In a message dated 10/20/03 9:02:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: John, I read your comments and you are right. I have met many English in Wales that were not nice to the Welsh and yet I have two friends who are English-born that live in Wales and love it. I think anyone living in another country or another state has to be so careful and not compare the two. Naturally, you are going to love your homeland but if you live somewhere else, you must accept the differences, good or bad. When I was last in Britain, I found the people in both Wales and England to be so nice to a tourist - helpful, friendly and kind. People went out of their way to help me even when they didn't have to. I think that is the way it is all over the world. Annie > John Ball <wfha@clara.co.uk> wrote: > > I think the attitude of English immigrants towards their Welsh > > neighbours...... etc. > > ================== > > > > I must apologise for the annoying typographical errors which crept into > > my earlier message on the above topic. > > > > The corrected version of my message follows: > > > > I think the attitude of English immigrants towards their Welsh > > neighbours is the main reason they are sometimes not accepted. Harping > > on about how the English do things better, making jokes or complaining > > about the Welsh language, or even worse, treating Wales as if it were > > part of England, are guaranteed to cause hostility. We English have only > > ourselves to blame if we are not accepted when we move to a foreign > > land. > > I must say that I have never felt unwelcome in Wales. I have no known > > Welsh ancestors, but Wales is my home, and whenever I go away I feel the > > 'hiraeth' pulling me back. I no longer think of myself as an English > > exile, but rather as an adopted Welshman. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > John > > ---------------------------- > > John