The Welsh are the descendants of the ancient Britons, a Celtic people who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman conquest and the later Anglo-Saxon migrations. When Germanic settlers pushed westward in the early medieval period, the Britons of the western highlands preserved their language, traditions, and identity, giving rise to Wales as a distinct cultural homeland. For centuries, the Welsh fought to defend their independence against encroaching English power, producing legendary leaders like Owain Glyndŵr, while maintaining a rich tradition of poetry, music, and folklore. Though eventually absorbed into the Kingdom of England, the Welsh people kept their language and heritage alive, contributing deeply to the cultural fabric of the British Isles. In this episode, we trace the story of the Welsh—their survival, resistance, and enduring identity as one of Europe’s oldest living cultures.
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4th! Thanks
Had to switch off as the pronunciation of the Welsh names is so god-awful.
Very good – as long as everybody realises that Welsh names & places are not pronounced anything like the way they are in this video.
I appreciate the amount of work that goes into producing these videos but I do wish more effort was made regarding the pronunciation of Welsh names. You have no idea how excruciating it is to listen to beautiful Welsh names being mangled so badly. Thank you for the hard work but please get some help.
Worse pronounciation than holidaymakers in Klandudno, Thlangothlun or Betsy Code. Embarrassing💀
The quality of the substantive content is very good, but there has been no attempt to check pronunciation which makes it sound like an AI narrative and the pronunciation are absolutely terrible. The “dda” is Hywel Dda is a word with a way to pronounce not an abbreviation or acronym by way of example. As a Welshman, I do appreciate that Welsh words are hard for non-Welsh speakers to pronounce but even simple, basic names such as Dyfed and Rhodri are well off the mark. Such words and names are easy to check using online pronunciation guides and tools. Even English words though are mispronounced in the American style rather than the British style which is very peculiar and jarring coming from a British accent. Even typos are read as actual words rather corrected as a human would naturally do when reading a text (eg the word “elegies” has been read as “eleges” without the letter i and the word “synchronised” was read as “synchrotised” which appears to be clearly a typo that a human would spot while reading that AI would not and there are many other examples of such instances through the video). That’s why it feels so like AI to me and the jarring nature of the mispronunciations makes it hard for me to fall asleep while listening to the narrative unfortunately. It’s a bit of a fail for me I’m afraid which is frustrating because the substantive content is interesting.
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Call for full devolution. The Regime of England won't give up on the genocide. Free Wales.
Ruthin, Wales 02.30am
FREE WALES FROM THE UK!
INDEPENDENCE FOR WALES!
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