года назад +10

      It was a joke but this is another example of Americans not knowing whare thimgs are in the world eg: oh yea i know whare belgium is,its in france

    • @boocomplimations677
      @boocomplimations677 4 года назад +1

      @@sbaeneg4738 .

    • @jamiejones158
      @jamiejones158 4 года назад +12

      How is she going to know that if she's never been there?

    • @tsarnicholasii274
      @tsarnicholasii274 4 года назад +2

      That's unfortunate though since it leads to the anglicisation of names, like Blaenavon instead of Blaenafon.

  • @TheIskrax
    @TheIskrax 9 лет назад +469

    Americans pronounce German words!
    Thumbs up so they can see!!!!

    • @manospondylus4896
      @manospondylus4896 9 лет назад +4

      Darauf bin ich gespannt.

    • @onyx9954
      @onyx9954 9 лет назад +3

      Ronen Goldberg I was about to say the same thing Q_Q

    • @TheRichardSilver
      @TheRichardSilver 9 лет назад +3

      Ronen Goldberg That's real easy though, you'd have to be pretty dumb to mess up German words. (I'm not German)

    • @candicehoneycutt4318
      @candicehoneycutt4318 9 лет назад +3

      They'd probably do okay with that since most German words are pronounced exactly the way they're written.

    • @vorenzos
      @vorenzos 9 лет назад +19

      Pff... That's nothing. Try Swiss German.
      Chuchichästli

  • @ghr1990
    @ghr1990 8 лет назад +278

    The Welsh are the best when it comes to trolling with town names.

    • @ronnieswoleman4290
      @ronnieswoleman4290 8 лет назад +9

      I was driving through north Wales the other day and getting trolled heartily.

    • @synxelectrika
      @synxelectrika 2 года назад

      Seriously when I'm on the way to Anglesey I go past this town by the name of llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

    • @zacharymogel9500
      @zacharymogel9500 Год назад

      Especially llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

    • @abandonedfragmentofhope5415
      @abandonedfragmentofhope5415 4 месяца назад +1

      That’s because Welsh isn’t written phonetically to the pronunciation rules of the Latin alphabet.

  • @lawrencem6945
    @lawrencem6945 4 года назад +430

    I hear Wales is beautiful, you’ve clearly not been down the back alleys of Cardiff love

    • @ceinwencooke2603
      @ceinwencooke2603 4 года назад +7

      Oh my god I couldn't stop laughing at this

    • @PiousMoltar
      @PiousMoltar 4 года назад +33

      *MOST of Wales is beautiful. Stay out of the cities. Actually just stay out of the south. I mean, Pembrokshire's alright... went on holiday there once... it was nice but I've been nicer places in England. North Wales is where it's at.

    • @littledrummerboi7116
      @littledrummerboi7116 4 года назад +3

      Lol yes I agree 100%

    • @call_me_OJ
      @call_me_OJ 4 года назад +14

      Do not go Grangetown

    • @littledrummerboi7116
      @littledrummerboi7116 4 года назад +9

      PiousMoltar I’m in tho south,
      I hope you know how I feel...
      It’s a great place tho.

  • @Tam-md2hl
    @Tam-md2hl 5 лет назад +183

    “This is the coolest language!” Omg that made my day ily Jen 😭💘

  • @lukegarrett2598
    @lukegarrett2598 9 лет назад +668

    Finally buzzfeed paid attention to wales and that's right we are not like England at all.
    PROUD TO BE WELSH

    • @rosiediamond4013
      @rosiediamond4013 9 лет назад

      Luke Garrett Same!!!!

    • @n00binator64
      @n00binator64 9 лет назад +21

      Cymru am byth!

    • @Annabelandobsession
      @Annabelandobsession 9 лет назад +1

      Don't worry, us English don't really want you, you sing too much and the only thing you have going for you is the gift shops with the 1000's or dragon statues the old witch sells in EVERY village :)

    • @lukegarrett2598
      @lukegarrett2598 9 лет назад +22

      Annabelandobsession and you do realise that most Welsh people live in cities and we got natural beauty way more friendly people and a nicer way of life most of England is like a concrete jungle now wales is just a beautiful landscape and we are the land of song. The only nice English city is liverpool.

    • @lukegarrett2598
      @lukegarrett2598 9 лет назад +7

      Annabelandobsession and I've lived in Wales all my life name all these villages with dragon statues because I can't name that many don't google it just name me them if your such a expert

  • @ceryshughes6590
    @ceryshughes6590 6 лет назад +1034

    “We associate it with being like England” that was an insult to me and the fellow welsh citizens.

    • @counterleo
      @counterleo 4 года назад +61

      I support 2 teams: Wales, and whoever England are playing

    • @Echodolly6
      @Echodolly6 4 года назад +4

      Whereas me, with my welsh dad and english mum just kind of panics in the middle 😂

    • @rowanfynn4574
      @rowanfynn4574 4 года назад +3

      @@counterleo Yeah i do that

    • @faithwilliams7411
      @faithwilliams7411 4 года назад +4

      that was an insult to us English citizens jkjkjkjkjkjk love wales

    • @walsh9080
      @walsh9080 4 года назад +9

      Wales was part of the kingdom of England for centuries, hence Prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the throne of England. Can forgive foreigners some confusion.

  • @ayre0n_9
    @ayre0n_9 3 года назад +64

    I know I shouldn't but as a Welsh person I feel just a little insulted that even the voice over that was supposed to be able to pronounce the names correctly got barely any of it right.

    • @CrustyBuffMen
      @CrustyBuffMen 3 года назад +7

      "Shanfairpwllgwyngysh"

    • @Andy-ju8bb
      @Andy-ju8bb 3 года назад +7

      When I heard the voice over pronunciation of LlanfairPG I died a little inside

    • @franco682
      @franco682 2 года назад +3

      I speak Spanish as my native language, and I know the very basics of Welsh, but even I felt something in my heart when he pronounced "ll" as "sh".

