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History Summarized: Wales

Overly Sarcastic Productions

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Wale, Wale, Wale(s), what have we here? I'll tell you! A look at the oft-forgotten history of Britain's secret third country Wales, where the population is about 50% bards just by sheer cultural osmosis.

SOURCES & Further Reading: "A Concise History of Wales" by Jenkins, "A History of Wales" by Davies

This video was edited by Sophia Ricciardi AKA "Indigo". https://www.sophiakricci.com/
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20 Comments

@FemaleMadScientistGeorgeLaser 5 years ago

Fun fact: the author of the Witcher series used random Welsh words for magic things, so Welsh speakers were surprised to hear Yennefer mention sewers for no reason

@XainRussell 5 years ago

“And I know better than to disrespect the dragon lords.”

This man gets it.

@MatthiasPendragon 5 years ago

On Wales feeling older:

"Welsh is of this soil, this island, the senior language of the men of Britain; and Welsh is beautiful." - J. R. R. Tolkien.

@nutkja 5 years ago

I took a trip to Northern Wales a few years back and it was absolutely amazing! Everyone there seemed pretty shocked to see a family of American tourists lol. But I had been researching Wales for years and its history just fascinates me so much. We were all also so surprised at how much Welsh we heard being spoken. I’m so glad that the language has had such a resurgence because it is such a beautiful language!

@tompugh5566 5 years ago

Oh no he's found out we exist, Damn I kinda liked being the stealth nation 😂😂

@joedredd1168 5 years ago

"Welsh is of this soil, this island, the senior language of the men of Britain; and Welsh is beautiful." - J.R.R. Tolkien

@wizardtimelord 5 years ago

As a Welsh person, this video makes my heart sing. No sheep jokes, great attempts at pronunciation, a real respect for the people and culture. We are so used to being shat on. Diolch yn fawr iawn!

@forgottenartform 4 years ago

Being from Wales a buttload of castles is an understatement, feels like you're never more than a mile away from castle ruins where I am. In terms of pronunciation you made a really good job and actually aren't that far off most of them :)

@bookflixyt 5 years ago

As a Welsh person my favorite Welsh history fact is that time when French soldiers surrendered to some Welsh women thinking they were the English because they wore red

@nathanaelsadgrove 5 years ago

"Welsh sounds like the language dragons would speak" - never thought about that, but actually true.

@merrittanimation7721 5 years ago

2:15
England: "WHY CAN'T YOU BE NORMAL!?"
Wales: Eldritch Screeching

@tophatdalekthetophatteddal7402 4 years ago

As a cornish person, whilst I feel some companionship with the Welsh I cannot help but feel like our people are overlooked generally. Often you see people talking about Wales as the most overlooked celtic nation, or just ignore us completely. I would love to see a video done on the history of the Cornish in a similar style.

@InquisitorThomas 5 years ago

“Wales drew the shortest of the imperial sticks.”
*Cries in Cornish and Manx*

@kierstinekstrom7285 5 years ago

Blue: “I know better than to disrespect the dragon lords” credits roll. And the suggested video that pops up above the credits is Reds Trope Talk on dragons.

@chalky4981 5 years ago

As a welsh teenager this makes me smile, wales is a beautiful country with alot of history as well as a semi-large mythos.

@MansterBear 3 years ago

I’m American, but my family came here from Wales about 6 generations ago and I know nothing about wales. Finally decided to look up some history about it and always like your videos

@nritsch 5 years ago

“How could anyone gloss over the country with the dragon flag?”

sad Bhutan noises

@AhmedAli-hi4si 5 years ago

Ay Welsh the forgotten ones that everybody knows but no one talks about

@pridelander06 5 years ago

"And England learned about Welsh Longbows the hard way."
England looks at France
Soon.

@FreinareUnimentra 4 years ago

Blue " Welsh sounds like the language that dragons would speak" me "also the primary Celtic language that Tolkien used to develop his Elvish language"