You soft spoken is one of the best in the asmr community in my opinion. Thank you so much!! Keep it up. And the rambles where We see you face and gestures are amazing and soo relaxing. Love from denmark…

I have to say the Welsh accent has to be one of the best for ASMR rambles! It’s so comforting and friendly 💙 Thanks for producing so much great content!

I’ve lived in England all my life of 37 years, your voice is so calming and relaxing, soft spoken or whispered it’s always tingly, thank you for making these videos

Hey! I’ve been born and raised in Austria ( I hope you don’t mind any mistakes I might have made, since I am not a native speaker). However, I have quite mixed feelings about nationality as a way of self identification. On one hand I think it’s a beautiful thing to be involved in your own culture and to embrace it internationally. On the other hand I feel like nationality in itself has morphed from a matter of appreciation to a matter of differentiation. Especially living in the middle of Europe dealing with problems like Refugees, I’ve seen nationality being used not to spread love and culture, but to create a way to sigle out and differentiate yourself from everyone else…. As in : we’re us and they are not … they don’t belong ..we don’t want them here I feel devastated by this shift, as it uses something good and pure to create evil and loathing. So honestly I don’t know how I feel about being Austrian anymore. If being Austrian means that I need to elevate myself above everyone else and think that I am something bette than them, then no I am in no way proud of my nationality. But if being Austrian means to embrace my culture and spread love and appreciation through the world then yes, I’m incredibly proud! For me it’s just a kind of difficult topic at the moment… Didn’t mean to spread bad vibes at all though!! Just felt like being honest, because it’s been kind of weighing on me lately! Great video!! 🥰

im from the great lakes region in america and i really connected with what you had to say about the chattiness/friendliness! you got me too sleepy to type all that much, but it really sounds similar to both rural AND urban communities around here. not near the extent as southerners, but folks around here sound like what you described in wales! i got such culture shock when i visited cities in different regions in my country too, it's amazing how cultures develop ^^ loved the vid!

I was born and raised in a more rural area in Texas, chatting and being warm towards strangers is a big thing here! I didn’t realize how big of a pleasantries culture we have until I lived in Singapore for a few months- I could go almost a whole day running errands and not talk to anyone which was very different for me! Coming back I feel like I had reverse culture shock because suddenly I realized how many people would just strike up conversations.. I think part of it comes from living in a smaller environment you’re more likely to see people again so you’re encouraged to be warm/nice to “leave a good impression” which I don’t feel as much living in a bigger city.

I like the videos you talked about your experiences, opinions, etc. Thank you! Also, your whispering is great!!

Seems similar to where Im from in the US, which is Iowa. Also, Wales definitely has the coolest flag.

Can you make more videos like this video? Listening your experiences is so relaxing

I'm from the Detroit area in Michigan, grew up there all my life, but never noticed the difference in culture until I moved to Marquette in the upper peninsula for university. Up there, everyone is very friendly. They smile to you on the street, have chats with you, and it's generally a very safe and welcoming atmosphere. When I came back home for the first time, it was hard to reacclimate. There's a very negative energy around that area I feel, like if you looked at someone wrong down the street they might do something to you. As well as there being a lot of aggression. So it really reminded me of when you were talking about your personal experience with Wales and England, and even though the States are so big, even within the same state the atmosphere can be completely different, which is so intriguing to me. It made me realize that I would likely want to go back there, or a place similar because it was great for my mental health. Fantastic video! I know I said in another video I was binging all of your videos and I mean it, so thank you for providing such amazing content to listen and fall asleep to!

That story you told about the Irish girls really resonated with me. I was born and my family roots go way back in an American region that other people consider backwards. I know people are kind of judging me when I tell them where I was born.

I love your videos, especially ramble ones! I'm from England! From Shropshire originally, so right next to North Wales! I've moved around the country lots, due to family occupation and university. I have lived in Shropshire for the majority of my life, but lived in Suffolk, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. All beautiful and interesting mini cultures within a (relatively) short amount of travel time.

More like these please please please. Watching from Yorkshire. Irish living in Scotland and then England over 27 years.

My personal experience of England is a bit crap its grey and dull and when I go to other countries the culture seems so much more vibrant and full of life if I had the money I'd be on the first plane to Greece, Greece is my favourite country I love it! Great vid helped me sleep.

I think the welsh accent is the best for ASMR! Hi from canada ❤️

Best soft spoken voice on KZfaq.

