Malt 379 Posted May 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 ha! pob person arall arno y wefan hyn ddim gallu siarad cymraeg! dwi ar ben fy hyn.translates to ha! every other person on this sight can't speak welsh! i'm all by myself. i speak fluent welsh and live east of cardiff There are other Welsh speakers on here, there was a thread about it a while back, if I remember rightly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad al 146 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 (edited) We've had the Scottish hunters thread, so how many Welsh are there? I'm in sunny Pembrokeshire. (PS. I wonder how many posts it will be before the first sheep joke. Not many no doubt! ) Wales? we really are BIG FISH Mal :shout: Edited May 16, 2009 by mad al Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrycatcat 31 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Go on then tell me some good things that have come out of Wales if you can that is Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad al 146 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 ha! pob person arall arno y wefan hyn ddim gallu siarad cymraeg! dwi ar ben fy hyn.translates to ha! every other person on this sight can't speak welsh! i'm all by myself. i speak fluent welsh and live east of cardiff There are other Welsh speakers on here, there was a thread about it a while back, if I remember rightly. I've some Pioneer speakers if they're any good to ya Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad al 146 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Go on then tell me some good things that have come out of Wales if you can that is The M4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted May 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Go on then tell me some good things that have come out of Wales if you can that is Well our water must be good, seeing as most of it's piped into those fecking cesspits you call Liverpool & Birmingham... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad al 146 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Go on then tell me some good things that have come out of Wales if you can that is Well our water must be good, seeing as most of it's piped into those fecking cesspits you call Liverpool & Birmingham... That's why we must always remember to flush twice Mal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ratmogit 16 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Go on then tell me some good things that have come out of Wales if you can that is Well our water must be good, seeing as most of it's piped into those fecking cesspits you call Liverpool & Birmingham... That's why we must always remember to flush twice Mal i saw the programme on that . flooding a welsh village . it was devestating. people in their 80s watched as theyre homes were bulldozed so the over populated concrete jungles could have more water. rember that next time you flush twice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SportingShooter 0 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton, The Lineage of Jack Daniels and George Washington.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad al 146 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Go on then tell me some good things that have come out of Wales if you can that is Well our water must be good, seeing as most of it's piped into those fecking cesspits you call Liverpool & Birmingham... That's why we must always remember to flush twice Mal i saw the programme on that . flooding a welsh village . it was devestating. people in their 80s watched as theyre homes were bulldozed so the over populated concrete jungles could have more water. rember that next time you flush twice if you go there in the Summer when the water is low you can still see buildings, yes it was a very sad state of affairs at the time but compared to the things that happen to us all these days to line the pockets of the few it doesn't mean owt to modern day folk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted May 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton, The Lineage of Jack Daniels and George Washington.... ..and Actors/Entertainers * Joe E. Brown (born 1892) actor, maternal grandfather Evan Evans. * Tom Cruise (born 1962) film star * Humphrey Bogart, (1899-1957) Considered by the most of media magazines as the Greatest Male actor of all-time. * Bette Davis (1908–1989) two-time Academy Award-winning actress of stage, screen and television * Vincent Price (1911-1993) remembered for his distinctive voice, tall stature, and camp approach in horror films done in his later career. * The Osmonds, including Donny Osmond (born 1957) half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie. Traced his ancestry back to Merthyr Tydfil. * Tommy Lee (born 1963) drummer for hard rock/heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Ex-husband of Pamela Anderson * Bill Evans (1929–1980), jazz pianist * Glenn Ford (1916–2006), film actor * Andy Griffith television, stage and film actor * Osgood Perkins (May 16, 1892 - September 21, 1937) was an American actor. * Anthony Perkins (1932–1992), Academy Award-nominated stage and screen actor * Blake Lewis (born 1981), American Idol contestant and singer * D. W. Griffith (1875–1948) early film director * Bob Hope (1903–2003) actor/comedian * Isham Jones (1894–1956) songwriter, Big Band era orchestra leader, former coal miner * Sir Anthony Hopkins (born 1937), Academy-Award winning film/stage actor * Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), actor * Myrna Loy (1905–1993) actress * Ray Milland (1905–1986), actor * Kevin Spacey, actor * Susan Sarandon (born 1946), Oscar-winning actress * Nick Carter (born 1980), member of the Backstreet Boys * Tiffani Thiessen (born 1974), actress * Seth MacFarlane, comic