4.5 million britons have less than £10 a month in disposable income

[Mich the Tester]

I went back home to the Amman Valley from Cardiff University for the weekend once. I walked passed a pub on my way into town and 2 guys were giving someone a kicking in the car park at about 8pm. I went into another pub to find some mates and then into the beer garden and 4 man brawl broke out in the doorway and I was stuck waiting for the 2 bouncers to break it up so I could leave the pub to see where everyone was. I went to the wine bar and someone had someone else by the throat and was threatening them in the entrance. I found my mates inside. I had not even got a drink and I had walked passed more violence than I had seen in the previous few months in Cardiff.

Some people are surprised I don't go back home very often, I am surprised that the town has not beaten itself to death.

Not surprised to see the wine bar was relatively peaceful; just threatening someone instead of kicking the tulip out of him.

[MyUserName]

Not surprised to see the wine bar was relatively peaceful; just threatening someone instead of kicking the tulip out of him.

Well, it was a classy place.

[Mich the Tester]

Well, it was a classy place.

So to what extent does the MTV series 'The Valleys' reflect the truth about young people in the Valleys?

[amcdonald]

If you're serious, then I've found an excellent resource for learning spoken Welsh are these:

https://site.saysomethingin.com/comm...ages/home-cyen

I'm semi serious it depends if I move, I want to be somewhere more rural and I have friends out there

The main stumbling block is that I find languages hard to pick up without using them in real life

A lot of places seem to run cheap lessons out there, but something online like that is a good start

[MyUserName]

So to what extent does the MTV series 'The Valleys' reflect the truth about young people in the Valleys?

I have never watched it but from what I understand it is very unpopular with most Welsh people who do watch it! Maybe it strikes to close to home!?

On wiki it mentions that they basically go out and get as drunk as possible. This is exactly what nights out were like back home to any of use who were not drugged up. I was surprised when I went to university and then moved to Hampshire that people did not seem to have the same drive to get hammered.

[eek]

I have never watched it but from what I understand it is very unpopular with most Welsh people who do watch it! Maybe it strikes to close to home!?

On wiki it mentions that they basically go out and get as drunk as possible. This is exactly what nights out were like back home to any of use who were not drugged up. I was surprised when I went to university and then moved to Hampshire that people did not seem to have the same drive to get hammered.

I think firstly they drink to forget.
Then they drink as they've forgotten what else they could do....

[darmstadt]

If you're serious, then I've found an excellent resource for learning spoken Welsh are these:

I'll provide a starter for free:

Baa - yes
Ba - No
Baaaaa Ba Baaa - wrong hole

[Zippy]

We've got more vowels than you lot.

We just keep 'em secret.

True. And we can afford a larger alphabet.

The only people the North Walians hate more than the English is the South Walians (or possibly someone from the next largest town. Or scousers). I'd pretend to be English and I certainly wouldn't bother learning the language.

[scooterscot]

Have you seen house prices in London?

They're so big I couldn't read them in my life time.