I’m born and raised in England and I’m very proud to be English and British, I believe strongly in the Union and that you can be a unionist of any religion, don’t hate the welsh or Scot’s or Irish most is banter but some can do my heading😂

I know you asked for British experiences, but I can’t help comparing your wales vs England store analogy to the south and the Midwest of America vs the bigger city areas. I’ve lived near DC all my life and people aren’t nearly as friendly as when I’ve been on vacation to country places in South Carolina or Minnesota or wherever…everyone seems so much friendlier and nicer there it’s great. I’m definitely introverted so I’m not really great at starting up those conversations but I really enjoy how kind people are in those areas and it makes you feel important and cared for as a person.

Estoy aprendiendo inglés, así que me paso aquí de tu canal en español para "entrenar" el oído 😅

I'm a French Canadian from Québec and my sense of identity is quite weird because I don't really "fit" as a Canadian in my own country, like fellow Canadians don't really recognize us as Canadians, but whenever I'm traveling I really do identify as being Canadian! I guess its as though I have a double nationality! In Québec we do have cultural differences (the language is the main one really) but there's also lots of similarities. I relate a little bit to what you said about Welsh people being proud of being Welsh because we, too, were "endangered" if I can say so by the English, but we managed to stay ourselves. It is a weird thing to be proud of because my ancestors were both colonizers and colonized on the same territory (the First Nations' territory that is). I do think the stereotype of Canadians always being sorry and polite applies to most regions of the country, but québécois might be louder than other Canadians in my opinion. I really enjoyed this video as I'm planning on moving to the UK for a few months next year for a short term job opportunity and still haven't decided in which region I'd like to stay. I don't know if it would be a possibility to make more videos about Wales, as I think it's a lesser known country and this video was so interesting! I'd love more content like this!

As someone who grew up in the South East of England, the idea that every meeting with anyone could become a full conversation is terrifying 😂 I like the anonymity of the large English cities

I’m an American and as a kid I went to a private school here in America. We had a substitute teacher for a while who was Welsh, and he pointed out that our school’s flag was the exact same flag as the flag of wales, which was pretty cool. Not sure how wales has let my former school get away with stealing your flag for so long lol

Loving your videos. Thank you! I’m in Australia in a capital city but not Sydney. Everyone always knows Sydney!! We like to tease foreigners about the wildlife being deadly but actually it’s not always that bad! Us Aussies are generally chilled and friendly but also bold and outspoken. But we’re so far away from everywhere so there’s definitely some people who never travel and are a bit small minded but many of us love to travel and learn. That’s clear as mud isn’t it??!! 😂 I’m proud of being an Aussie. But looking forward to a trip in a couple of months to come to the UK. Not to Wales this time though 😢 I’m yet to make it to Wales sadly. But I think it’s lovely how proud the Welsh are of being Welsh. Wear it loud and proud!

Watching from Minnesota, USA. Minnesotans are known to be “nice” often holding the door for each other far longer than comfortable for others, haha. I’ve found that to be true all over Minnesota, regardless of rural or urban. Loving all of your video library here! 😊

I have been wanting to visit Wales since i discovered it as a teenager. I studied in london between 2020 and 2021 but I avoided travelling because of covid. Now I'm planning a full vacation there because it's so beautiful. Even when I show people pictures of your amazing mation, they still have prejudices. Carry on being proud and promote Wales! Cymru am byth Also I am from Liguria in Italy and they all think we are cheapskates in our region, which is kind of true though 😂

As an Irishman, sorry on behalf of those two girls chatting shite. All the Welsh people I've met are really friendly and it's one of my favourite accents. I'm at uni in England and I get the whole thing of not feeling like you can't be proud of where you're from, people will make you feel weird about it.

As a fellow Welsh man shout out from Wrexham North Wales

I know what you mean with England, but I’m from the North East of England, and I’d say it’s similar to what you talked about with Wales, people are passionate about where they come from in the region, and what football team they support. But, it’s not like somewhere like London, people up here are similar to the Welsh in that we stop and have conversations with people we know, almost always about how our football teams are doing 🤣 I’m excited because I’m coming to Cardiff soon, and I loves Wales as a country hefyd ar gyfer pan dwi'n mynd i caerdydd dwi'n dysgu cymraeg hefyd! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Amazing 👍😊

I grew up in Brazil and moved to the US four years ago. Even though Brazilian culture is very much influenced by the United States, I can still notice remarkable differences between both cultures. People in Brazil are (usually) outgoing, or at least try to be welcoming. I also feel like there’s more work-life balance in Brazil as well. In the US, people are more direct with their interactions. One is not necessarily better than the other, but it’s just interesting to see how I’ve assimilated both cultures.