    • @niabaugh9603
      @niabaugh9603 2 года назад +2

      IK he got llanfairPG quite wrong

    • @holliswilliams8426
      @holliswilliams8426 Год назад

      What annoys me slightly is that it's so common to ''bluff'' being able to speak Welsh when you barely know a hundred words. I know people do it in all languages, but it seems quite common to do it for Welsh and Irish.

  • @EannaWithAFada
    @EannaWithAFada 4 года назад +92

    Americans: Wow Irish is such a hard language
    Welsh: 😏

    • @yourneighborhoodwierdo8349
      @yourneighborhoodwierdo8349 4 года назад +2

      Well it does look hard coming from an American. I’m taking Spanish right now and most Spanish words are similar to english words. So compared to Spanish this is very hard

    • @tomjames9674
      @tomjames9674 3 года назад +4

      I was born in England and find Welsh way easier than Irish 😅 it's much more phonetic

    • @abugidaiguess
      @abugidaiguess 2 года назад

      Irish spelling is on several types of drugs
      Welsh is difficult with like everything except spelling

    • @holliswilliams8426
      @holliswilliams8426 Год назад

      I have studied Spanish a lot and Welsh is much, much harder. I admire anyone taking this as a subject although I'm not sure why you would when so few people speak it.

    • @WelahMan
      @WelahMan Год назад +1

      ​@@holliswilliams8426We do it because it's so valued to our culture and our History. Welsh is one of the oldest languages in Europe and is derived from celtic making it very special. Oftentimes however, people from England say the same as you. They see no need for our language, they try to stop us speaking it by interfering with Welsh political affairs. Wales is affectively trapped by English rule without the world knowing or caring. When we try and argue back we're either called racist against England or sheep shaggers, every Welsh child in school has stories about this racial stereotypeing which isn't funny and isn't smart. Therefore our language being spoken across our country with such ancient history is one of the most important things to us. That's why we learn it.

  • @julienpitre802
    @julienpitre802 9 лет назад +520

    How to write in Welsh:
    Bash your head on a keyboard with the letters L,Y,T and G

    • @BasicRBN02
      @BasicRBN02 9 лет назад +12

      Actually I do Welsh as I live in Wales and Welsh is easier than English once you learn Welsh it will be really easy

    • @zarbixii
      @zarbixii 9 лет назад

      Caerdydd Plwmp Sili

    • @julienpitre802
      @julienpitre802 9 лет назад +11

      Robyn Flowes It's always easier when you understand.

    • @mariaxo2266
      @mariaxo2266 9 лет назад

      Well that's nice 😑

    • @lemonzxd3756
      @lemonzxd3756 9 лет назад +1

      Or just add 'iau ' to the end of any English word , that works most of the time

  • @katherineboatman2688
    @katherineboatman2688 7 лет назад +158

    "Where do you live?" "Yeah I live in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerych-wyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch"

    • @3O4313
      @3O4313 6 лет назад +9

      they normally say llanfair pg or llanfairpwllgwyngyll

    • @bethjonescovers997
      @bethjonescovers997 5 лет назад +1

      @@3O4313 Yea they just call is Llanfair and on the maps its just llanfair

    • @poppypearson1301
      @poppypearson1301 5 лет назад +1

      I say Llanfair pg

    • @ulireinhart1887
      @ulireinhart1887 5 лет назад

      I know how to say it lmao and I’m American

    • @poppypearson1301
      @poppypearson1301 5 лет назад

      Uli Reinhart I’m sure you don’t say it right though 😂

  • @BobbyMulqueen
    @BobbyMulqueen 4 года назад +84

    "And we associate it being like England" .... I can feel the rumble from the hoards of sinewy Snowdonian mountain shepherds, and the screams of "NAC YDW! CYMRAEG DW I!" Blasting through the Valleys... 😂

  • @jasminerichards1881
    @jasminerichards1881 3 года назад +16

    "we associate it with being like england"
    So I took that personally...

  • @cadienoch7265
    @cadienoch7265 7 лет назад +415

    I find it hilarious that the person Who was supposedly pronouncing the towns correctly was pronouncing it wrong 😂😂😭

    • @08Rimmer
      @08Rimmer 7 лет назад +19

      Cadi Enoch glad I'm not the only one that was thinking that

    • @sirbeautimus5346
      @sirbeautimus5346 7 лет назад +10

      Cadi Enoch I noticed that as well! 😅😃

    • @GroovyDude994
      @GroovyDude994 7 лет назад +1

      Omg ikr

    • @lelaviation9869
      @lelaviation9869 7 лет назад +9

      This is how you say Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobllllantysiliogogogoch: Clan-vair-poof-gwin-gif-gogerif-win-drobll-anti-silio-gogogoch

    • @angharad6226
      @angharad6226 7 лет назад +2

      English MapperYT Close enough but it is hard to pronounce "ll" tbf

  • @kierabrown4885
    @kierabrown4885 7 лет назад +116

    When your welsh watching this.
    I'm crying 😂😂😂😂

    • @joemann5984
      @joemann5984 5 лет назад +1

      Kiera Brown makes my blood boil

    • @robyn.e.b7932
      @robyn.e.b7932 5 лет назад +1

      Sameee omg

    • @mylan4742
      @mylan4742 5 лет назад +2

      I’m Australian so all I heard was someone spamming a keyboard to name towns if I could name a town there it would be cnshwfjejte

    • @rubytravis4371
      @rubytravis4371 5 лет назад +1

      I’m welsh too

    • @basically280
      @basically280 5 лет назад +2

      @@mylan4742 I agree and I am Welsh like wtf how we supposed to pronounce that.

  • @meowsteve289
    @meowsteve289 5 лет назад +33

    THEY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR EXISTENCE

  • @jess7539
    @jess7539 3 года назад +15

    "were they drunk while making this?"
    Yes, yes we were.

