The Welsh dragon isn’t from the romans, but from the story of the battle of the red and white dragon, also the welsh language was nearly eradicated by the punishment of children speaking it with the “Welsh not” and the burning of books ect by the English government, is is a pretty MAJOR fact in the history of Wales that should have been included.

@taffyducks544

2 жыл бұрын

Some experts are actually starting to believe that the story is actually referring to the House of Bran vs House of Aberffraw...which became the kingdoms of Glamorgan and Gwent under House Bran and Gwynedd Coming under House Aberffraw. They believe it was then co-opted by later Anglo and Norman scholars to justify and better explain the English-Welsh conflict. You see, the Royal Houses of South Wales used a Golden Dragon on a field of white, whereas The Northern House used a Red Dragon. House of Bran was founded by Caratacus, whereas Aberffraw was founded by Cunedda. I too subscribe to this theory more so than the Anglo vs Briton scenario. As for all intensify purposes, the conflict between English and Welsh before 1000ad wasn't that regular.

@timphillips9954

2 жыл бұрын

Remember the English see the history of Wales and the British Isles in a very strange way!

@barnbersonol

2 жыл бұрын

That's the popular narrative but in fact the WN had a minimal effect on the Welsh language. The main reason was mass immigration of English workers and the failure of either them or their descendants to learn Welsh.

@elig6791

2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t include Owain Glyndwr either. And got leeks and daffodils mixed up. Didn’t mention at one point 1/3 of the worlds coal was from wales at one point nor 1/2 of the worlds slate. Didn’t mention Llywelyn Fawr or Llywelyn ap Olaf. The Aberfan disaster was also missing.

@nicholasjones7312

Жыл бұрын

A pity the picture used for castles was a Scottish one! Some awful attempts at Welsh place names and words here.

As a Welsh person, I've waited for this video for years! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@adampask4029

2 жыл бұрын

Same hear

@lukecrumpton7305

2 жыл бұрын

Same.

@r.travisbrazelton7941

2 жыл бұрын

Here for it!!

@stephenhurd1489

2 жыл бұрын

Why?

@stephenhurd1489

2 жыл бұрын

I'm confused. Is Wales a country? A state? You people confuse the shit out of Americans lol. Especially with the biscuits being crackers chips are fries and your men are like women. It's baffling

As a person with English, Irish, Welsh and Maltese Ancestry...Wales is by far one of the most under appreciated countries on the planet. They have punched well above their weight for centuries. A bit soul destroying to hear the same old false narrative about the Saxons pushing the Welsh into Wales through Conquest, which isn't true. Wales was always the power base of the Britons, due to its Topography. What would become known as England was used more as a trade center than for governance.

@decay7618

2 жыл бұрын

Fax I'm welsh and agree

@TaperTario

Жыл бұрын

I'm Welsh , my dad's Irish , one of my grandmothers are Maltese and one of my grandfathers are English... Lots of similar ancestry

@501sqn3

Жыл бұрын

What a load of bollocks !🙄

@jontalbot1

Жыл бұрын

That is an interesting, actually unique, interpretation of history. The story of the fight between the Red and White dragon is a bit of a clue

When I hear Wales I think of the actor ,Michael Sheen, love him dearly, and yes that awesome flag. Also Doctor Who since it’s filmed in Cardiff.

@soonerproud

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Torchwood!

@decay7618

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget our dragon 🐉 and Llanfairpwfgylgwyngolgerallantisiliogogogoch

@decay7618

2 жыл бұрын

And our castles

@stevecardiff444

Жыл бұрын

As was Sherlock and now Casualty.

To everybody reading this, I hope that whatever is bothering you or that you are continuously worried about improves. May your mind be free of gloomy thoughts, overthinking, and skepticism right now. May clarity triumph over ambiguity. May your life be filled with peace and tranquility.

Wales is so cool, it has the world's highest concentration of castles!

@501sqn3

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm, yes, 95% of them built by the English!.😉👍

@barnowl5774

Жыл бұрын

The castles were built by the non-Welsh as a means of keeping the Welsh under control.

As a Welsh descendant, Diolch yn fawr for spotlighting fy nhad's country. Also, I love that you made an attempt at pronouncing the unpronounceable Welsh words. Humor and compassion is what bridges the gaps between people

Da iawn met, o'r diwadd fideo am Gymru!!

As a welshman i can confirm that it pisses down constantly . Its absolutely bucketing down as i write this post lol😂

@stevecardiff444

Жыл бұрын

Depends where you live. Cardiff is often sunny when the rest of the UK is under snow or stormy. Usually one of the warmest places as well - check out the weather forecast maps every night.

