Reply to: Backwood parts of the UK

[barrydidit]

The gogs are taking over.

Indeed

[psychocandy]

Hindi and Polish probably worth learning.

Welsh only if you are in the armed forces and at risk of being captured......

Or maybe if you live in Wales as well? People do actually speak it here.

[SueEllen]

Next, you are going to say you have friends that are Welsh.

How did you know?

[woohoo]

I was channelling my inner Anne-Marie Morris, the Newton Abbot MP.

Next, you are going to say you have friends that are Welsh.

[SueEllen]

Racist.

I was channelling my inner Anne-Marie Morris, the Newton Abbot MP.

[woohoo]

Hindi and Polish probably worth learning.

Welsh only if you are in the armed forces and at risk of being captured......

Racist.

[woohoo]

Slipping a little, funny but not entirely relevant.

[SueEllen]

When I used to work on a team of 8 with 6 Indians they would often speak Hindi.

The 2nd most common language in the UK is now Polish. Welsh is now 3rd.

Hindi and Polish probably worth learning.

Welsh only if you are in the armed forces and at risk of being captured......

[greenlake]

Patients and local politicians are furious that a retiring Welsh-speaking GP won’t be replaced by another Welsh speaker.

[Pip in a Poke]

Take me to your backwoods now...

RHCP.

Take me to your backwoods now by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Great little number that one.

[BrilloPad]

BP I know you live in the scouse part lol but you must know they hardly speak English in these places like Penygroes.

To be fair, welsh is the language they use day to day there. Its possible that some of the people actually struggle with English a little. I dont think theres anyone in wales these days who doesn't speak english but for some it is definitely a 2nd language.

Caernarfon area definitely. I used to visit there for business trips years ago. I'd show up and they'd speak english to me. Then I'd sit in the office and they'd speak welsh all day. My welsh wasn't good enough to understand too much.

When I used to work on a team of 8 with 6 Indians they would often speak Hindi.

The 2nd most common language in the UK is now Polish. Welsh is now 3rd.

[Fred Bloggs]

BP I know you live in the scouse part lol but you must know they hardly speak English in these places like Penygroes.

To be fair, welsh is the language they use day to day there. Its possible that some of the people actually struggle with English a little. I dont think theres anyone in wales these days who doesn't speak english but for some it is definitely a 2nd language.

Caernarfon area definitely. I used to visit there for business trips years ago. I'd show up and they'd speak english to me. Then I'd sit in the office and they'd speak welsh all day. My welsh wasn't good enough to understand too much.

That was because you were there.

[barrydidit]

My welsh wasn't good enough to understand too much.

Did you manage to pick out "Ti'n cont" though?

[psychocandy]

BP I know you live in the scouse part lol but you must know they hardly speak English in these places like Penygroes.

To be fair, welsh is the language they use day to day there. Its possible that some of the people actually struggle with English a little. I dont think theres anyone in wales these days who doesn't speak english but for some it is definitely a 2nd language.

Caernarfon area definitely. I used to visit there for business trips years ago. I'd show up and they'd speak english to me. Then I'd sit in the office and they'd speak welsh all day. My welsh wasn't good enough to understand too much.

[barrydidit]

Should this not be

Backward parts

Or Backwoods parts?

Backwood parts seems wrong.

Penygroes is both. It's not in complete tulip-kicker territory, but it's pretty damn close. Brillo is lucky he hasn't been burnt out by the sons of Glyndwr