writer and actor. * Treat Williams, actor * Gena Rowlands, actress * Dean Cain, actor * Kelly Clarkson, singer * Bob Lewis (born 1947), co-founder of the musical group Devo * Juliette Lewis, actress and singer Literature * Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) novelist/playwright * Jack London (1876–1916) author * Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950) poet/biographer/dramatist * Ogden Nash (1902–1971) wrote clever humorous poetry * Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) abolitionist/writer Politics * John Adams- President of the United States, Vice President of the United States (1735-1826) * John Quincy Adams - President of the United States, 8th Secretary of State (1767–1848) * Benedict Arnold - Revolution general who defected from the American to the British side * Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903) abolitionist * Calvin Coolidge - twenty-ninth Vice President (1921–1923) and thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929) * James J. Davis (1873–1947), U.S. Secretary of Labor and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania * Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) - soldier, politician, and first and only President of the Confederate States (1862–1865) * William Floyd - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Button Gwinnett - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Charles Evans Hughes - Governor of New York * Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States, 1st Secretary of States * Robert E. Lee - Confederate general * Francis Lewis - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States * James Madison - 4th President of the United States * John Marshall - statesman, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court * James Monroe (1758–1831) fifth president of the US * Lewis Morris - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Robert Morris - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Thomas Rees (unknown dates) US Congressman, parents/grandparents from Wales * Daniel Webster (1782–1852) United States Senator and Secretary of State * Thomas Wynne (1627–1691) - Physician to William Penn and speaker of the first Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly * Hillary Rodham Clinton (born 1947) Democratic U.S. Senator, former First Lady, Presidential candidate. Industrial and business * David Thomas * Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel - Tennessee-born founder of Jack Daniel's whiskey * Bob Evans (restaurateur) (1918–2007) founder of Bob Evans Restaurants * Howard Stringer (born 1942) businessman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation * J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) banker * William Fargo (1818–1881) pioneer expressman * Howard Hughes (1905–1976) pioneering American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer Other * Daniel Boone (1734–1820) American pioneer * Lewis Evans (1700–1756) colonial surveyor and geographer * Cowboy Morgan Evans (1903-1969) Texas Rancher, 1928 World Series Rodeo Bulldogging champion, and competition Bull rider, Oil production Roughneck, drilling foreman, and oilman. * Oliver Evans (1755–1819) inventor * Murray Humphreys (1899–1965) Chicago mobster, chief political and labor racketeer in the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition * George Jones (1811–1891) 'New-York Daily Times co-founder * John L. Lewis (1880–1969) organized labor union leader * Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) explorer * Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) Brigadier General in the American Revolution in the Contiental Army. Served in the United Sates House of Representatives representing Virginia. * William Farrand Prosser (1834–1911) Union Colonel in the American Civil War. Served in the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee * Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) soldier and the first Governor of Kentucky * Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904) journalist/explorer * Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century * Elihu Yale (1649–1721) first benefactor of Yale University * Jesse James, cowboy/outlaw. ..and lets not forget Bartholomew Roberts, AKA Black Bart, a very famous Pirate & a good ole Pembrokeshire lad! Black Bart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad al 146 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton, The Lineage of Jack Daniels and George Washington.... ..and Actors/Entertainers * Joe E. Brown (born 1892) actor, maternal grandfather Evan Evans. * Tom Cruise (born 1962) film star * Humphrey Bogart, (1899-1957) Considered by the most of media magazines as the Greatest Male actor of all-time. * Bette Davis (1908–1989) two-time Academy Award-winning actress of stage, screen and television * Vincent Price (1911-1993) remembered for his distinctive voice, tall stature, and camp approach in horror films done in his later career. * The Osmonds, including Donny Osmond (born 1957) half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie. Traced his ancestry back to Merthyr Tydfil. * Tommy Lee (born 1963) drummer for hard rock/heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Ex-husband of Pamela Anderson * Bill Evans (1929–1980), jazz pianist * Glenn Ford (1916–2006), film actor * Andy Griffith television, stage and film actor * Osgood Perkins (May 16, 1892 - September 21, 1937) was an American actor. * Anthony Perkins (1932–1992), Academy Award-nominated stage and screen actor * Blake Lewis (born 1981), American Idol contestant and singer * D. W. Griffith (1875–1948) early film director * Bob Hope (1903–2003) actor/comedian * Isham Jones (1894–1956) songwriter, Big Band era orchestra leader, former coal miner * Sir Anthony Hopkins (born 