@riorosaaustria9158

19 күн бұрын

I have a Wales man chat mate he is mysterious man I'm from Philippines

As a Welsh woman I'm looking forward to the pronunciations by the host of this video! 😁 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I've been looking forward to this video for a while though- diolch yn fawr! 👍 Cymru am byth! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Carefully castle! Lmao 🤣

@elig6791

2 жыл бұрын

Bless him, he got cenhinen as daffodil poor thing.

@mechaishida7588

Жыл бұрын

He gave it a go, that’s all that mattered. 😊 Cymru am byth. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Spent 4 years there for uni. Want to move back. Visiting in a couple weeks. It is a beautiful place

@t.o.b.interiors

Жыл бұрын

Please can you tell me more about their University?

I lost it at "Badger Face Mountain Sheep" 😄😄😄

As a welshman I can safely say I really enjoyed this video made me miss my homeland even more CUMRY AM BYTH 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@crackpot148

Ай бұрын

Call yourself a Welshman? It's Cymru am byth, man!

Makes me proud to be a Welsh man.

Been study in Abertawe/Swansea 1988-1992, great place

Why no mention of Owain Glyndwr who unified Wales formed a Welsh university, set Welsh Laws and invaded England as far as Oxford. Owain was far more successful than William Wallace (Brave heart). He is seen as a national hero and freedom fighter in the country. His statue can be seen in every major town in Wales and his flag flown across the land.

@taffyducks544

2 жыл бұрын

I wish his statue was in every major town, but thats not true. So should Arthwys Ap Meurig's Statue! The Real King Arthur! Hywel Dda, Rhodri Mawr, Owain Lawgoch, Iestyn Ap Gwrgan, Gwenllian, etc. The list of worthy People for statues in Wales is endless.

@elig6791

2 жыл бұрын

He didn’t mention the Aberfan disaster either, nor did he mention the “Welsh not”, instead he devoted five facts to famous welsh people. Also a quick google search shows that leek is actually cenhinen not cenhinen bedr. He also didn’t include that Llywelyn Fawr beat King John and the Barons asked him to sign the Magna Carter.

@hamsterofthenight5414

Жыл бұрын

@@elig6791 Cenhinen is Leek, Rennin Pear is daffodil

@elig6791

Жыл бұрын

@@hamsterofthenight5414 I think there are different words in the north and south, the same way that gyda isn’t used very often in the North they use efo.

@garycarpenter2980

Жыл бұрын

I just love the stories and Legends of the British Isles

Yes! I've waited for this for a long time, thank you!

Another excellent upload! Thanks, Chris!

I think you missed an important fact: the UK's first all-volunteer heritage/preservation railway is located in Wales.

@winklepicking3202

2 жыл бұрын

Blaenavon?

@brandxmacz2431

2 жыл бұрын

Talyllyn Railway?

@elig6791

2 жыл бұрын

Also the UKs first mosque was built in Caerdydd

Very disappointed that when mentioning Welsh Sporting figures there was not a mention of the most famous Welsh boxer Joe Calzaghe who was pound for pound THE best boxer in his division in the world. He won 47 out of 47 fights and retired unbeaten.

@matthewprice2626

14 күн бұрын

And Geraint Thomas

From the US, spent a couple months in rural /coastal Wales a few years better. Wanted to learn the language but it was just to hard to actually get good enough to use-not an option with most language courses. However-I did manage to learn how the letters in the alphabet were pronounced, and that took like 10 minutes, you could have done that lol Hearing you pronounce dd as d every time was funny. It’s easy, except for ll. I’m convinced it’s the trick they put in to see if you’re Welsh. Loved the video and hearing lots of pop culture type facts.

The Principality will always be the Millennium Stadium to me. I went as a kid to see Wales beat Italy 2-1 in the football. 🎶 “They say it’s got a sliding roof, that slowly walks away… They slid it back, when Wales attack.. So God can watch them play!”🎶

Thanx for this information ☺️

Cymru!

@user.10.

2 жыл бұрын

Am byth.

Very interesting! I have a lot of Welsh ancestors (apparently) but really know nothing about Wales. Or I guess, knew nothing until now 🙃 Thanks for the info!

@Inquisitor_Vex

Жыл бұрын

I would take a lot of what he says here with a good pinch on salt. He’s obviously an outsider who’s done a Google search and repeating what he found. It’s not like a definitive fact list. The dragon origins for example, the two theories are the one he mentioned (copying romans) and the other is based off medieval Welsh literature which is itself presumed to be based on old oral traditions that talks about the magician (possible god) Myrddin* (a strong contender for the basis of Merlin from Arthurian legend) who woke the red dragon (representing Cymru) to help fight off the Saxons. Who were themselves represented by a white dragon. The two clash and the white dragon is defeated and the red one goes back to sleep under his mountain til the next time we need him. I know which one I’d rather believe. * Could also have been Gwydion fab Dôn from the Mabinogion in earlier versions but changed after the bard Myrddin Wyltt became popularised.

