American Tourists in Wales
The USA...a young country.

I have cooking implements older than the USA.

In my time I have had the pleasure of working alongside quite a few of the citizens of The Land Of The Free, and (with one notable exception) they have all been lovely. Just like everyone else.

And just like everyone else their tourists let the side down.

Picture the scene; early 90's, Swansea. Walking past the Castle. If you have never been, it is basically one and a bit walls of masonry (the other walls are in the local pubs) with a little grassed area. Nice and picturesque, (well it would be if it wasn't in Swansea).

Overheard conversation: 'Gee, isn't it nice they put this castle right in the middle of town? Makes it great for shopping!" This made me smile, but then the American comes over "can you help? We keep seeing signs for this place "Ay-ber-taw", can you tell us where it is?

I explained that Abertawe was the Welsh name for Swansea, and as an aside that the Castle was Norman, nearly 900 years old, was built here to keep the local population under control and therefore predated the Yates Wine Lodge by a bit.

Nice people, they can't help it.
(micmac is happy as a pig in shite, Sun 21 Mar 2010, 20:11, 10 replies)

Sorry
We have to send our idiots overseas on vacation when we need a break from them.
(ChiTown Guy Dating when 35+: sane, single, attractive - pick 2, Sun 21 Mar 2010, 20:17, closed)

Idiots
So do we, just go to Magalouf, and check out the twats wearing the Union Jack (and yes I know its called the Union Flag unless its on a boat, but that doesn't alliterate) t shirts.

Horrible!!
(micmac is happy as a pig in shite, Sun 21 Mar 2010, 22:40, closed)

Up until recently
I thought you elected them President
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Sun 21 Mar 2010, 23:51, closed)

Well, to be fair
the Welsh name is not intuitively obvious. For that matter, much of your spelling/pronunciation doesn't make sense either- "Worchestershire" should not be pronounced as "Wooster".

The castle, though, is inexcusable.
( Wanderer, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 8:47, closed)

That's why...
... it isn't
(snopesthetruth, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 11:01, closed)

Oh you were so close.
Fail.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 11:37, closed)

by the way...
it's pronounced Al-You-min-ium. Not Aloo-min-um. See how the letters make up the word "Aluminium". The last time I looked the Periodic Table, it wasn't spelled differently across the Atlantic...

/rant
(Chad, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 17:51, closed)

Lucky you don't have to pronounce it in German.
(Slam63 I wasn't really peeking. Nice panties., Wed 24 Mar 2010, 22:49, closed)

Not intuitively obvious??
It's in Welsh. You know. A different language. It isn't supposed to be intuitively obvious.

Mind you, one of the funniest things about the Welsh language is the way they nick English words, and then phoneticaly spell them with a Welsh pronunciation e.g. 'ambiwlans' for 'ambulance'. The Japanese do something similar, though.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 20:27, closed)

there are tourists in swansea?!
ffs, how disappointing must that be for a holiday?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 21:06, closed)