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Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Jemma said "my flabber had never been so gasted".

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[-] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

there are only two things i hate:

  1. the intolerance of other peoples' cultures
  2. the dutch
[-] abbiistabbii 13 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 13 points 23 hours ago

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.

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

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?

[-] jwt@programming.dev 8 points 19 hours ago

It's OK to be racist against agents if you're an Aussie.

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Lots of non-white Welsh people too.

[-] Part4@infosec.pub 2 points 12 hours ago

Non-white Welsh people are fine, as a rule.

[-] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

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...

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 day ago

In fairness, I'm Welsh, and I'd reject someone from Cwmbran too 🤷🏻‍♂️

[-] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 22 points 1 day ago

Cwmbran

Is it infamous somehow?

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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 !!!

[-] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago

JFYI, w is a vowel in Welsh.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 day ago
[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago
[-] Lyra_Lycan 10 points 1 day ago

Only the French (afaik, I'm not a polyglot) get it right, they call it 'double V'

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago

For most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 12 hours ago

And Finnish. And probably many many more since that's what it is.

[-] higgsboson@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

Also Spanish

[-] AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth 9 points 1 day ago

In germany it is called W, pronounced [veː], non of that doubl bullshit, just it's own letter.

[-] Part4@infosec.pub 2 points 12 hours ago

Yeah the double bullshit ruins the alphabet. It's much better to go ... T U V VE X Y Z.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Just as in Hungarian, duplavé FTW

[-] nocturne@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

More like Double Eww amirite?

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago

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 :)

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

Isn't that when a whole bunch of Welsh just showed up out of nowhere 538 million years ago?

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

No, they exploded, as the Welsh are wont to do.

[-] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 3 points 1 day ago

Do dynowelsh eat onions?

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

One of those rare times I would side with the host (no,I haven't read the article).

[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 8 points 1 day ago
[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I tried to find the community clip of Piers' dad being racist against welsh people and failed

[-] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

He's not the Messiah!

Leave that Welsh tart alone.

[-] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Goldie Lookin Chain will have something to say.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Jemma Louise Gough, 38, and Jamie Lee Watkins, 37, from Cwmbran, Torfaen,

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