  • @BrendanBeckett
    @BrendanBeckett 9 лет назад +306

    Funny that guy said the Welsh give a lot of thought to city names, because doesn't that last one basically mean "the town down by the shore with the big rock on the beach next to the old shipyard" or something like that

    • @thesatans1
      @thesatans1 8 лет назад +27

      +Brendan Beckett not even close, it's "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's red cave".

    • @BrendanBeckett
      @BrendanBeckett 8 лет назад +31

      Jac Peall I wasn't trying to accurately guess it, I was getting the point across that it was a long mundane description of a place

    • @ameliah2384
      @ameliah2384 8 лет назад

      XD

    • @ameliah2384
      @ameliah2384 8 лет назад +1

      The last one I could say when I was 8 and I live there

    • @mittfh
      @mittfh 8 лет назад +14

      +Brendan Beckett The town was originally Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (St Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel), the rest (in rather butchered Welsh) was added when the railway arrived in the late 1800s as a stunt to boost tourism. Needless to say, the stunt worked :)

  • @courtneyjones7070
    @courtneyjones7070 6 лет назад +566

    I am welsh and even the man saying them and the start was pronouncing it wrong 😭

    • @slag1931
      @slag1931 6 лет назад +25

      courtney Jones he is from South Wales so he has a different accent

    • @kiaaakinseyyy5216
      @kiaaakinseyyy5216 6 лет назад +9

      courtney Jones ynysybwl was correct tho

    • @slag1931
      @slag1931 6 лет назад +7

      I’m from Ynysybwl

    • @BaddaBigBoom
      @BaddaBigBoom 5 лет назад +22

      I'm Scottish but I wondered if he pronounced Llanfair PG properly ..lots of "shh" sounds in the "LL" bits.

    • @darlinxx
      @darlinxx 5 лет назад +10

      Im from Llangfairpwllgwyngyllgogocerychwrndrobwillantisiliogogogoch

  • @justsomeguywithoutamustach3978
    @justsomeguywithoutamustach3978 4 года назад +12

    1:33 we all knew that would be there. Its literally what i came for

  • @rubytravis4371
    @rubytravis4371 4 года назад +13

    OMFG I LIVE IN CRYMYCH and btw even the voiceover guy got it wrong 😂

    • @axpuaa
      @axpuaa 4 года назад +2

      Ruby Travis do you cry much?

  • @EVILBUNNY28
    @EVILBUNNY28 8 лет назад +2147

    Welcome to the 'Landofsavingmoneyandgettingtherightdealgogogocomapre'

    • @plastictrees_3059
      @plastictrees_3059 8 лет назад +7

      Yassss!!!!

    • @crazyminionre2572
      @crazyminionre2572 8 лет назад +27

      That advert makes fun of Wales

    • @therandomer6261
      @therandomer6261 8 лет назад +1

      Perfect

    • @opwave79
      @opwave79 8 лет назад +32

      Wasn't there video of a weather guy correctly pronouncing it? That was cool.

    • @sexandviolenceable
      @sexandviolenceable 8 лет назад +10

      +CrazyMinionRE yeah i always have fun in Wales.VIP section of the UK. just pay at the bridge

  • @blakehayward7125
    @blakehayward7125 9 лет назад +160

    I'm Welsh and the language and country is beautiful.
    BTW, 99% of the Welsh population can't pronounce the last one.

    • @bethanylloyd11
      @bethanylloyd11 9 лет назад +6

      I can because I'm welsh

    • @TorchedKiwi
      @TorchedKiwi 9 лет назад

      Blake Hayward Pretty sure you have to be able to to be called Welsh :P Everyone can say it in my area of Wales!

    • @KieranMonday
      @KieranMonday 9 лет назад

      Blake Hayward The last one is famous so quite a few learn how to say it just so they can say they can say it.

    • @jordn-wi6qm
      @jordn-wi6qm 9 лет назад +3

      Blake Hayward pretty sure only 20% of the welsh population can speak welsh so that's not suprising

    • @poppy7933
      @poppy7933 9 лет назад +1

      My grandmother lives there! I can't even pronounce it so we call it llanfairpg XD

  • @scarfulls6471
    @scarfulls6471 3 года назад +7

    Her: "I still want to go to Wales because it's beautiful I hear"
    me: with it raining a ton like yesterday and how it finally snowed like a few weeks ago or something

  • @Rancord123
    @Rancord123 4 года назад +53

    I’m a Welsh person and I can confirm, our language does look like we smashed our keyboard to name things

    • @burgerkingfootlettuce6363
      @burgerkingfootlettuce6363 4 года назад +1

      Yep. I'm from the same country

    • @WalesTheTrueBritons
      @WalesTheTrueBritons 4 года назад +9

      Nope - the alphabet doesn't belong to the Welsh or English, the English don't have the moral authority on how Letters should sound or be used.
      Anyone with a brain cell knows Welsh is a class language. Even J.R.R Tolkien loved it.

    • @DrORRB-qm7fl
      @DrORRB-qm7fl 4 года назад +3

      Truth Before Opinions yeah! I’m sick of people saying stuff like that as an excuse not to try and learn or care about the language.

    • @mariajones266
      @mariajones266 4 года назад

      If people noticed us it would be a lot easier

    • @mug3621
      @mug3621 4 года назад +2

      Truth Before Opinions honestly true. im american, but it pisses me off that ‘we’ use our american english phonetic system on other indo-euro languages that goes on another phonetic route, like spanish, portuguese, of course welsh, irish, and other languages i cant think of atm.

  • @James-gc5if
    @James-gc5if 8 лет назад +344

    Let's face it, most English people can't pronounce Welsh place names either.

    • @lucyviolet8451
      @lucyviolet8451 8 лет назад

      I was born in England but my whole family is Welsh and I can pronounce most Welsh words. although I suppose I have grown up to be welsh

    • @ameliah2384
      @ameliah2384 8 лет назад +1

      I fence and some people from London were invited to join the club for a couple days. We compete all across the country and sometimes the world and we are based in South Wales. The people from London were chatting to us so I said to them "so how much Welsh do you do in school" and they were totally confused. Apparently they didn't know that Welsh was its own language and that we even learnt it.

