Do welsh feel closer to english than scottish and irish ?

[Visage pâle]

Wales was part of England for long time, i don't think there is strong particularism. They vote for brexit like english, contrary to scottish and northern irish.

[Dna8]

I think the Welsh feel closer to the English.

[Ayetooey]

I'm not Welsh myself so cannot speak for them, but from the perspective of someone in England I'd say Wales and England are generally pretty close; Scotland is pretty distant from us and is practically another country politically socially and culturally, where as Wales doesn't feel distant especially for us who live close to the border. Only part of Wales i'd see as extremely foreign is north-west Wales where they actually speak Welsh.

[Graham]

Cardiff is like two seconds from Bristol, and within a few hours of much of Englands population.

[Visage pâle]

I'm not Welsh myself so cannot speak for them, but from the perspective of someone in England I'd say Wales and England are generally pretty close; Scotland is pretty distant from us and is practically another country politically socially and culturally, where as Wales doesn't feel distant especially for us who live close to the border. Only part of Wales i'd see as extremely foreign is north-west Wales where they actually speak Welsh.

It's what i thought and probably many welsh are mixed with english.

[Tooting Carmen]

Yes, Wales definitely is much more intertwined and comfortable with England than Scotland and Ireland are.

[Bellbeaking]

Yes, although Scots who are protestant are also quite close. Scots of Gaelic descent are more nationalistic and have less of a British Identity. Much of the Scottish Lowlands is just northern England 2.0

[Grace O'Malley]

Yes, although Scots who are protestant are also quite close. Scots of Gaelic descent are more nationalistic and have less of a British Identity. Much of the Scottish Lowlands is just northern England 2.0

How would Scots know if they were of Gaelic descent or not? I wouldn't say they think in those terms. I don't think any Scots today wouldn't have some Gaelic ancestry. Anyway I think most people think in modern states i.e. Irish, Scots, English, Welsh. I don't think Welsh go around thinking they are Ancient Britons for example.

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

I'm not Welsh myself so cannot speak for them, but from the perspective of someone in England I'd say Wales and England are generally pretty close; Scotland is pretty distant from us and is practically another country politically socially and culturally, where as Wales doesn't feel distant especially for us who live close to the border. Only part of Wales i'd see as extremely foreign is north-west Wales where they actually speak Welsh.

i live just outside chester about 200m inside the welsh border

angelsey, parts of NW wales, are, as you said welsh speaking

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

It's what i thought and probably many welsh are mixed with english.

this is true

many "welsh" people are infact descended from anglo immigrants into the area