Brother texts greetings in Welsh

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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?

I love other languages and I do this very same thing myself sometimes in cards to a particular uncle. Probably not quite the same as this uncle actually IS Welsh.

But I've also written a word or a phrase in another language if someone is going on holiday to that particular country. I wouldn't give it a second thought not to. It's just a bit of fun.

Have you never wished someone Bon Voyage, used the term cul-de-sac or talked about deja vu?

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Because she’s not Welsh, she does not speak Welsh and she doesn’t live in Wales.

It’s as random as someone wishing you happy Birthday in Mandarin.

Oh come on, no it's not. He lives there. If he lived in China he might say it in mandarin. It's not random at all and you know it.

Why would he say it in Mandarin if he lived in China?

OP won’t automatically understand just because HE’S in China!

It’s making people translate what you’re telling them unnecessarily, so it is rude.

It sounds like a brother just being a brother to me. If you tell him it irks you, he might do it more.

It is a bit annoying if he does it every time, but if he is in all other respects a decent brother, then I wouldn't get overly bothered by it.

It's definitely not as random as someone wishing you happy birthday in mandarin.

He lives in Wales! Welsh is everywhere in Wales. On shop signs, place signs.

When I lived in Spain, I spoke spanish.

He lives there!

It’s really not that deep - it’s nice he’s trying to learn the language but if you’re that bothered just ask him to say it in English.

I put Happy Easter in Welsh on my Facebook. Anyone who can't work out what it means or is offended by it shouldn't be my friend anyway.

I'd be taking the opportunity to fuck with my sibling by sending greetings in a different language every time. It'd be fun.

Oh behave 🤣 need to translate?!

He'd say it in mandarin if he lived in China because they speak fucking Mandarin in China and it would be nice to reflect that 🤣

Some people need help, honestly

If she has to use a translation website to figure out what her brother's reply to Happy Easter might be, she has big problems. Especially when one of the words is very similar to the English word happy...

Same. I'm constantly baffled by these people that have these strictly regimented relationships with their siblings.

If my brother did this I'd send him a meme about being found in a bin not Wales or something

Yes, when YOU lived in Spain, YOU spoke in Spanish.

Your relatives in your home country didn’t suddenly start speaking Spanish because you do.

So what if the signs are in Welsh in Wales? OP doesn’t see them!

The dirty meaning didn't even occur to me.

No, it’s nice to say to the someone LIVING in China. So if OP lived in Wales, it would be nice if he texted it to her.

Yes, actually this is a thing here in Wales, now I've thought about how often I do it! I regularly say good morning/night, love you, thank you in Welsh when the rest of the convo is in English. And of course we don't cuddle, we "cwtch". Everyone cwtches in Wales, Welsh speaking or not 😊
So I've now decided OPs brother is maybe just trying to embrace the language, which is quite sweet. But I still think it would get on my nerves a bit eventually if it's every single bloody time.

When I lived in Spain I said happy christmas in Spanish to my relatives in England.

Feliz navidad!

They liked it!

But it’s not just at Easter, so there will be times that OP has no bloody clue what he’s on about.

Welsh is a native language of britain, a country the OP lives in. I think it's pretty rude to not understand very basic phrases of a language used within your own country

Why don't you think it's nice that he is trying to use the language of the place he has chosen to live in? It doesn't take anything away from you.

Oh give over! Only if you’re living in that country.

There’s no need to learn it otherwise, only if you want to.

I speak as someone who speaks 5 languages!

It's not foreign. These are the people here longest.

I mean not quite the same as mandarin is it though?

And yes I do think its rude to not make an effort to understand basic phrases of a language used within your own country, especially in a place you3 brother lives. I'm not expecting anyone to be fluent but understanding "hello" "happy birthday" "happy christmas", is fairly easy especially as, unlike other languages, Welsh is almost always accompanied by an English translation.