findefinn

But Welshmen ARE funny.

I saw one once and p*ssed myself for days.

KUTG Leek Holding Jokes!!!!(Max Boyce)

Really Hilarious

Cosmo-poof

there's a Welshland in Switzerland too. Strange people though. :cool:

Adz iw

Wales (Wallis or Vallis) is simply Germanic for Foreigner so I am not surprised the Swiss have an area called Welshland. Simply anywhere neighbouring the Germanic people in the Darkage!
Could be worse, the darn French could have named the place - Pays de Galles Thank god the Saxons arrived!

Cosmo-poof

I know, Adz. It comes from the old germanic word 'walha' (adj. 'walhisk'), and basically was only the word for the Celts. Per definition it meant a "foreigner or people speaking a not-germanic language".

The word derives from the 'Volcae', a celtic tribe that once lived close to the old Germans. Later, the Celts in mainland Europe were romanised, but were still called welsh. Also, the term was brought to England (Wales, Cornwall, ...). Even the term 'walnut' has its origins from this, since it was a nut mainly growing in France.

The switzer canton 'Wallis' has nothing to do with this though. It's derived from the latin word 'vallis' for dale/valley. The 'Welshland' simply is the name for the 'French' part of Switzerland.

Also the Slavs use the name 'walha'. They use it for Romans (and those deriving from them) though. Compare the Polish word for Italy, 'Włochy'. Also the Hungarian 'olasz' for Italian and 'oláh' for Romanian are adaptions to the original 'walha'.

iajafer

You have waaayyyyyyy too much time on your hands, Ollie

Cosmo-poof

Don't tell me you didn't learn this in school. :eek:

iajafer

Nah, they taught us stuff that mattered in my Schools :cool:

StanLaurel

Like how to flick bits of wet paper on to the ceiling using a ruler!

iajafer

Like I said...stuff that matters

Kfoolmoon

Like how to flick bits of wet paper on to the ceiling using a ruler! </BLOCKQUOTE>

Or how to flick them on to the girl 3 seats away.