    • @user-jb1mb5xh9t
      @user-jb1mb5xh9t 8 лет назад

      +Jamie Dawkins Some of these were just common sense. The last one - I'd definitely need help. The first few seemed quite easy though. Maybe that's because there's quite a large population of Welsh and Irish people in the little section of London I live in, though.

    • @James-gc5if
      @James-gc5if 8 лет назад

      Lottie Harris Yeah, you've probably absorbed some Welshness through osmosis of being around a lot of Welsh people :P

    • @user-jb1mb5xh9t
      @user-jb1mb5xh9t 8 лет назад +1

      Jamie Dawkins At my school there are more than five welsh teachers. With all the flags around, you'd think you accidentally took a wrong turn and ended up in the South of Wales.

  • @yann1ck666
    @yann1ck666 8 лет назад +315

    How they make city names
    Major: OK, we're almost done with our city. Now we only need a name. Any suggestions?
    Guy 1: Thrywytz?
    Major :Nah.
    Guy 2: Ysybyzy Crymitzy?
    Major: Nah.
    Guy 3:* gets a stroke* Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch.
    Major: ... PERFECT! YOU'RE GETTING PROMOTION!

    • @yann1ck666
      @yann1ck666 8 лет назад

      Stan Marsh Sorry , didn't mean to sound offensive. And btw I don't live in America. Sorry

    • @dysfynnction
      @dysfynnction 8 лет назад

      Oh.. Hmm.. Uh ill delete my comment, too much sorrys to apologise

    • @Mefstar1
      @Mefstar1 8 лет назад +5

      +Yannick De Mal there is no z in the Welsh language

    • @yann1ck666
      @yann1ck666 8 лет назад

      Beth Meopham I just typed something random. How could I know which letters the Welsh alphabet has?

    • @yann1ck666
      @yann1ck666 8 лет назад

      ***** How am I supposed to know? I just wrote something ramdom . And you have no reason to be so mean. I have feelings too :'(

  • @EmTom44
    @EmTom44 3 года назад +14

    "Its very interesting that its so close to England and we associate it with being like England but its so very different"
    This man is officially every Welsh person's favourite American

  • @flipastix2.031
    @flipastix2.031 5 лет назад +7

    1:37 when she screamed! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I literally teared up from laughing and I don’t know why

  • @Alegwillyum
    @Alegwillyum 9 лет назад +685

    Tyy myny fyckyng y's

  • @mrsolodolotk2602
    @mrsolodolotk2602 8 лет назад +476

    any else notice Irish music in the background? ahaha

    • @mikewu7683
      @mikewu7683 8 лет назад +64

      lol Muricans

    • @trinity_null
      @trinity_null 7 лет назад +1

      MrsolodoloTk me

    • @zzz-tg7mn
      @zzz-tg7mn 7 лет назад +1

      MrsolodoloTk me

    • @mrdark6243
      @mrdark6243 7 лет назад +14

      Could have had Tom Jones

    • @octomonkey1980
      @octomonkey1980 7 лет назад +5

      Close harmony male voices are more associated with Wales

  • @dachlon91
    @dachlon91 4 года назад +7

    Why is there like Irish folk music playing? 😂

    • @dachlon91
      @dachlon91 4 года назад

      Jackie Roberts yeah I know Wales is Celtic but this music sounds much more like Irish folk than Welsh folk.

  • @BlanchestarlightUwU
    @BlanchestarlightUwU 2 года назад +2

    "Were they drunk when they named this town?"
    I'm dying, lol. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @emay.1
    @emay.1 8 лет назад +411

    Being Welsh I am laughing my arse off

  • @twenlil
    @twenlil 8 лет назад +199

    When you ran out of vowels in Scrabble, you can switch to Welsh.

    • @tanitluminake
      @tanitluminake 8 лет назад +1

      Thanks for the strategy.

    • @rhysellis4280
      @rhysellis4280 8 лет назад +5

      learn to speak your own language correctly first mate before you start dissing Welsh.

    • @chloeblake6847
      @chloeblake6847 8 лет назад +4

      I take offence to that. cer I grafu, pen pidyn!!!!

    • @pastelpepe
      @pastelpepe 7 лет назад

      Rhys Ellis Eng *land*
      Ire *land*
      Scot *land*
      *Wales*

    • @deiojones9975
      @deiojones9975 7 лет назад

      Dan and Phil's kink wales is a special place so they do not deserve to be like the rest of the british isles

  • @joshuabullion1429
    @joshuabullion1429 5 лет назад +13

    1:47 I blew a fuse!
    HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE WELSH!!
    OFFENCE TO THE TOP!!!

    • @Sleepless4Life
      @Sleepless4Life 4 года назад

      Can't offend sheepshaggers m8!

    • @ehrin_1329
      @ehrin_1329 4 года назад +2

      Sleepless4Life unless we can actually play rugby, and win the six nations!

    • @jacjolly8214
      @jacjolly8214 4 года назад +1

      @@Sleepless4Life don't be so insulting

    • @rikuleinonen
      @rikuleinonen 4 года назад

      Just reactions from english people. What do ya expect when suddenly there is a hellish wtf word right in front of ur very eyes?

    • @jacjolly8214
      @jacjolly8214 4 года назад +1

      @@rikuleinonen it's a wtf word to you , not to the people of the country who can say it and understand it's meanin

  • @rhyskarslake
    @rhyskarslake 2 года назад

    this is one of my favourite videos love this 😂

  • @Jessie-dp3vy
    @Jessie-dp3vy 7 лет назад +280

    I speak fluent Welsh and this is VERY cringy for me

    • @jasthedovahkiin3710
      @jasthedovahkiin3710 7 лет назад +4

      i don't even know anything in welsh even though we learn it. i feel ashamed XD

    • @yourmumgay2374
      @yourmumgay2374 7 лет назад +10

      Trash O.o I speak next to no Welsh and it's still cringey.