There are twice as many churches as there are castles in Wales about 1,600. 14 years ago there were 4000 churches . There also exist thousands of chapels .A lot of the closed religious buildings got re-modelled into rather interesting houses.

@alynwillams4297

8 ай бұрын

Now Wales is the least religious country in the UK

this probably sounds crazy, but i was literally going through my youtube comment history and found a comment on a video of yours from years ago asking for this exact video, then came to your channel just to check it out again bc i used to love it- n saw this !!

My 5 year old loves these videos thank u so much

Amazing!!

You released this not long before I move there 😁

Fun!! Thanks 😊

C is always a k sound like cat or cow mate. E.g that food, cawl, is pronounced more like kawl than sawl.

@elig6791

2 жыл бұрын

Also he pronounced Hywel so wierd that I didn’t know who he was talking about

I'm Welsh and I didn't know half of these facts... Don't teach you this in school that's for sure.. Thank you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@LC-xz2vd

7 ай бұрын

Your user name looks similar to where I live in NW Cymru 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 love your profile pic too ✨️

When can we expect a video on bees?

We don't call it the principality it's called the melianium stadium

Love this so much. You mixed up the daffodil fact. A daffodil is 'Cenin Pedr' and a leek is 'Cenin'

Who is here after they qualified for Fifa World Cup after 64 years⚽️🇮🇳❤

Yes

I knew most of the fact because I’m Welsh but I still watched it

Cool video but just wanted to point out that Daffodil is 'cenhinen bedr' and Leek is just 'cenhinen' 😊

Thanks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Yes, I learned a lot. Thanks from one of the Jones families in the US.

Intresting🤔.

I'm Welsh and this was posted on my birthday XD

The jokes about "Whales" are old, not funny and disrespectful The name of the town hasn't been shortened. It's basically like a nickname cus we're lazy 22:24 That is incorrect. Before Cardiff it was Aberystwyth. It was Aberystwyth during WW2

@elig6791

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not shortened to Llanfair either it’s usually shortened to Llanfairpg.

Yes I love this I am from welsh heritage

YES! Diolch yn fawr iawn!

Happy birthday 🎊🎁🎉🎈🎂

I live on the Llyn Peninsula ☺ it is beautiful 🤩

aw diolch! ac mae'r holl ffeithiau hyn yn wir! :)

7:50 Seredigeon?! Lmao 🤣 sounds like a sick pigeon. (Ceredigion) “ker-eh-dig-ee-on” It’s a hard C & a hard G, for those who care.

@Inquisitor_Vex

Жыл бұрын

Haha 😂 bro! I mean.. A for effort but holy cow these pronunciations are cracking me up.

Can you make 101 Facts about Kaitou Joker?

Didn’t include Owain Glyndwr either. And got leeks and daffodils mixed up. Didn’t mention at one point 1/3 of the worlds coal was from wales at one point nor 1/2 of the worlds slate. Didn’t mention Llywelyn Fawr or Llywelyn ap Olaf. The Aberfan disaster was also missing.

@501sqn3

Жыл бұрын

....also didn't mention that The Beatles were invented in wales or that wales was the first nation to land on the moon,also ... Didn't mention that wales won the second world war ! Yaky daa👍🤦

Another fact, wales is the land of psillocybin and my mate from Merthr Tydfil says as a young lad they would be tripping in mushroom season. Where theres sheep There was a carpet of mushrooms.

Porthcawl ❤️❤️

The real descendants of the Romans are the Romance peoples such as the Italians, French, Spaniards, Portuguese and Romanians. There were also enclaves of the Western Roman Empire in the form of the Britto-Roman kingdoms of Gwynedd, Powys, Morgannwg and Rheged. Today they are modern Wales, which in turn is part of Great Britain!

"What's one of the first things you think of when you hear the country of Wales?" TBH... Torchwood. And that's with me having some Welsh ancestry, including my surname.

@jessica23claire

Жыл бұрын

I love my Cardiff disaster bisexual show

finally lessgooo

You should do 101 facts about cornwall if you havent

@vicsaul5459

Жыл бұрын

Which used to be West Wales c;

Yes! At last! I definitely don't live up to my username today

@Stettafire

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't too bad. They got one thing wrong. The capital was Aberystwyth before it was Cardiff and it was Aberystwyth during WW2. So when they said the capital was always Cardiff they were wrong. The rest was ok though

I’m surprised during the media section you never mentioned Fireman Sam

i am having a little giggle at the pronunciation of the place names :-) fair play its tough

you really shoulda got your house mate involved this was hard to watch sorry lol

@elig6791

2 жыл бұрын

He also would have been able to correct this: Leek = cenhinen Daffodil = cenhinen pedr

@hamsterofthenight5414

Жыл бұрын

@@elig6791 just saying, most welsh up north spell it Cennin Pedr but I get the point

@elig6791

Жыл бұрын

@@hamsterofthenight5414 sorry, I’m from the North 😂. I wasn’t aware that there was a different word for it 😂😭

Hey Chris please do 101 facts about rock music

Actually, before Cardiff was made the new capital in 1955, Aberystwyth had previously been the capital of Wales.

