First of all, I know for a fact they can’t even say it right.

Second, that word means a homesickness FOR WALES. It is not the translation of the word homesickness, it is one of the several words that only really translate to a feeling. Wales is a real country with a real culture and real people, not some fucking made-up place where the people will never see your posts. We are on social media, y’know. That word has a deep connection to the history of our country, the erasure of our culture and language, and the way we’ve been treated by others.

It does not mean homesickness, it means a longing for Wales. It’s a homesickness and sense of loss, mourning. It is homesickness for the Cymru that we could have had, or that we had before.

It is not your word to use.

-🌸

the welsh not is a punishment any child who spoke welsh would have to undergo in school. they would wear a sign around their neck and if they were still wearing it by the end of the day they were punished, usually by beating. this along with many other things is why the welsh language has so little speakers and is mocked. the welsh not website provides a lot more information about it, and from my research into looking for sources for anti welsh history, ive found people still call welsh people dirty and lazy, and i frequently hear people even from my own family call the language strange and unnatural, and this is pretty fucking obviously Not Okay. in fact, only recently has Y Eryri a Yr Wyddfa had their names changed from the english version. also if you've ever seen a "skeleton horse cryptid" with a sackcloth over it, thats Mari Lwyd, a traditional welsh custom! (the name is pronounced Mah-ree L-ui-d, the ui is pronounced like the ui in linguistic. its kind of difficult to explain but that's what makes welsh interesting!)

They're not even being subtle about the fact they want to subjugate our people and erase our culture and history - if they really cared about us they'd relinquish the title and leave us the fuck alone

If you wanna know more then look up

King Henry VIII's Laws in Wales Act, abolishing our legal system and banning our language

All the anti-Welsh propaganda pushed particularly in the 17th century when there was a revival of our language (seriously look up Wallography it's really fucked up)

The English and Scots in the Industrial Revolution building their heavy industry pretty much exclusively in South Wales and channelling all the money from our work into England and large southern Scottish cities

The Welsh Not (an actual attempt to beat children so our language would die and we'd stop fighting against the English)

The focus of the English on the beauty and natural resources of Wales while degrading the people

The fact that until 1881 the Welsh weren't represented in politics (up until that point any politicians from Wales had to speak English and almost all of them were just English

The fact that in 1905!!! Prime minister H. H. Asquith literally said "I would sooner go to hell than to Wales"

Liverpool's creation of the Llyn Celyn reservoir in Wales without Welsh permission - to do this, they full on flooded a village which was a stronghold of Welsh culture and one of the last Welsh language only communities, Capel Celyn, and to make matters worse 35/36 Welsh MPs voted against the flooding and it still happened - This was in the 1960s

Also Liverpool didn't apologise for this blatant disregard of our rights and the forced eviction of an entire village until 2005

The Welsh language wasn't given equal footing to English until 1993 and even now English is compulsory in schools and Welsh isn't

The continued disdain shown by English cultural icons to the Welsh people and culture (seriously look up what Jeremy Clarkson has said about the Welsh before, particularly about abolishing the Welsh language)

How the English are killing our villages and towns by buying up our homes for "holiday homes" (really shouldn't be allowed at all but that's a different point) - this is killing business as these homes spend most of the year uninhabited (also it's not just a few, there's entire villages owned by the English which are now unlivable)

The mass strop the English media threw in 2019 when the Senedd was first allowed to refer to itself in Welsh officially, and as a parliament officially (instead of an Assembly)

its just fucking offensive tbh

Hi! Sorry it took me a while to reply to this, I can finally breathe for a hot minute (exams are killing me TT). However! I would slowly chip away at making like a basic self-introduction cheat sheet for anyone interested! Enjoy ~~

If you’re interested in the downloadable PDF, you can go here! (you will just have to scroll down a little bit!)

Happy Learning :) 

Learn emotions with emojis

😁

기쁘다 - to be happy

행복하다 - to be happy

만족하다 - to be satisfied

미소짓다 - to smile

미소 - smile

웃다 - to laugh, smile

😢

슬프다 - to be sad

서글프다 - to be sad

울다 - to cry

눈물 - tear

😭

오열하다 - to cry intensely

😠

화나다 - to be angry

분노하다 - to be furious

😬

짜증나다 - to be annoyed

언짢다 - to feel unpleasant

😲

놀라다 - to be surprised

충격 받다 - to be shocked

경악하다 - to be astounded

😍

사랑하다 - to love

사랑에 빠지다 - to fall in love

반하다 - to fall in love

사랑 - love

좋아하다 - to like

😖

아프다 - to feel sick

지치다 - to be exhausted

This is from Leslie Jones’ Twitter.

Today I have another 속담(proverb/old saying). 산 넘어 산이다. 

This one is one of my favorites. Life is full of challenges one after another. And this proverb illustrates just that feeling.

So, let’s first break 산 넘어 산이다 down. 산 means mountain(s), 넘다 means to climb over, pass, cross, and 산이다 is 산(mountain) plus the copula 이다 (similar to “to be”). 

산 넘어 산이다. Literally means something like “there is (another) mountain after going over a mountain.”/ “Go over the mountain and there is another mountain.”

It’s used to express discontent that there is “one problem/challenge after another.” Once you finish one challenge, another one appears.

So, like the pictures, American college students are in a debt crisis. So, it’s probably pretty relatable for some of you. I just struggled to get through college! So, now I should be okay. But, the moment I finish my first challenge (getting through college), I’m immediately faced with another challenge (paying off college debt). 

With life always putting new problems, barriers and challenges in front of us, this is a great expression. Here are some examples.

산 넘어 산이라고 대학교를 졸업하자마자 학비를 갚아야 돼요. “It’s just one challenge after another.” As soon as I graduate, I have to repay my school costs.

인생은 쉽지는 않지. 산 넘어 산이라고 하잖아. Live isn’t easy. They say it’s one hardship after another you know.

A: 민경아, 취직했다면서? 축하해! Mingyeong. I heard you got a job? Congratulations!

B: ㅋㅋ 고마워..취직을 하긴 했는데 다음 주 영어 시험을 봐야 된대. 산 넘어 산이야. haha Thank you…I did get a job, but they said I have to take an English exam next week. It’s just one thing after another.