Yr Wyddfa

[MarillionFan]

Im all for one calling people by the proper names in their proper language. What's the Welsh for 'Sheep Shaggers'?

[malvolio]

Im all for one calling people by the proper names in their proper language. What's the Welsh for 'Sheep Shaggers'?

Something like "anwybodaeth hiliol" at a guess.

HTH

[OwlHoot]

Welsh is a very unique language. Most European languages have quite a bit in common, go to Croatia and you can guess what some signs mean, but Welsh is totally incomprehensible.

The funniest thing was when an English road sign civil servant had to phone a Welsh professor to ask to translate a road sign into Welsh, and now there is a village in Wales called in Gaelic "I'm away from my desk at the moment, please leave your message after the bleep".

[Whorty]

What is idiotic about asking why we subsidise people that actively dislike us, its not like it has improved anything?

Is that any different to Londoners asking why they should subsidise the North?

We're all part of the same country. Some parts don't like other parts. Get over it.

[Whorty]

Tell 'em to stick it up Yr Wyddfa

Someone's in need of a cwtsh today

[vetran]

Is that any different to Londoners asking why they should subsidise the North?

We're all part of the same country. Some parts don't like other parts. Get over it.

Its a valid question, why is the North not as prosperous as London, there are few impassable reasons.

However areas such as Scotland and Wales that receive a bigger share of the tax take whilst overall contributing less should quite reasonably be asked to up their game so they contribute more equally.

I don't have a problem with people based on their nationality or culture but on their contribution to society. These people hate me because I am English.

[malvolio]

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I don't have a problem with people based on their nationality or culture but on their contribution to society. These people hate me because I am English.

Based on your comments to date, I don't think that's the reason...

However it's difficult to make a major contribution to the national economy when all your infrastructure is confined to a narrow corridor in the extreme South of the country. There's a fabulous deep-sea harbour at Milford Haven that can take half-million tonne ships and makes Felixstowe look like a marina. It's joined to the rest of the UK by a winding two lane A road. Forty miles later, you get to a dual carriageway. Another 30 miles or so and you reach the M4.

As for the rest of Wales, there are two major north-south connections and no West-East ones. Hence a predominantly agrarian economy.

[Whorty]

Its a valid question, why is the North not as prosperous as London, there are few impassable reasons.

However areas such as Scotland and Wales that receive a bigger share of the tax take whilst overall contributing less should quite reasonably be asked to up their game so they contribute more equally.

I don't have a problem with people based on their nationality or culture but on their contribution to society. These people hate me because I am English.

Or .. they may have met you, or the very least seen your postings on here. Just saying

[vetran]

So you don't think the regions should contribute as best they can?

Do you think regions should take more money for decades because they don't earn enough for themselves?

As they have actually said they hate the English my logic seems sound. I'm not that important that the whole of wales or Scotland know to hate me!

[vetran]

Based on your comments to date, I don't think that's the reason...

However it's difficult to make a major contribution to the national economy when all your infrastructure is confined to a narrow corridor in the extreme South of the country. There's a fabulous deep-sea harbour at Milford Haven that can take half-million tonne ships and makes Felixstowe look like a marina. It's joined to the rest of the UK by a winding two lane A road. Forty miles later, you get to a dual carriageway. Another 30 miles or so and you reach the M4.

As for the rest of Wales, there are two major north-south connections and no West-East ones. Hence a predominantly agrarian economy.

And the Welsh government have made representations to change this?