Wales of Fun

Recently I went on a short holiday to a short distance away place, which is Wales. To be more exact, the Snowdonia area in Wales. I must admit it was better than I expected; I’ve seen videos and people telling how beautiful the places are in Wales, but visiting it myself is another whole level.

What is even more interesting is hearing people speak in Welsh, and seeing the signs being written in two languages. I thought it was a bit funny how people that are just next to each other, can have such have different words. For example the word ‘thank you’ is ‘dioch’ (I think), which is nowhere near to each other. But then I remember that German and French which are neighbours, have very different words between their distinct languages too. Even cloeser to Malaysia, the neighbouring Thai has a totally foreign language when compared to Malaysia. Why do the close promixity has such wide gamut of language. I guess the places near the borders speak similar languages or dialects and share some common words. However jumping from Manchester to the middle of Porthmadoc, the difference was stark.

During the short few days I was there, I didn’t pick up any of the words but I would be interested in going back and maybe learn a phrase or two.

Thank you for reading.