    • @cianevans7497
      @cianevans7497 7 лет назад

      Trash O.o Fi fyd

    • @cymraes9611
      @cymraes9611 7 лет назад +6

      and the fact that the person who's meant to be pronouncing the town names are pronouncing them completely wrong:( Ond diw'n mor falch i fod yn Cymraes!

    • @jazzuww2565
      @jazzuww2565 7 лет назад +2

      Trash O.o OKay u are my new twin I didn't know other trash members lived in Wales (excluding sheep) XDXD

  • @iiaxotigg1344
    @iiaxotigg1344 7 лет назад +471

    you should have shown them how to pronounce aluminium.

  • @snuz5126
    @snuz5126 3 года назад +1

    One of the most talented things on earth is spelling things right in welsh. It's like someone hit their head on their keyboard and typed in welsh

  • @MrHrob1
    @MrHrob1 4 года назад +5

    I like how Americans are insulting a language even tho they couldn’t even be bothered to make their own

    • @cypher_2259
      @cypher_2259 3 года назад

      @Halsten oh?

    • @cypher_2259
      @cypher_2259 3 года назад

      @Halsten I mean with the amount of things you can differently like sidewalk and biscuit is argue that you guys are half way there

    • @cypher_2259
      @cypher_2259 3 года назад

      @Halsten we don't say sidewalk in Britton and your biscuit isn't right

    • @cypher_2259
      @cypher_2259 3 года назад

      @Halsten it doesn't make sense lol

  • @cyleelderkin
    @cyleelderkin 9 лет назад +81

    Im welsh and even the voice that was saying it the right way was saying it wrong

    • @BabyfaceL3DG
      @BabyfaceL3DG 9 лет назад +2

      Nobody cares

    • @WhenDarknessFalls
      @WhenDarknessFalls 9 лет назад +3

      I know, it was annoying me. It sounds like a french person pronouncing Welsh

    • @msoynri
      @msoynri 9 лет назад +2

      iRoniKs SwiftS I am a Pole living in Wales and noticed that as well, especially with Llanfair...

    • @cyleelderkin
      @cyleelderkin 9 лет назад +2

      Shut up jebidiah

    • @menelise
      @menelise 9 лет назад +3

      Monika Syroka Yes, the male announcer was way off with his attempt at LlanfairPG (the female voice that seemed to accompany the victims was correct), but the hyphenation was also incorrect initially, when the first letter ("ll") of llantysylio was split, to show l-l: you can't split a single letter (for those who are not aware, "ll" is a single letter in the Welsh alphabet).

  • @kait1912
    @kait1912 6 лет назад +495

    Anyone else from south Wales?

    • @ItzKW
      @ItzKW 6 лет назад +21

      i'mfrom the welsh speaking part of wales, the NORTH

    • @lwilliams1280
      @lwilliams1280 6 лет назад +16

      ItzKW we speak Welsh in the south as well....

    • @jacku4944
      @jacku4944 6 лет назад +10

      If your from the south you don't speak proper welsh

    • @lwilliams1280
      @lwilliams1280 6 лет назад +5

      jack u shut up

    • @lwilliams1280
      @lwilliams1280 6 лет назад +6

      jack u you don't even know proper English.

  • @WalesTheTrueBritons
    @WalesTheTrueBritons 4 года назад +2

    J.R.R Tolkien's favourite language, along with Finnish! The fella had good taste. The Welsh (British) language is awesome when spoken by someone who's fluent.

  • @white-lf5pe
    @white-lf5pe 2 года назад +2

    I visited Wales recently (Cardiff)so beautiful..❤️ I definitely want to learn Wesh..and the people were so nice ..

  • @JensenP12
    @JensenP12 8 лет назад +146

    At 1:42, most Welsh people say Llanfair if I'm not mistaken. Because saying all that... jesus....

    • @batman_lover3431
      @batman_lover3431 8 лет назад +4

      I just say llanfairpwll because CBA saying the rest

    • @juicee5638
      @juicee5638 8 лет назад +2

      I just say llanfairPG

    • @batman_lover3431
      @batman_lover3431 8 лет назад

      Juicee yeah my mum says it like that

    • @noidea6953
      @noidea6953 8 лет назад +2

      It's Llanfair PG because of the multiple Llanfairs but you say it if you know it to show off

    • @rhysdavies7764
      @rhysdavies7764 8 лет назад +3

      We only say the whole name for tourists. I say Llanfairpwll

  • @merryanneputeri2964
    @merryanneputeri2964 8 лет назад +64

    Dis is why welsh people don't play scrabble. Exactly why.

    • @teasingtaka
      @teasingtaka 8 лет назад

      +Merry Anne lmfao

    • @gingerclynch2309
      @gingerclynch2309 8 лет назад

      Hey I'm welsh and me and my twin played scrabble since we were about 9

    • @TheTradge
      @TheTradge 8 лет назад

      You could just remove all the vowels

    • @clivegraham6027
      @clivegraham6027 8 лет назад

      we play scrabble in english

    • @teasingtaka
      @teasingtaka 8 лет назад

      Clive Graham
      i think someone didnt get the joke.....

  • @novdelta381
    @novdelta381 3 года назад +4

    "Why do the Y's make different sounds?"
    *laughs in ough*

    • @abugidaiguess
      @abugidaiguess 2 года назад

      yeah no English is the one language you can say that sorta thing about

  • @adrianac3258
    @adrianac3258 2 года назад +3

    The Welsh Flag is amazing it actually has a Dragon🐉😍!

