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cygnusx1 said:many many people do live in canal boats in England , but if you called them that they would string you up , they call them NARROW boats , and it is a whole other culture .
I spent a week with my parents and brother on a narrow boat , it was the most relaxing Holiday I have had! Great fun , and the pace is so slow and smooth.
.. Foxton Locks (an hour from here)
accents are not my forte' and it's odd really because I have had a fair bit of moving around since being born in North Wales , I tend to have a very mixed accent , I can do a good London accent , and often do , but I find myself slipping in and out of Northern accents from time to time ....... which often makes eyes widen
when I hear an accent that comes from Chester , an old English Roman city , I can say YES! that is the basis for my accent , not welsh , and not Manccunian , and it is strange , because I have only over the last few years been able to pin it down , my older brothers accent is very similar , and we both lived in Chester for a few formative years .
Love
Cygnus
Hi freespiritfreespirit2001 said:Whew, I'm sensing a bit of royalty in your welsh tongue, Cygnus...!!!LOLXOXLOL!!!
This is so charming...perhaps a "Dark Prince of Wales" somewhere in your background?
Come on now....what are these accents about?
brinny said:Why do balloons bring smiles to folks faces?
cygnusx1 said:Hi freespirit
the British are such a strange lot , very focused on identity ( I have spent most of my life with an identity crisis) the Scots "hate" the English , the English make fun of the "Irish" and they all "hate" the Welsh
so I grew up knowing well the social impact of North V South , my Mother is from Lancashire , kind generous friendly people , my step father was from London , very strict , outspoken to the point of insulting at times , but at school there was such a mix of many more people , and I always liked newcomers , one girl came from Malta! and we had several Indians , Sihks , and Carribian newcomers , but that was the 70s ..... and so the UK is a real metropolis but beyond wisdom , for instead of mixing , Britain is fragmenting , whole areas are bought up by one group or culture with no intention of learning the language , just like "China town" , and that's fine but for extremists.... I fear for the next generation.......
I guess it will return true;"in the end but consider the size of the UK ,and the present growing population , then compare that with large continents.
Greetings Cygnus
freespirit2001 said:I can well understand your concern....
I can't help but love the romantic history of the English and the Welsh with their castles and knights and courts and troubadours....Have you ever visited any of your Welsh Castles...taken any pictures? Did you have to study feudal and rennaisssance times? I love authentic rennaissance music myself....I was looking at a great site for Welsh Castles:
http://www.castlewales.com
joyshirley said:Hi, Cygnus
If you could eat only three foods for the next week, what would you go with?
joyshirley said:Here's another question for you, Cygnus
If you're a postaholic and a musicaholic, what percentage of your day is left for other things???
(And if you listen to music while working, you can't count that time!)
joyshirley said:And one more question..........
Recognise this?
cygnusx1 said:Hi sis ,
there are three Welsh Castles all in North Wales , here they are ........
Carnarvon
..Conway
.Rhuddlan
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