As an Italian I can tell you that in Italy we are very proud to be Italian but we are more connected to our city than to the nation, because every area of ​​Italy has been under the control of different powers. For example, we from Torino have been under the Romans, the Longobardi and then under the Duchy of Savoy (coming from France) from the Middle Ages. It is different for Naples, for example, which has had other influences such as the Spanish one, but also from Venice that was influenced by the Austrians. So each city has its own story. The biggest differences between people, however, are between north and south. In the north we are colder and less friendly while the south is more welcoming and people general are warmer.

From northern New Jersey very close to NYC. People are generally not the most chatty, but if you initiate a conversation say, waiting in line at the grocery store you won’t be looked at as weird, it’s just not expected or common. One thing we do which some other cultures find weird is if we’re just walking down the street and pass someone we’ll say hello to each other. The town I grew up in has a lot of Italian immigrants from the early 20th century but also many Korean immigrants from more recent generations, and it really depends which particular town or area of a state you’re in. Many of New Jersey’s landmarks, towns, roads, even counties are Dutch, but there are very few people who identify with Dutch ancestry. One thing you don’t have to worry about in NYC or NJ is getting strange looks for losing your temper or emoting in any way, it’s more strange to be perpetually polite like English or Canadian people.

I spent the first 28ish years of my life in the South East of England, and have subsequently moved to the South West. The difference even between the SE & SW is huge. SW so much chattier and just much more pleasant people. In terms of national pride, I’ve always thought the Welsh, Scots & Irish come across as incredibly proud to be from where they are, whereas the English are much less so.

I live just outside of cambridge, the area is absolutely beautiful but as a younger person there is nothing to do around here compared to other cities.

When you say you live in a welsh speaking area, are you living in the north? And btw...what are your thoughts on the independence of Wales? Would you vote for it? Please keep talking, rambling and showing us things about Wales. I love it. After all videos regarding Wales I am opening the duolingo app to learn some welsh and think about buying the welsh football jersey :D I wanna be a Welshman :(

I love that you would have conversations in Tesco 😊 I feel it's like that up North, in England, or more country towns. It's like that in Scotland too in the smaller towns or communities where people know each other, etc. I'm Scottish-Australian - My parents moved to Australia 30 years ago and Australia is where I was brought up but in my heart, I'm Scottish... I used to feel like the odd one out when we would fly over to Scotland and I'd have this Australian accent and everyone else had a Scottish accent. These days I just have a different accent haha, it's not so bad. Anyway, I work in Education as well and the other day a student asked where my name was from. I said "Scotland". She was like, (in a Cockney accent but she's a young kid so I gave her a break 😅) "Are you Sco'ish?" 😂

I come from Cheshire near Chester on the boarder of North Wales and my partner has a caravan in Wales. We love it there and I think Welsh people are so nice 😊 Our dream retirement is to retire to Wales 😊 My partner is from Cannock and she also says I am very loud and proud of being Northern and she doesn't understand why and I think it's because Cheshire is such a nice area to live we are very proud of where we live 😊

Stor fan! Hilsen en nordmann som har tatt utdanning i England, og bodd i Spania 🙌 But yeah in Norway, I have always felt that people from my area of the country (south east), are a lot more cheerful than particularly people from the west of Norway, like Bergen. They tend to be a lot more serious.

Ive lived in england my whole life but i identify as english-irish, since my dad is irish, i dont have an accent tho so many wouldnt know

i have never been able to fully identify with any nationality because i moved a lot growing up, i have family in australia and asia, which is where i was born. i moved to sweden as a kid and had to learn the language. in sweden i am the Australian weirdo, but when i go see my family in australia and asia i am the swedish weirdo. I can only identify with my direct family who moved with me. as of cultural differences i found that in sweden it is rather similar to australia, with friends people. only it is quieter and a bit more sad up here. but when i go to the uk to see my relatives on my dads side, i find that people are very cynical and pessimistic. this was in london. for example, i went to an info desk in london and asked for directions and the person answered with “second left don’t go to far and stay away from the guy under the stairs” then waved me on, it was efficient, but not in a friendly way. all in all, i find that people are very different depending on where you are in the world.

I live in London - have done my whole life, and I promise we're not all like this! 😭 I'm always stopping and having conversations here with random ppl, I think it depends on the area in which you're in. Some neighbourhoods just naturally have more of a community vibe. But no, I defo agree that some people in the South East of England, especially London can be standoffish and stuck up, or at the very least, mind their own business and not engage with others around them... 🤦🏽‍♀️

I am from Edinburgh and although an internationalist by inclination, my identity is Scottish, European and British in that order. I wonder if the 'chattiness' is a celtic thing, certainly there are marked differences in Scotland between the West coast with historical Irish immigration and the East coast. In the east we are considered reserved and cold and in the west they are friendly and 'gallus'. Personally I prefer the polite indifference of people from Edinburgh to the classic Glasgow 'banter'.

