Do some Cornish people have a closer affinity with Wales than England?

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Originally Posted by Trigger

Have visited the place for years.

Whilst it has a distinctly different vibe to other parts of England it is still very much part of England and in my experience the locals on the whole feel English but also cornish. Similarly to how a Welsh person may feel Welsh and British.

Wouldn't say they at all identify more with Wales or other celtic regions but on the whole I have found them to be very warm people and largely welcoming. Of course tourism is a huge economic driver there so they probably just want my money.

It's a beautiful place though and definitely somewhere I would be happy to live, employment issues aside.

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( employment issues aside) and their may lie current issues , there is poverty,lack of jobs , rich second home owners ,all eroding their identity.

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Originally Posted by Harry Monk

There is no such thing as a Celtic gene. The Celts were just a group of people across most of Europe that shared similar languages and culture. The name Celt came from Greek writers who described this particular group. The word Gal and derivatives are words which describe areas where this group settled such Galicia (Now part of Spain), Galatia (now part of Turkey) and of course Gaul. They also give the root to the word Gaelic/ Gallic etc.


Of interest, Paris is named after a Celtic tribe, as is Belgium. The names of Celtic tribes are also obvious in the names Kent, Scotland and Cornwall.

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Indeed - but some people aspire to be pure....er.....mongrels.

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Originally Posted by Harry Monk

There is no such thing as a Celtic gene. The Celts were just a group of people across most of Europe that shared similar languages and culture. The name Celt came from Greek writers who described this particular group. The word Gal and derivatives are words which describe areas where this group settled such Galicia (Now part of Spain), Galatia (now part of Turkey) and of course Gaul. They also give the root to the word Gaelic/ Gallic etc.


Of interest, Paris is named after a Celtic tribe, as is Belgium. The names of Celtic tribes are also obvious in the names Kent, Scotland and Cornwall.

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What about Pictogram ?

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Originally Posted by Harry Monk

There is no such thing as a Celtic gene. The Celts were just a group of people across most of Europe that shared similar languages and culture. The name Celt came from Greek writers who described this particular group. The word Gal and derivatives are words which describe areas where this group settled such Galicia (Now part of Spain), Galatia (now part of Turkey) and of course Gaul. They also give the root to the word Gaelic/ Gallic etc.


Of interest, Paris is named after a Celtic tribe, as is Belgium. The names of Celtic tribes are also obvious in the names Kent, Scotland and Cornwall.

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And the names of Wales, Wallonia (now part of Romania), Wallachia and Cornwall are all cognate Roman terms, meaning Celts/outsiders/strangers.

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Despite being a Cardiffian I have lived in a number of counties in the south west and feel at home here - and I even felt at home living in Germany and Scotland. My siblings have also lived abroad and have felt at home in Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Devon, The Netherlands and Germany. There are beautiful places and people all around the UK and people's DNA is not drastically different on either side of a line drawn on a map at a particular juncture in history. It's also about what one brings to the party, as it were.

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I'm in agreement with the Taunting Blue Genie.

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

And the names of Wales, Wallonia (now part of Romania), Wallachia and Cornwall are all cognate Roman terms, meaning Celts/outsiders/strangers.

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I put the brackets in the wrong place. They should have been after Wallachia, of course.

I thought the Cornish had more of an affinity with Brittany, or is the affinity felt greater from the French side these days?

Cornish people don't share Wales' predilection for voting Labour that's for sure.

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Originally Posted by The Bloop

I thought the Cornish had more of an affinity with Brittany, or is the affinity felt greater from the French side these days?

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In the Euros, I met several Bretons who had come to Wales games specifically to support Wales.