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Post by bale-droed on Aug 8, 2022 15:58:02 GMT
What are some of Welsh footballs urban myths / things that are just plain incorrect? 1. Ryan Giggs could’ve played for England. We all know English people love this incorrect fact it’s mentioned in Gavin and Stacey. I feel like I correct an English person once a week on this. 2. Paul Bodins penalty. Romania scored after the miss and won 2-1. Perhaps not entirely fair to remember it was as simple as if he’d scored we’d of been at USA 94 3. There’s an Elephant buried under the pitch at Jenner Park. Would love it to be true but surely not. forzabarry.wordpress.com/2020/03/19/the-jenner-park-penny-pot/ 4. Not Welsh football but the Welsh language. The absolute fucking bollacks about the last Welsh speaking person to score a goal at Wembley being Gabriel Batistuta. He couldn’t speak Welsh. I’m sure he’d of been on the old Sgorio otherwise! There was also a rumour that Heinze could speak Welsh but sadly it’s not true. Would absolutely love to hear others |
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Post by welshrover on Aug 8, 2022 21:10:07 GMT
I suppose if you think about it did Jack the dog ever exist in Swansea or did Gelert ever exist?
Or Jesus??
Or Ben Thatcher?
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Post by 30yearwait on Aug 8, 2022 21:23:51 GMT
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Post by welshrover on Aug 8, 2022 22:03:37 GMT
Surely the biggest urban myth in Wales is that all people in pubs change from speaking English to Welsh when an English person enters the pub.
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Post by jimexotic on Aug 8, 2022 23:16:50 GMT
Surely the biggest urban myth in Wales is that all people in pubs change from speaking English to Welsh when an English person enters the pub. This actually happened to my Dad once in Dinbych, he spoke to me and my sister in English and some men at the bar made a comment. I have no idea what they said or what he then said but my dad proceeded to berate the whole place, very loudly, in Welsh and he was apologised to. The people in the pub should have known better, he was with my granddad who was a very popular figure in Dinbych, an incredibly kind and selfless man. |
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Post by foxmulder on Aug 8, 2022 23:28:58 GMT
I think the elephant at Jenner Park is real.
Also not sure if this counts, but I just saw Ramsey was trending. I'd forgot about his 'death curse' - Olivia Newton-John just died.
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Post by marsvolta on Aug 8, 2022 23:38:15 GMT
Surely the biggest urban myth in Wales is that all people in pubs change from speaking English to Welsh when an English person enters the pub. Yeah, this myth has quite a few holes in it. 1) Most welsh speakers wouldn’t be speaking to each other in English as they usually like to speak Welsh every opportunity they get. 2) How do they know what language they were speaking before they entered the pub? Were they listening through the window? 3) How did the Welsh speakers know that the person walking into the pub was English? Did they wait until they heard their accent before changing language to Welsh? 4) Most of us in Wales have English friends,neighbours, workmates, school friends etc, some of us have even married English people. So the idea that we’d all be stunned if an English person walked into the pub - stranger walking into a saloon cowboy style- is a bit of a stretch. 5) Lastly, and most importantly, they shouldn’t be listening to someone else’s conversation anyway, irrespective of language,mind your own business haha. |
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Post by bale-droed on Aug 8, 2022 23:52:11 GMT
I think the elephant at Jenner Park is real. Also not sure if this counts, but I just saw Ramsey was trending. I'd forgot about his 'death curse' - Olivia Newton-John just died. Ahhh Brilliant I’d completely forgot about that. It’s absurd someone famous dies everyday. That has just reminded me though of when Bale was a curse and Tottenham didn’t win with him in the team for 24 games |
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Post by bale-droed on Aug 8, 2022 23:53:14 GMT
Surely the biggest urban myth in Wales is that all people in pubs change from speaking English to Welsh when an English person enters the pub. Yeah, this myth has quite a few holes in it. 1) Most welsh speakers wouldn’t be speaking to each other in English as they usually like to speak Welsh every opportunity they get. 2) How do they know what language they were speaking before they entered the pub? Were they listening through the window? 3) How did the Welsh speakers know that the person walking into the pub was English? Did they wait until they heard their accent before changing language to Welsh? 4) Most of us in Wales have English friends,neighbours, workmates, school friends etc, some of us have even married English people. So the idea that we’d all be stunned if an English person walked into the pub - atranger walking into a saloon cowboy style- is a bit of a stretch. 5) Lastly, and most importantly, they shouldn’t be listening to someone else’s conversation anyway, irrespective of language,mind your own business haha. It’s easily one of the most infuriating thing English people say and a sign of the inherited superiority complex they are born with |
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