Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English

[Valmy]

Hmm. I thought most came over in the late 1800s, much like the Irish. 

Why would there be a huge Welsh immigration in the late 1800s?  There was no Welsh Potato famine. 

There was some, of course but not like the Irish.

A large number came over during the Colonial Period.  I seem to recall alot of Quakers were Welsh.

Edit: looking it up it does appear there was a bit of an uptick in the 19th century but mostly in the early part of it.

[merithyn]

Why would there be a huge Welsh immigration in the late 1800s?  There was no Welsh Potato famine. 

There was some, of course but not like the Irish.

A large number came over during the Colonial Period.  I seem to recall alot of Quakers were Welsh.

Edit: looking it up it does appear there was a bit of an uptick in the 19th century but mostly in the early part of it.

I was thinking that it was due to problems with the coal mines. That's why my family came over.

[mongers]

Some of it would also be the early and late 19th agricultural depressions.

Oh and I've now noticed I seem to use 'good grief' rather a lot, is that English or American English ?

[garbon]

Some of it would also be the early and late 19th agricultural depressions.

Oh and I've now noticed I seem to use 'good grief' rather a lot, is that English or American English ?

I don't know but I know it is connected here with Charlie Brown.

[derspiess]

IIRC there was a Welsh diaspora of sorts in the late 1800s.  A bunch of them ended up in South America.  There is a whole town in Argentina where everyone has a Welsh surname. 

[The Brain]

IIRC there was a Welsh diaspora of sorts in the late 1800s.  A bunch of them ended up in South America.  There is a whole town in Argentina where everyone has a Welsh surname.

Single surname towns are pretty common in the South.

[merithyn]

IIRC there was a Welsh diaspora of sorts in the late 1800s.  A bunch of them ended up in South America.  There is a whole town in Argentina where everyone has a Welsh surname.

Which one? Jones or Williams?

[mongers]

IIRC there was a Welsh diaspora of sorts in the late 1800s.  A bunch of them ended up in South America.  There is a whole town in Argentina where everyone has a Welsh surname.

Which one? Jones or Williams?

Well my grandmother was a Williams from Wales, so that must been we're related, right ?   

[merithyn]

IIRC there was a Welsh diaspora of sorts in the late 1800s.  A bunch of them ended up in South America.  There is a whole town in Argentina where everyone has a Welsh surname.

Which one? Jones or Williams?

Well my grandmother was a Williams from Wales, so that must been we're related, right ?   

COUSIN!!

[Richard Hakluyt]

Meri, this is the place to go and get your Welsh pronunciation sorted http://www.nantgwrtheyrn.org/

Getting to the pub is a rather stiff 2-mile uphill walk though. I camped in that valley back in the 80s when the village was derelict apart from one house with an enthusiastic Welsh teacher and his single student in it 

[Malthus]

All I know about Wales is found in the fine old nursery rhyme about Taffy the Welshman. 

[mongers]

Some of it would also be the early and late 19th agricultural depressions.

Oh and I've now noticed I seem to use 'good grief' rather a lot, is that English or American English ?

I don't know but I know it is connected here with Charlie Brown.

The OED has it first recorded as appearing in 1900 in the English Dialect dictionary, though no indication from where.

No doubt you're right about Charlie brown's influence, but for me google has just shown me where I must have picked it up from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Mouse_(TV_series)

Danger Mouse (voiced by David Jason): The world's greatest secret agent......
Referred to as the "White Wonder" and "Wretched Rodent" by Baron Greenback. Catchphrases: "Good grief!", "Penfold, shush!", "Blast!"

[merithyn]

Meri, this is the place to go and get your Welsh pronunciation sorted http://www.nantgwrtheyrn.org/

Getting to the pub is a rather stiff 2-mile uphill walk though. I camped in that valley back in the 80s when the village was derelict apart from one house with an enthusiastic Welsh teacher and his single student in it 

I can stay for six months without a Visa, right?

[The Brain]

You're gonna pay by check? Stupid American.

[mongers]

Meri, this is the place to go and get your Welsh pronunciation sorted http://www.nantgwrtheyrn.org/

Getting to the pub is a rather stiff 2-mile uphill walk though. I camped in that valley back in the 80s when the village was derelict apart from one house with an enthusiastic Welsh teacher and his single student in it 

Good grief, that's an out of the way place, I used to live opposite the Llŷn Peninsula and it often looked a god forsaken place in most Welsh weather.