I’m a lifelong resident of the SE US, but I’ve lived in 2 bordering states. I have a lot of British Isles heritage in me (but no Welsh that I’ve found), but I’m also German, French, and Dutch. Similar to many Americans, I’m a cultural mutt. I don’t sound terribly Southern-somewhat Midwestern but with just a bit of lazy vowels and a few y’all’s thrown in there. My kids also don’t sound Southern thanks to my influence despite being born in a state with a reputation of having thick Southern accents. People in my own hometown didn’t believe I was from there.

Did you know that the = sign was invented by a Welsh mathematician? Also I'm from Northern England.

Born and raised in Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Tird German, third Estonian and third Russian. My ancestors were sent to Siberia in Soviet times. However, I never hated our Soviet past and history. If people ask me, which nationality am I, I always say: "Russian".

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I don't really have a national identity. I'm from Germany and when your German, you never can be proud of your nationality, because of...you know...our history. You literally can't say "I'm proud to be German. You will instantly be in the right corner, even other Germans will think that about you. So I always dreamed of having a grandma or something from another country, what I could be proud of. But that never happened :D I really wished to have another nationality. I like the scandinavian countries and the British Isles, especially the celtic nations. Wales is my number 1. I think that's how I discovered your channel, when I searched about ASMR videos about Wales. I think it is great, that welsh people are proud of being welsh and talk about it all the time. But tbh, I never realized you are having an accent, guess I don't know other welsh people and don't recognize accents, unless they are very hard like scouse or scottish.

Hello first off sorry to hear what those two Irish girls said about in that video. I'm from Dublin and my knowledge has always been good in my feeling of identity in being Irish. I feel Welsh, Irish and Scottish identities are very similar. The way you described yours when living in England has been the exact same when I would ever visit England. Anyways when I think about wales. It brings me back to primary school when I remember the caretaker in the school and for the parish. He was such a lovely man would always say hi to everyone and he had a brilliant accent. He was retiring and as everyone loved him in the school we decided to hold him a send off. For this big send off we learned the Welsh national anthem and a bit of the language so we could sing another traditional Irish song in Welsh! In the World Cup most of us here were rooting for Wales. It also sounds like Welsh is well taught. I, like other Irish people have been learning the language of Irish since the age of 5 and are no where near able to hold more than a five sentence conversation as its not taught well here in Ireland. I feel if there is any part of my identity that I struggle with is definitely not knowing the Irish language. Still there are large areas particularly on the west coast and in the islands where Irish as a language thrives. My support for Wales is the same for Scotland if Ireland isn't featuring in a football tournament or any tournament for any sport I always will go with the fellow Celts. Also I really enjoy your videos there very entertaining! :D

i was born in and live in new zealand and im hungarian but i only know 2 languages english and french and not hungarian because only my dad speaks it and he didnt teach me when i was you ger sadly.

I am proud to be American. For me, being American is being a rebel. To Americans, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 is the country with the cool flag. Much love man

You're definitely right that people in Wales are much more friendly than in some places in England. I've found that Wales, Scotland, Liverpool and rest of the North and the Midlands (and I would imagine Ireland, I'm met Irish people who were great) are really friendly but southern England isn't. I'm not far from Wales, and yeah you'll get the odd chatty person round here, but by and large people are quite aggressive in how they look at you, very moody and grumpy. Worst place is London. Easily the most unfriendly people I've ever encountered, but that's maybe just the whole big city thing.

"Welsh is a language? 🤷🏼‍♀️" 🤦🏼‍♀️ That's crazy (that they even asked that) but I'm not surprised 😬

I'm from Liverpool. I lived in Scotland for years. I feel like we're too Scouse for the English and too English for the Scots. You can't win lol. And it took me about 5 years to fully realise how much the Scottish hated us. It's an ancient hate. But being English we have a very thick layer of ignorance when it comes to being hated. We either don't notice or don't really care, or maybe a bit of both.

I am from US state or Texas. I cannot speak for other states, but feel like people from our state identify more with being “Texan” vs “American”. It’s a very diverse state, but has that southern feeling of hospitality and hard working folks. There are even those who would prefer our state leave America! We sat “y’all” a lot and eat a lot of BBQ. However, I would check out Houston if you have a chance. I’ve heard it’s one of the most diverse cities in the world.

I'm half English half Scottish, so I just say I'm British lol. My accent is also just a generic southern English accent. So I kinda feel like I lack identity which I guess is the opposite to you lol. I also totally understand the story of speaking to the woman in the shop. I get quite intimidated when I go up North to see my family as everyone is much more outgoing lol. I think living only 40 mins away from London has made me quite introverted as it's standard to just walk past people without saying anything. Really interesting video!

