[SamAdams76]

I get the general impression that my wife will be playing "Celtic" music tomorrow morning (actually not all that bad to listen to).

[truth_seeker]

The land of Roberto Roberts, Ricardo Richards.

[Cacique]

ping

[Grut]

Living Welsh is the best revenge.

[MikalM]

Amazing -- the article doesn't once mention the former Chilean president Patricio Allwyn.

Still, my part-Cymric pride (grandma's maiden name was Phillips) is stirred by this development.

[Myrddin]

Americanwr ydw i. Dwi yn siarad Cymraeg. Pasg hapus i chi!

I have a favorite song written and performed by Plethyn that describes the conscription of Welshmen into the British Navy to attack Patagonia. Not a happy event. Another favorite song, Down yn Ol, describes the victory over the French at Agincourt.

A humorous tale was recounted to me a few years ago. A Welsh speaking Patagonian traveled to Cardiff in hopes of meeting other Welsh speakers in Wales. The poor man was disappointed to find that there are few Welsh speakers in Cardiff. His alternative language, Spanish, was not of much help either. One must travel north to about Carmarthen to find an abundance of Welsh speakers. Most people a fluent in English and Welsh and will immediately switch to the one that you handle best. The small villages in the center of Wales still have a fair number of Welsh speaking monoglots.

[Tailback]

I attribute my shooting skill with just about any projectile weapon I pick up to my Welsh blood. (Jones, great grandfather came over in 1900's) I don't know if I really had any longbowmen in my family tree but it makes for a good story.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

There are Irish settlements in Patagonian also. And they were more than glad to fight the Brits in the Falklands. I remember reading a article where the Irish fought harder than any of the Argentine troops, this according to a Brit commander.

[Ciexyz]

In a red-brick farmhouse in the Patagonian village of Gaiman....

So is "Gaiman" a Welsh name? I admire the comic book writings and horror novels of the British author Neil Gaiman ("Sandman"). I wondered about his name, whether he made it up because maybe it was a hidden joke that he was gay. Not that I know anything (or care) about his sexual preference. I was just afraid to say his name to people, that I read Neil Gaiman, because they might think it was a gay novel.

[blam]

bump.

[Myrddin]

There is also a large settlement of Welsh in Malad, ID. It is the largest concentration of people of Welsh ancestry outside of Wales itself.

The program for the annual Welsh Festival is at the link.

[Condor51]

Wow. Talk about 'the middle of no where', Puerto Madryn is it. Heck Patagonia itself is remote (and kind of barren) to begin with and his place is in the middle of that (though on the ocean).

An aside: Ever since I was a kid in the 50's 'Patagonia' fascinated me. Maybe it's just the name??? Really, say 'Patagonia' over and over and over -- it's cool :-)

Then again, 'Outer Mongolia'(which no longer 'exists') fascinated me too but saying that over and over really doesn't have the same affect. Hmmm?? Maybe I just liked really weird places out in the middle of no where.

yes I was excellent in Geography. I had a huge world map on my bedroom wall I 'studied' almost every night.

[bonfire]

Grew up hearing Welsh between my great aunts and grandfather.

Thanks for the article! Will be copying it for my mother who doesn’t have internet access.