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Topic: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!  (Read 11595 times)

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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #105 on: August 26, 2005, 06:43:20 PM »
Quote from: Alicia on August 26, 2005, 01:37:58 PM
LOL!! that's why I stopped smoking cigars...

And I quit wearing my blue dress  ;)
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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #106 on: August 26, 2005, 08:28:19 PM »
Quote from: SillySnip on August 26, 2005, 06:43:20 PM
And I quit wearing my blue dress  ;)
LOL

I got curious tonight (Belindaloo will like this)....notable Welsh people - and these are*actual* Welsh people...not just claiming Welsh heritage:

Richard Burton – Port Talbot
Sir Anthony Hopkins – Port Talbot
Catherine Zeta Jones – Swansea
Timothy Dalton – he was James Bond twice – Colwyn Bay
Richard Thomas (aka John Boy Walton) - Llwynhendy, Llanelli
Manic Street Preachers
David Gray
Robert Plant Shirley Bassey  ;)
Bonnie Tyler – you know…"Total Eclipse of the Heart"

Plus*loads* of others...even Dawn French...but my husband *hates* her! LOL

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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #107 on: August 26, 2005, 08:48:56 PM »
but...but...but... Robert Plant was born in West Bromwich!
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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #108 on: August 26, 2005, 08:59:29 PM »
Quote from: otterpop on August 26, 2005, 08:48:56 PM
but...but...but... Robert Plant was born in West Bromwich!

oops...you are correct...he's one of those *welsh heritage* folks....he snuck in there!

Insert Shirley Bassey in his place...  ;)
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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #109 on: August 26, 2005, 09:01:18 PM »
That's better!  ;D
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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #110 on: August 26, 2005, 09:10:49 PM »
Quote from: otterpop on August 26, 2005, 09:01:18 PM
That's better!  ;D

See it was a test....yeah that's it....it was a test of you folks!

I was quite shocked at John Boy Walton....who-da thunk it?

Of course some surprising (maybe not so surprising - after all it's a *good* thing to be Welsh!) people claiming Welsh heritage:

Tom Cruise
Dean Cain (Superman series)
Tammy Wynette (actually both her parents are Welsh but she was born and raised in the USA)
Kylie & her sister
Tommy Lee Jones (fathers side)
Kevin Spacey
Russell Crowe
Bette Davis (her father was a Harlow Davies from Davies)
Minnie Driver (father is Welsh)
Vinny Jones

and the list goes on!  Cool!  ;D
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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #111 on: August 26, 2005, 09:22:27 PM »
Oh hang on is "Being welsh" the new fad like "Being Irish" was before... ???
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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #112 on: August 26, 2005, 09:25:26 PM »
Quote from: Alicia on August 26, 2005, 09:22:27 PM
Oh hang on is "Being welsh" the new fad like "Being Irish" was before... ???


No maybe not...most of these people have recent relatives that are Welsh.  Not like the Irish thing, where it was 10 generations ago and a distant cousin by marriage.  ;)

For example: Tom Cruise's father is from Flint, North Wales
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« Reply #113 on: August 26, 2005, 09:37:33 PM »
ahh....I didn't know his surname was Mapother ???


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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #114 on: August 26, 2005, 10:02:41 PM »
Quote from: Icicle on August 26, 2005, 09:10:49 PM
See it was a test....yeah that's it....it was a test of you folks!

I was quite shocked at John Boy Walton....who-da thunk it?

Of course some surprising (maybe not so surprising - after all it's a *good* thing to be Welsh!) people claiming Welsh heritage:

Tom Cruise
Dean Cain (Superman series)
Tammy Wynette (actually both her parents are Welsh but she was born and raised in the USA)
Kylie & her sister
Tommy Lee Jones (fathers side)
Kevin Spacey
Russell Crowe
Bette Davis (her father was a Harlow Davies from Davies)
Minnie Driver (father is Welsh)
Vinny Jones

and the list goes on!  Cool!  ;D


Dean Cain...


... can someone pick me up off the floor and wipe up my drool please?  [smiley=smitten.gif]
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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #115 on: August 26, 2005, 10:32:45 PM »
Quote from: Icicle on August 26, 2005, 08:28:19 PM
...even Dawn French...but my husband *hates* her! LOL

How can one hate Dawn French?
Dislike is one thing, but hate?

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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #116 on: August 28, 2005, 07:17:51 PM »
Quote from: Icicle on August 26, 2005, 09:10:49 PM
Russell Crowe

I knew that he had a Welsh grandfather! Mmm.... Russell!  [smiley=smitten.gif]

Thanks for the list, Icicle! I didn't know about most of those! John Boy Walton!??! Who knew?

Yes, it is definitely fashionable to be Welsh. It's all about Cool Cymru!! :D
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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #117 on: October 01, 2005, 08:41:28 AM »
Quote from: pittpanther36 on August 11, 2005, 02:14:35 PM
Kitkats in the US are made by Hershey's, KitKats elsewhere are made by nestle, hence why I think they taste better here ;)

 I was born in Cuba and was fortunate enough to have Kit Kats there as we had access to dollars.  When we moved to the US my mom sworn that they didn't taste the same, I kept telling her she was crazy but no i see she was right!  They really do taste different.

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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #118 on: October 02, 2005, 08:50:49 AM »
I didn't know Baskin Robins isn't American Owned anymore!!
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Re: It is English! No, it is American! No English! No American!
« Reply #119 on: October 02, 2005, 09:11:42 AM »
Quote from: belindaloo on August 28, 2005, 07:17:51 PM
I knew that he had a Welsh grandfather! Mmm.... Russell!  [smiley=smitten.gif]

Thanks for the list, Icicle! I didn't know about most of those! John Boy Walton!??! Who knew?


Just watch that right hook! ;D
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