Where abouts did you stay in the South East of England? Love the videos.

I worked in retail for a few months and it made me realise how rude English people are. Literally I served hundreds of customers who didn’t even say one word to me and completely blanked me. I think in England everybody is just in their own bubble and wants to get on with their lives and this means in public we don’t really like engaging in conversations. I might have to move to wales because I hate it!

Mexican American living in New England!

The south east is just people trying to extract from you and move on, I love going to Wales or the North as it feels like something better on a personal level, the south east feels like you should just walk down the road with your contactless card out so everyone can swipe it as it feels like that slot of the time!

I am learning that the welsh are the midwesterners of europe

8:40 I don't recognize Welsh accent yet, I guess I don't find it as strong as Irish or Scottish.

I live in the uk Blackpool I would say we are very friendly and can have some grate conversations in steets shops ect but I’m 23 and I feel like it’s mostly the older generation that will engage in conversation but then I think that times are changing and People do find it strange when someone starts asking them thing is it a confidence thing as well ? I remember when I was about 14 me being me I will talk to mostly anyone a friend said to me I don’t know how you can just do that just talk to anyone it made me think abit not anyone can talk out the blue I think it can put them on the spot sometimes and don’t know what to say lol anyway I really enjoy your asmr the footy ones keep them coming mate

I really noticed that people in California are very similar as you in welsh, but in like NYC for example people are more like you described the English people!

I'm from Canada and I think we have an undeserved reputation for being friendly. If you tried to strike up a conversation with a cashier in a Canadian store, you would get curt or awkward reactions. Maybe it would be a bit different in the Atlantic provinces or small towns but it's not something you'd do in the larger metro areas. We'll be polite. We'll be helpful and accommodating. But we're not friendly.

You've hit a nerve here haha. I know the 'standoffishness' us people from the South/East default to. Interestingly I've had other southerners I've met whilst up north point it out to me that I've done it- like a 'suspicious' manner where were think people are gonna take something from us. I think there's trends and truth but it wears a bit thin when you hear northerners repeatedly being painted as friendly and southerners as unfriendly and stuck up...usually by northerners haha. Obviously you can't generalise. I would say that the more working class areas can be friendlier, I've been in places like East London and people have dropped what they're doing to be helpful and had similar exchanges like you described on your dog walks. Curious to know where you were living. As it happens I'm from the East of England between Peterborough and Cambridge and have now lived in The North East in your football team's fair city for nearly 20 years! I envy you Welsh with your own language, I'm struggling with Greek on Duolingo! Cheers for an interesting video!

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I think this is a good way to explain it in the states. On the eastern coast, people aren’t friendly but they’re kind. On the western coast, people are friendly, but not kind. If you had a flat tire we would change it for you, but insult you while we did it. After living in California, people would drive by you and say “that’s unfortunate.” Then keep going. California has a misconception of being a transplant state. While yes, a lot of people move here to make it big, there are still a lot of Californians that can’t afford to leave. I lived in Los Angeles for a bit, I definitely appreciated vast urban sprawl. It’s a contrast to the river town I grew up in. Met a lot of people there. Don’t know many I would call kind. My state has alot of state pride. I think I identify when you mention being proud to be welsh. Here, being proud to be “American” has a negative connotation to it, I guess. Which is sad, you should be proud where you come from, yeah we’re not perfect, but why pretend you’re from somewhere else because of distant ancestors. My family were immigrants too, but I’m still American. It’s funny because the ones who have a lot of American pride are usually 1st generation immigrants. I knew a refugee from Iraq who was had a huge America flag and a big ford truck, wearing USA shirts. Kind of funny, in a weird kafka-esque sort of way. Sorry I’m rambling, I like geography too.

Why are you an ex-teacher? Do you have another job now?

Beth yw eich hoff beth am Abertawe? Dwi ar hyn o bryd yn tyfu lan yn yr Uplands, ac yn dilyn yr Elyrch, a rydw I yn gredwr mawr mewn annibyniaeth Cymru.

There's a (I think Estonian) joke about Finnish people: How do you spot an extrovert Finn? Instead of staring at his own feet, he's staring at your feet. Also, people from Nordic countries, apart from Sweden, consider Swedes a bit superficial and pretentious (all in good spirit of course), while Swedes themselves think they are better than everyone else (which is why, when they screw up, they always have a hard time admitting that they've made a mistake, those snobs)

I live just outside of cambridge, the area is absolutely beautiful but as a younger person there is nothing to do around here compared to other cities.