"Huw" wrote in message
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Jim Webster wrote:


yes, Little England beyond Wales, as the locals still call it. When
we were there last year Welsh wasn't spoken, pretty well because it
never really had been, (since about 1100-1200 or thereabouts)

We call them "the down bellow's". Very different from "the up above's".

Huw

certainly I wouldn't disagree with the very different tag. It was
interesting that they seemed happy in their difference as well. I suspect
that it was a simple way of ensuring community identity

Jim Webster