    • @OboeSteph
      @OboeSteph Год назад

      I started learning Cymraeg on Duolingo, and the very first word they taught me was Draig!🐉 What a cool language. 😎

  • @elbaker9528
    @elbaker9528 6 лет назад +103

    Really pissed me off that they had Irish music in the background

    • @fhpurcell5364
      @fhpurcell5364 4 года назад +13

      they always do for any place on the British isles. there was a Buzzfeed video on the Scottish referendum with Irish music on it. maybe the budget ran out after they bought one Irish soundtrack

    • @ryth3r887
      @ryth3r887 3 года назад +1

      French

    • @prestonjones1653
      @prestonjones1653 3 года назад +2

      A celt is a celt.

    • @otherfergl4609
      @otherfergl4609 3 года назад +1

      Idk what it is but it aint welsh ill tell u that

    • @skurinski
      @skurinski 2 года назад

      @@fhpurcell5364 its buzzfeed, what do you expect? Nothing but trash

  • @tamzyn5192
    @tamzyn5192 9 лет назад +250

    YASSS!
    LIKE IF YOUR WELSH

    • @tamzyn5192
      @tamzyn5192 9 лет назад +1

      ***** i win at life heather, I win at life

    • @crysvicious
      @crysvicious 5 лет назад

      I'm not Welsh and i can't speak Welsh but I have distant Welsh ancestors that I'd like to learn more about :)

  • @aledwashere4962
    @aledwashere4962 5 лет назад +7

    Im welsh im proud i can speak 2 languages

    • @ceinwencooke2603
      @ceinwencooke2603 4 года назад

      I'm bilingual, Welsh and English, almost trilingual with French as well

  • @AtarahDerek
    @AtarahDerek 3 года назад +2

    Everyone: So, when you have a language, vowels are extremely useful...
    Wales: No.

    • @redthroatedloon
      @redthroatedloon 3 года назад

      welsh actually has more vowels than english...

  • @WelshSwan1986
    @WelshSwan1986 7 лет назад +111

    Don't feel too bad I guess. I had an English friend who came to visit me in Swansea and she came down on the train from Newcastle and caught an earlier train than she'd intended to catch and she called me in a fit of panic saying 'I think I have got off in the wrong place!!! I'm in Ffordd Allan!''. I burst out laughing, she was in Swansea but was reading the 'Way Out' sign which in Welsh is 'Ffordd Allan.'

    • @karlouise6680
      @karlouise6680 6 лет назад +4

      Norfolk Enchants as a fellow jack i can't stop laughing 😂😂😂 this is so funny!

    • @tonyvantinthung5103
      @tonyvantinthung5103 6 лет назад

      Lol

    • @1515327E
      @1515327E 3 года назад +3

      That's great - the famous one was this guy who drove to Caerfyrddin for some meeting and when he got there, the first thing he said was, "I didn't know Wales had a massive city; I came down the M4 and every sign was for some huge place called 'Gwasanaethau.'

    • @Steve14ps
      @Steve14ps 2 года назад +1

      'Dim Ffordd' and 'Parcio Di Dal' get people thinking

    • @rhianwenj7597
      @rhianwenj7597 2 года назад +2

      @@1515327E I lived near Leeds and a variation of this happened to me. They were a lovely couple and so genuine about it. They were amazed I could say the word.
      They would go on a touring holiday of Wales and I'd get messages requesting little lessons about pronunciation, history, cultural stuff. They we so open to new things at their advanced age and we're lovely. ❤️

  • @jphillips9364
    @jphillips9364 9 лет назад +47

    As an actual Welsh person, this was very frustrating to watch

    • @makh5736
      @makh5736 9 лет назад +6

      I'm Welsh, and I found this rather funny :D

    • @LaurieRowlands
      @LaurieRowlands 9 лет назад +7

      I'm just happy they included us for a change 😆

    • @carilloyd5053
      @carilloyd5053 9 лет назад

      Tbh I didn't care, ^

    • @caitlynala8697
      @caitlynala8697 9 лет назад

      One Red Bandit YUP

  • @lunabearrytextra7748
    @lunabearrytextra7748 2 года назад +2

    Thanks to the lady that said the welsh language is cool! Warms my heart! (Cuz im welsh)

  • @ryanniv1851
    @ryanniv1851 5 лет назад +2

    I was waiting for that long one 😂😂

    • @toroza159
      @toroza159 4 года назад

      Ryann iV That’s what she said!

  • @943SG
    @943SG 9 лет назад +132

    The background music sounded Irish, not Welsh. Pity.

    • @thomasellis445
      @thomasellis445 9 лет назад

      Simon Green Welsh, Irish, it's celtic so it can be considered either.

    • @943SG
      @943SG 9 лет назад +16

      Thomas Ellis Fair point, but surely it would have been better to use a male voice choir for example. That would've been more identifiably Welsh

    • @thomasellis445
      @thomasellis445 9 лет назад +1

      Simon Green I guess so, Skrillex would have been better but yeah

    • @thomasellis445
      @thomasellis445 9 лет назад

      ***** Well it's still Celtic. The Welsh like the Irish share a large proportion of their ancestry with the Basques of Northern Spain and South Western France, sharing similar traditions that have been passed down generations, so they do have Celtic style music that is alike.

    • @tribrow1
      @tribrow1 9 лет назад +3

      ***** that isn't true in the slightest! we can clearly see that Q-Celtic and P-Celtic languages Have many similarities and they both derive from Proto-Celtic although Q-celtic languages seem to have kept a closer connection than P.
      here is some examples:
      Snake:
      P-celtic
      Gallo-Brittonic: Natrī
      Cymraeg: Neidr
      Kernewek: Nader
      Brehzoneg: Naer
      Cumbric: Nedir
      Q-Celtic
      Gaeilge: Nathair
      Y Gaelg: Aarnieu
      Gàidhlig: Nathair
      Sword:
      P-celtic
      Gallo-Brittonic:Cladibos
      Cymraeg: Cleddyf
      Kernewek: Cledhe
      Brehzoneg: Kleze
      Cumbric: Cledhiv
      Q-celtic
      Gaeilge: Claíomh
      Y Gaelg: Cliwe
      Gàidhlig: Claidheamh
      Head:
      P-celtic
      Gallo-Brittonic: Pennos
      Cymraeg: Pen
      Kernewek: Penn/pennow
      Brehzoneg: Penn
      Cumbric: Penn
      Q-celtic
      Gaeilge: Ceann
      Y Gaelg: Kione
      Gàidhlig: Ceann
      and there are countless more! if its one thing i cant stand its people giving false information, you should consider doing a bit of research before you start talking shit!

