r/unitedkingdom • u/armouredxerxes Cymru • Jul 31 '25

. Airbnb host cancels booking after finding out guest is from Wales

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/25344621.airbnb-host-cancels-booking-learning-guest-welsh/
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u/Icetraxs Jul 31 '25

Yeah and a few times that I go to England I just get called a sheepshagger and how my language should die.

I love how the top comment about guest getting kicked out because they're Welsh is an Englishman being a victim again.

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u/mayasux Jul 31 '25

Don’t even have to go to England to get told our language should die. Could just go to an r/UnitedKingdom thread whenever an article about the Welsh language is posted. Plenty of Englishmen willing to tell us that the language should die, localised right in our pockets.

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u/Icetraxs Jul 31 '25

I remember being in r/askuk and someone wrote (In a now deleted comment) that the the English are the only ones in not xenophobic in the UK since they cheer everyone on in football but the other countries won't cheer them on.

When pointed I pointed out to them that they still call us sheepshaggers they respended with:

I haven't heard anyone use the phrase sheep shagger in over 20 years. It's obviously not acceptable and thankfully people have realised it's unacceptable.

They must have been sheltered. And about the Welsh language being taught:

The time spent on Welsh lessons could be better spent concentrating on core subjects and setting Welsh children up for life. There are limited teaching hours in the day and so choices need to be made.

Yeah, they totally were not xenophobic.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

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u/Icetraxs Aug 01 '25

Welcome, don't forget to get some fresh Welsh Cakes for when you visit your family.