1937), Academy-Award winning film/stage actor * Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), actor * Myrna Loy (1905–1993) actress * Ray Milland (1905–1986), actor * Kevin Spacey, actor * Susan Sarandon (born 1946), Oscar-winning actress * Nick Carter (born 1980), member of the Backstreet Boys * Tiffani Thiessen (born 1974), actress * Seth MacFarlane, comic writer and actor. * Treat Williams, actor * Gena Rowlands, actress * Dean Cain, actor * Kelly Clarkson, singer * Bob Lewis (born 1947), co-founder of the musical group Devo * Juliette Lewis, actress and singer Literature * Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) novelist/playwright * Jack London (1876–1916) author * Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950) poet/biographer/dramatist * Ogden Nash (1902–1971) wrote clever humorous poetry * Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) abolitionist/writer Politics * John Adams- President of the United States, Vice President of the United States (1735-1826) * John Quincy Adams - President of the United States, 8th Secretary of State (1767–1848) * Benedict Arnold - Revolution general who defected from the American to the British side * Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903) abolitionist * Calvin Coolidge - twenty-ninth Vice President (1921–1923) and thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929) * James J. Davis (1873–1947), U.S. Secretary of Labor and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania * Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) - soldier, politician, and first and only President of the Confederate States (1862–1865) * William Floyd - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Button Gwinnett - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Charles Evans Hughes - Governor of New York * Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States, 1st Secretary of States * Robert E. Lee - Confederate general * Francis Lewis - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States * James Madison - 4th President of the United States * John Marshall - statesman, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court * James Monroe (1758–1831) fifth president of the US * Lewis Morris - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Robert Morris - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Thomas Rees (unknown dates) US Congressman, parents/grandparents from Wales * Daniel Webster (1782–1852) United States Senator and Secretary of State * Thomas Wynne (1627–1691) - Physician to William Penn and speaker of the first Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly * Hillary Rodham Clinton (born 1947) Democratic U.S. Senator, former First Lady, Presidential candidate. Industrial and business * David Thomas * Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel - Tennessee-born founder of Jack Daniel's whiskey * Bob Evans (restaurateur) (1918–2007) founder of Bob Evans Restaurants * Howard Stringer (born 1942) businessman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation * J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) banker * William Fargo (1818–1881) pioneer expressman * Howard Hughes (1905–1976) pioneering American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer Other * Daniel Boone (1734–1820) American pioneer * Lewis Evans (1700–1756) colonial surveyor and geographer * Cowboy Morgan Evans (1903-1969) Texas Rancher, 1928 World Series Rodeo Bulldogging champion, and competition Bull rider, Oil production Roughneck, drilling foreman, and oilman. * Oliver Evans (1755–1819) inventor * Murray Humphreys (1899–1965) Chicago mobster, chief political and labor racketeer in the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition * George Jones (1811–1891) 'New-York Daily Times co-founder * John L. Lewis (1880–1969) organized labor union leader * Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) explorer * Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) Brigadier General in the American Revolution in the Contiental Army. Served in the United Sates House of Representatives representing Virginia. * William Farrand Prosser (1834–1911) Union Colonel in the American Civil War. Served in the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee * Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) soldier and the first Governor of Kentucky * Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904) journalist/explorer * Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century * Elihu Yale (1649–1721) first benefactor of Yale University * Jesse James, cowboy/outlaw. ..and lets not forget Bartholomew Roberts, AKA Black Bart, a very famous Pirate & a good ole Pembrokeshire lad! Black Bart forgot one Mal................William Julian Cayo Evans Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ratmogit 16 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton, The Lineage of Jack Daniels and George Washington.... ..and Actors/Entertainers * Joe E. Brown (born 1892) actor, maternal grandfather Evan Evans. * Tom Cruise (born 1962) film star * Humphrey Bogart, (1899-1957) Considered by the most of media magazines as the Greatest Male actor of all-time. * Bette Davis (1908–1989) two-time Academy Award-winning actress of stage, screen and television * Vincent Price (1911-1993) remembered for his distinctive voice, tall stature, and camp approach in horror films done in his later career. * The Osmonds, including Donny Osmond (born 1957) half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie. Traced his ancestry back to Merthyr Tydfil. * Tommy Lee (born 1963) drummer for hard rock/heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Ex-husband of Pamela Anderson * Bill Evans (1929–1980), jazz pianist * Glenn Ford (1916–2006), film actor * Andy Griffith television, stage and film actor * Osgood Perkins (May 16, 1892 - September 21, 1937) was an American actor. * Anthony Perkins (1932–1992), Academy Award-nominated stage and screen actor * Blake Lewis (born 1981), American Idol contestant and singer * D. W. Griffith (1875–1948) early film director * Bob Hope (1903–2003) actor/comedian * Isham Jones (1894–1956) songwriter, Big Band era orchestra leader, former coal miner * Sir Anthony Hopkins (born 1937), Academy-Award winning film/stage actor * Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), actor * Myrna Loy (1905–1993) actress * Ray Milland (1905–1986), actor * Kevin Spacey, actor * Susan Sarandon (born 1946), Oscar-winning actress * Nick Carter (born 1980), member of the Backstreet Boys * Tiffani Thiessen (born 1974), actress * Seth MacFarlane, comic writer and actor. * Treat Williams, actor * Gena Rowlands, actress * Dean Cain, actor * Kelly Clarkson, singer * Bob Lewis (born 1947), co-founder of the musical group Devo * Juliette Lewis, actress and singer Literature * Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) novelist/playwright * Jack London (1876–1916) author * Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950) poet/biographer/dramatist * Ogden Nash (1902–1971) wrote clever humorous poetry * Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) abolitionist/writer Politics * John Adams- President of the United States, Vice President of the United States (1735-1826) * John Quincy Adams - President of the United States, 8th Secretary of State (1767–1848) * Benedict Arnold - Revolution general who defected from the American to the British side * Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903) abolitionist * Calvin Coolidge - twenty-ninth Vice President (1921–1923) and thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929) * James J. Davis (1873–1947), U.S. Secretary of Labor and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania * Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) - soldier, politician, and first and only President of the Confederate States (1862–1865) * William Floyd - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Button Gwinnett - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Charles Evans Hughes - Governor of New York * Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States, 1st Secretary of States * Robert E. Lee - Confederate general * Francis Lewis - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States * James Madison - 4th President of the United States * John Marshall - statesman, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court * James Monroe (1758–1831) fifth president of the US * Lewis Morris - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Robert Morris - United States Declaration of Independence signatory * Thomas Rees (unknown dates) US Congressman, parents/grandparents from Wales * Daniel Webster (1782–1852) United States Senator and Secretary of State * Thomas Wynne (1627–1691) - Physician to William Penn and speaker of the first Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly * Hillary Rodham Clinton (born 1947) Democratic U.S. Senator, former First Lady, Presidential candidate. Industrial and business * David Thomas * Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel - Tennessee-born founder of Jack Daniel's whiskey * Bob Evans (restaurateur) (1918–2007) founder of Bob Evans Restaurants * Howard Stringer (born 1942) businessman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation * J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) banker * William Fargo (1818–1881) pioneer expressman * Howard Hughes (1905–1976) pioneering American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer Other * Daniel Boone (1734–1820) American pioneer * Lewis Evans (1700–1756) colonial surveyor and geographer * Cowboy Morgan Evans (1903-1969) Texas Rancher, 1928 World Series Rodeo Bulldogging champion, and competition Bull rider, Oil production Roughneck, drilling foreman, and oilman. * Oliver Evans (1755–1819) inventor * Murray Humphreys (1899–1965) Chicago mobster, chief political and labor racketeer in the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition * George Jones (1811–1891) 'New-York Daily Times co-founder * John L. Lewis (1880–1969) organized labor union leader * Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) explorer * Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) Brigadier General in the American Revolution in the Contiental Army. Served in the United Sates House of Representatives representing Virginia. * William Farrand Prosser (1834–1911) Union Colonel in the American Civil War. Served in the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee * Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) soldier and the first Governor of Kentucky * Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904) journalist/explorer * Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century * Elihu Yale (1649–1721) first benefactor of Yale University * Jesse James, cowboy/outlaw. ..and lets not forget Bartholomew Roberts, AKA Black Bart, a very famous Pirate & a good ole Pembrokeshire lad! Black Bart forgot one Mal................William Julian Cayo Evans gelert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrycatcat 31 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 (edited) I used to like Ruth Madoc in "Hi de Hi" is she on your list?????? edited to say did she speak Welsh? Edited May 16, 2009 by harrycatcat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaronpigeonplucker 32 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 hywel morgan, of couse one of greatest fly casters of all time. moc morgan, famous welsh fishing litreture. T.Llew.Jones famous welsh litreture. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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