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there are only two things i hate:
- the intolerance of other peoples' cultures
- the dutch
What the article left out is that it was a pet sitting deal for the host's sheep.
Bravo, you had me for a moment there 👏
Imagine going to Cwmbran and being pissed off that there's Welsh people.
Almost like the letters in right wing papers pissed off at people in Stornoway speaking Gaelic on the bus.
Imagine going to Cwmbran and being pissed off that there's Welsh people.
The (prospective) guests were visiting from Wales. The Airbnb was in Manchester.
Manchester, which is right next door to Snowdonia. Someone being a grumpy neighbor?
If we can’t be racist against white people, who can we be racist against?
Lots of non-white Welsh people too.
Non-white Welsh people are fine, as a rule.
Unless you're a RINO, we already hate our children and I doubt every one of your children has the exact same skin color as you...
In fairness, I'm Welsh, and I'd reject someone from Cwmbran too 🤷🏻♂️
Cwmbran
Is it infamous somehow?
C W M B R? I mean come on! Even the Welsh are like THAT NEEDS 22 OTHER LETTERS IN IT BEFORE THE ONLY VOWEL !!!
JFYI, w is a vowel in Welsh.
that alone!!!!
It’s called double U.
Only the French (afaik, I'm not a polyglot) get it right, they call it 'double V'
For most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.
And Finnish. And probably many many more since that's what it is.
Also Spanish
In germany it is called W, pronounced [veː], non of that doubl bullshit, just it's own letter.
Yeah the double bullshit ruins the alphabet. It's much better to go ... T U V VE X Y Z.
Just as in Hungarian, duplavé FTW
More like Double Eww amirite?
Not particularly, it's just one of those taking the piss out of the neighbours jokes. Wales is small enough that we're all close enough to be neighbours :)
Yep. According to a quick search, Massachusetts is a wee bit larger in area, but has almost exactly the same amount of coastline. Had no clue Wales was so small.
Isn't that when a whole bunch of Welsh just showed up out of nowhere 538 million years ago?
No, they exploded, as the Welsh are wont to do.
Do dynowelsh eat onions?
An Airbnb host once deposited a key at a shop that was closed on the day of my arrival. This made it impossible to access the place. All I got was a refund for that day, and had to search for an alternative myself.
One of those rare times I would side with the host (no,I haven't read the article).
I tried to find the community clip of Piers' dad being racist against welsh people and failed
He's not the Messiah!
Leave that Welsh tart alone.
Goldie Lookin Chain will have something to say.
Jemma Louise Gough, 38, and Jamie Lee Watkins, 37, from Cwmbran, Torfaen,