  • @charlottepowell2048
    @charlottepowell2048 8 лет назад +184

    This makes me proud to be Welsh

  • @ayanoaishi6800
    @ayanoaishi6800 4 года назад +1

    I am Welsh and i am really happy when that girl said she wanted to come visit , Wales is an amazing country :)

  • @TheOneAndOnlyHaleamy
    @TheOneAndOnlyHaleamy 4 года назад +7

    Others this name is impossible
    Me: I can say it... well kinda
    Some dude: say it then!
    *me* GOGOGOCH*

  • @Nazzamajazz
    @Nazzamajazz 9 лет назад +206

    haha im at uni in Cardiff and i feel their pain! XD

    • @deborahhumphreys4822
      @deborahhumphreys4822 9 лет назад +4

      Marianaa I feel you I'm at university in Cardiff too and the struggle is real

    • @rhyspearson8400
      @rhyspearson8400 9 лет назад

      I live in cardiff and I know where the uni is

    • @boltovi6311
      @boltovi6311 9 лет назад +8

      Rhys Pearson COOL STORY BRO

    • @LilyDoesRandomStuff3Meep
      @LilyDoesRandomStuff3Meep 9 лет назад +3

      Marianaa Newport girl here :3

    • @MrSlyGamer
      @MrSlyGamer 9 лет назад +2

      Barry here. ;) Welsh names aren't that hard. Cymro balch!

  • @TheErnestc
    @TheErnestc 8 лет назад +85

    Longest town name: Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu (85 letters).
    Location: North Island, New Zealand.
    Short forms: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (57 letters), Taumata(7 letters).
    Translation: "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one"

    • @sirbeautimus5346
      @sirbeautimus5346 8 лет назад +1

      k

    • @frederik2220
      @frederik2220 8 лет назад +2

      Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok
      Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon
      Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit - AKA BANGKOK and it means - The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald
      Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand
      capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city,
      abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode
      where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by
      Vishnukarn.

    • @Jadeannaliese
      @Jadeannaliese 8 лет назад +7

      * is happy because I am from New Zealand and can speak pretty good Maori *

    • @Spudjoolica
      @Spudjoolica 8 лет назад +2

      yus they should do one of these but with maori places id like to see them pronounce something like whangaparoa or aucklands maori name, tamaki makaurau

    • @benj9380
      @benj9380 7 лет назад +1

      I'm sorry but 'the man with the big knees' had me DIEING. Is this Maori?

  • @masterofthemotleycrew8179
    @masterofthemotleycrew8179 2 года назад +1

    "this is such a cool language"
    from a welsh speaker, it just sounds like people are having a seizure when they say full sentences

  • @hannah8589
    @hannah8589 5 лет назад +1

    I’m from Newport wales, great place not a confusing name and the best pubs

  • @AgglomeratiProduzioni
    @AgglomeratiProduzioni 8 лет назад +74

    Tywyn, Crymych, Ynysybwl, Ysbyty Ystwyth.
    Wales: the place that hates vowels.
    Oh no wait, there's Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch.

    • @benjamingibson3548
      @benjamingibson3548 8 лет назад +4

      +Ruben In Welsh, both Y and W are vowels, along with the usual lot. It makes words in hangman a lot harder to guess, I can tell you!

    • @noisyjodie2
      @noisyjodie2 8 лет назад

      Y is a vowel in Welsh though XD

    • @alyxxxify
      @alyxxxify 8 лет назад

      +Ruben just like in English 'H' is both a silent vowel and a consonant.

    • @marvinstock1438
      @marvinstock1438 8 лет назад +4

      +Ruben actually in welsh Y and W are vowels too :p A E I O U W Y

  • @loisbirchall9923
    @loisbirchall9923 6 лет назад +190

    I'm Welsh. I can speak Welsh. That was so bad but also funy

    • @J05H30H3
      @J05H30H3 5 лет назад +1

      Same

    • @calypsifie7312
      @calypsifie7312 5 лет назад +2

      Helo sut wyt ti?

    • @goose4919
      @goose4919 4 года назад +1

      They were American. Get them to pronounce Dún na nGall or Uibh fhaill

    • @seeforkat
      @seeforkat 4 года назад

      ylssisittspupttuaroatois5osiykloprquatiptata11116

    • @102mila
      @102mila 4 года назад +1

      I’m Welsh and I know how to say the words cause I learnt the alphabet but I have no idea how to read or understand most words

  • @keiiiraxo__500
    @keiiiraxo__500 4 года назад

    HAHAHAHAHA YOU ADDED THE LONG TOWN NAME 😂😂 I'm not even going to try to spell it I can't remember the nsme

  • @wesof1583
    @wesof1583 5 лет назад +1

    When the teachers in my (very Welsh school) discovered this, every student was brought to watch it together (basically hundreds of kids laughing at their mispronunciations lmao)

  • @eggjjhfyuvdh352
    @eggjjhfyuvdh352 8 лет назад +42

    the fuckig computer couldn't say em

  • @lizziecats6811
    @lizziecats6811 6 лет назад +20

    I’m welsh and even the ‘correct’ way of saying this is soooo wrong 😂😂

  • @oliviadowning1328
    @oliviadowning1328 2 года назад +3

    As a welsh I'm laughing my arse off

  • @teganbevan419
    @teganbevan419 5 лет назад

    I'm from ynysybwl and I freaked out when you said that 😂😂😂

  • @kellyroyds5040
    @kellyroyds5040 8 лет назад +60

    The suburbs surrounding Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the US is home to several towns with Welsh names: Bryn Mawr, Bryn Athyn, Bala Cynwyd, Llanerch just to name a few.

