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Brother texts greetings in Welsh

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MoHub · 22/04/2025 02:20

My brother lives in Wales but he is English. He doesn't want to be Welsh, but every time he texts me at Christmas, New Year, birthday, etc he will do it in Welsh. So this weekend it was
Me: Happy Easter DB
DB: Pasg Hapus to you too

Don't get me wrong I like Wales, it's a lovely country, I like the Welsh and if a Welsh person wished me Happy Easter in Welsh that'd be fine but my brother is English and so am I. Every bloody time he does it.
A greeting in Welsh means nothing to me and yes I can work it out, but it doesn't half irk me and I know it's annoying me far more than it should.
AIBU to just want greetings in the language we both speak?

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DrPrunesqualer · 22/04/2025 04:09

TheOriginalEmu · 22/04/2025 04:06

You’re being quite petty. It’s not like he’s sending you whole messages in Welsh so that you have to translate it into English, that would be weird. But a greeting in the language of the country he lives in is harmless. Would you feel the same if he lived in France and texted in French?

Why wouldn’t she
I doubt it’s a Welsh hate thing

TheOriginalEmu · 22/04/2025 04:06

You’re being quite petty. It’s not like he’s sending you whole messages in Welsh so that you have to translate it into English, that would be weird. But a greeting in the language of the country he lives in is harmless. Would you feel the same if he lived in France and texted in French?

NattyTurtle59 · 22/04/2025 04:01

Ger1atricMillennial · 22/04/2025 03:49

Nah I am English and live in NZ and wish people Merry Xmas in Te Reo. It's good for people to have exposure to other languages.

I was just about to say something similar as I'm in NZ. Lots of people send greetings in Te Reo, I think it's great.

Ger1atricMillennial · 22/04/2025 03:49

Nah I am English and live in NZ and wish people Merry Xmas in Te Reo. It's good for people to have exposure to other languages.

3ormorecharacters · 22/04/2025 03:49

I have friends and family who do this and it would never occur to me to be annoyed by it. I'm fact I might have done similar when I lived abroad for a year. Surely it's just a friendly joke referencing the place the person is messaging from and a bit more interesting than just sending exactly the same message to each other?

Mothership4two · 22/04/2025 03:31

I don't think it's that unusual, a bit like someone sending a "hello" in the language of the place they are on holiday. Perhaps he knows it irritates you, so keeps doing it to wind you up (brothers seem to be good at that sort of thing).

handsomeworm · 22/04/2025 03:27

I would assume he's trying to learn the language and therefore practising it at every opportunity. Or, less charitably, showing off the random phrases he's picked up because he thinks it makes him look like some kind of polyglot genius. Does he have a history of assuming he's cleverer than you? Is that why this is winding you up so much?

Mothership4two · 22/04/2025 03:26

If it is just the greeting and the rest of the message is in English, I don't see the problem. My (English) cousin who lives in Spain does the same (in Spanish obviously) and I have never thought about it.

DrPrunesqualer · 22/04/2025 03:00

It is very odd as he knows you don’t speak Welsh

Why not reply in other languages. Perhaps you could help him learn how to say happy Easter In loads of languages

Frohe Ostern - German
Pasaka njema - Swahili
Caisc Shona duit - Irish
Felices Pascuas - Spanish

Id love to do Chinese and Russian etc but I don’t know how to change my script

apologies to all German, Spanish, Swahili and Irish speakers if I spelt anything wrong 😁

Pandimoanymum · 22/04/2025 02:23

It’s a bit odd, if neither of you are Welsh or speak Welsh. I’m Welsh and I will send Welsh greeting cards and write greetings in Welsh but only to other Welsh friends and relatives.

bumblebeedum · 22/04/2025 02:23

You’re being unreasonable and a bit precious. You know what he’s saying so what does it matter?