Me to

Terrible pronunciation on some words. Saying that, you did a fantastic job overall. Thank you very much!

The name of the country is Cymru

I would love to visit Wales sounds like a great place to visit but then again I want to see the entire British Isles...... What is so hard to pronounce these foreign words when they don't have the missing letters that we have

101 FACTS PLZ DO 101 FACTS ABOUT INDONESIA

MAKE 101 FACTS ABOUT 101 FACTS!!!

Who’s coat is that jacket?? Who’s shoe is that trainer? 😝 love the local sayings. Here are Newport’s.

@saturdayplayer2492

5 ай бұрын

Come by yer (here). Just wait by there. Lots of double negatives- I never done nothing. Triple negatives. I ain't never done nothing.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for life

I was born in wales my family is from there

Draig cymru

I live in Anglesey Wales

Never make Cawl with beef it’s made with lamb

101 facts about Cuba🙏🏽 🇨🇺

I've never heard ofthis idea of being worthy of enslavement, but Volcae originally was the Germanic word for the Gauls, and later came to mean anyone who was Roman, obviously the Germanic V became a W over time, for example Vinum goes to Wine (cf Walnut - cf Roman nut, Germans didn't have them). Later the Anglo-Saxons used the derivative word Wēalas to refer to Romano-Britons because, well the Britons thought of themselves as Roman, and the Anglo-Saxons thought of the Britons as Roman. The term wouldn't have been applied to Britons in Caledonia who of course had never been Roman. So the correct meaning of Wēalas is Romano-Briton.

CAN YOU DO KAZAKHSTAN 🇰🇿 OR NUR-SULTAN (ASTANA) PLEASE 😇 🙏.

This should be interesting. My last name is Welsh.

Best country in the world!

@taffyducks544

2 жыл бұрын

One of yes! A Great country should be measured on what it offers the world when up against a Challenge. Wales have long punched above its weight all the while under the threat of going extinct on several occasions.

@jamesbovington8218

2 жыл бұрын

@@taffyducks544 It's a region of England.

I’m apart of speaking English and Welsh

Get your facts right. Cardiff in Welsh is Caerdydd. A combination of fort, as you say but dydd means day and it was believed that it took its name from the Roman fort which was thrown up in one day as the legions were trained to do.

Do 101 facts about the world cup

I'm from swansea

diolch yn fawr iawn!!

Do they eat Welch’s grape jam?

nice. I'm SAJI P VARGHESE from Kerala State India

I noticed a Corgi but I didn't hear it mentioned. It's Welsh and means "Dwarf Dog". Another person who is unknown in Wales and I've mentioned on here many times is "Tecwyn Roberts". Who? Well he was the man who was in charge of the American space programme from the earliest satellites through the Apollo missions to the moon. He also designed "Mission Control" as we see it during launch missions. The BBC made a documentary about him several years ago. It may have been called "The Welsh Rocket Man". He was from Anglesey. David Edward Hughes demonstrated the ability to send messages without wires 12 years before Marconi. He sent a message to the Royal Society no less, but because he wasn't a scientist and couldn't explain to them probably in mathematics they poo poo'd the whole thing. Many years later they realised their mistake and there is a blue plaque on the Royal Society building commemorating him and a prestigious medal is presented in his name for "Scientific Achievement" I believe. See :- kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZYKkuJidoa7Hg9Y.html Somebody needs to do a video about the Welsh influence in the development of America. You wouldn't believe what you'd turn up. More impressive than Jack Daniels.😄

@501sqn3

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha ha ha ha 😂🤣 🤦

The pronunciations sounds like a hamster in a microwave Remember: F=V Dd=Th (The, There etc.) Ch= blowing air while pronouncing k and Ll=an L sound but you're blowing air

@501sqn3

Жыл бұрын

Llllaaackhkhcayyll = a lot of phlegm 😂

no, cenin pedr is the flower, and cenin is the vegetable

Very informative I'd enjoy visiting there on my list with New Zealand. What was 101 please? Neo something? Will anyone solve this quandary?

Now I know wear the McColls fit in.

I know some welsh words

What I Learned in Wales | Marcus Ward's Visions kzread.info/dash/bejne/damC14-HlbOtnrg.html

💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😎😭🇬🇧

20:10

I am going to give him props for trying the Welsh. I do suppose double l is hard to describe how to say unless you are in person to make the sound.

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