    • @almishti
      @almishti 8 лет назад +17

      I'm from NY state near the PA border, we have a few there too. If you're Welsh you don't even wanna hear how we pronounce them... :P

    • @misscute0539
      @misscute0539 8 лет назад +1

      +Kat Karsecs lol I'm welsh

    • @huwgsxr1000
      @huwgsxr1000 7 лет назад +10

      And i bet they're all pronounced wrong lol.

    • @josephelias9081
      @josephelias9081 7 лет назад

      Never knew that, you'd think a lot more Americans would know.
      I DO know America has some Welsh communities and celebrations.

    • @arwelparry7529
      @arwelparry7529 7 лет назад +6

      Yeah, I've heard that Bala Cynwyd is pronounced something like "bay-la kin-wood" while in Wales it would be pronounced "bah-la KUN-wid".

  • @maddygroves6445
    @maddygroves6445 8 лет назад +144

    Who can speak welsh ?? 🙋🏽

    • @brandenning4640
      @brandenning4640 8 лет назад +3

      +Maddy Groves Dw i'n siarad Cymraeg!

    • @lollyclose7020
      @lollyclose7020 8 лет назад

      Me 🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏻🙋🏽🙋🏾🙋🏿🙋

    • @mtbmadness908
      @mtbmadness908 8 лет назад

      +Maddy Groves me I did live in llanfer pwll the really long one

    • @lolchillingha
      @lolchillingha 8 лет назад

      Me

    • @psychnuts
      @psychnuts 8 лет назад

      +Maddy Groves Rwyf wrth fy modd fy ngwlad , PRIDE CYMRAEG !

  • @ixtmituulitilixam
    @ixtmituulitilixam 4 года назад

    Gotta love them voiceless alveolar lateral fricatives

  • @RealMike02
    @RealMike02 5 лет назад +1

    01:32 I was waiting for this town name to see how they would react to it

  • @robbiecale3327
    @robbiecale3327 8 лет назад +164

    I live in Wales and I live in the city with the easiest pronunciation, Swansea

    • @paulgreen4630
      @paulgreen4630 8 лет назад +9

      That's the English name, try it's Welsh name.

    • @paulgreen4630
      @paulgreen4630 8 лет назад +8

      *****​ Abertawe

    • @robbiecale3327
      @robbiecale3327 8 лет назад +1

      It is Abertawe. I didn't use it because I hate the Welsh language

    • @paulgreen4630
      @paulgreen4630 8 лет назад +4

      ***** You mean Caerdydd?

    • @Janosuk
      @Janosuk 8 лет назад

      Fishguard, that's on par ;), that is unless you're using the welsh name of Abergwaun.

  • @btstextimagine8648
    @btstextimagine8648 6 лет назад +124

    I'm actually from wales and it's so funny 😂

    • @vivienwhy3453
      @vivienwhy3453 6 лет назад

      Me to

    • @hannajones7405
      @hannajones7405 6 лет назад +3

      Same 😂 #cymruambyth❤❤

    • @surferfrog
      @surferfrog 6 лет назад

      Same XD

    • @amyxx1809
      @amyxx1809 6 лет назад +1

      Same. I’m from the South 😊 also ARMY!!

    • @slag1931
      @slag1931 6 лет назад

      BTS Text imagine same 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @luciec4017
    @luciec4017 5 лет назад +2

    1:33 My Dad used to work there it’s really close to where I live
    Rydw in byw yn Cymru

    • @keyesey0796
      @keyesey0796 5 лет назад +1

      On Anglesey or across the Menai bridge?

  • @callum__w
    @callum__w 4 года назад +1

    The last statement was very very true

  • @CathalMaguire10
    @CathalMaguire10 9 лет назад +79

    Americans pronounce Irish Town Names!
    Thumbs up so they can see! It would be hilarious!

    • @CountessCulhame
      @CountessCulhame 9 лет назад

      _CathalM_ There should be at least one instance of "why do these all start with bally?" But man, even I can't pronounce some until I'm told first...

    • @AllTooMelissa
      @AllTooMelissa 9 лет назад

      Yes!

    • @StokesHD
      @StokesHD 9 лет назад

      _CathalM_ Dun Laoghaire

    • @amydooley770
      @amydooley770 9 лет назад

      Dun Laoighrae....Donaghmede.....swords......

    • @CathalMaguire10
      @CathalMaguire10 9 лет назад

      Ballincollig - Shannagarry - Skibbereen

  • @kelman727
    @kelman727 7 лет назад +72

    Wonder what they'd make of Aberystwyth?

    • @alexanderkinchen-goldsmith263
      @alexanderkinchen-goldsmith263 7 лет назад +1

      kelman727 yeah i live near there i live in tregaron which is next to lampeter.

    • @songdeva
      @songdeva 7 лет назад +5

      Those of us who've seen Y Gwyll would do alright. :)

    • @NoahMiller13579
      @NoahMiller13579 7 лет назад

      a-bay-reese-wheeth? Is that close?

    • @tristwchcudd5727
      @tristwchcudd5727 7 лет назад

      kelman727 knowing them thay would miss prouns swansy or cardiff lol

    • @daiseeeanne2924
      @daiseeeanne2924 7 лет назад +1

      Anyone know Caerpilly or Abertridwr?

  • @ingrowntoenailiv
    @ingrowntoenailiv 2 года назад +1

    When you just want to pronounce some Welsh names and suddenly shows up "Llanfairpwllblahblahblahblahblahblahgoch"

  • @junctionfilms6348
    @junctionfilms6348 3 года назад

    nice that you played Irish folk music for a Welsh video.