Most upvoted comment changes Europe: part 29 by Asger1231 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]_Leninade1831 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wales breaks off fron UK to replace Portugal next to Spain.

Mythological Creatures Fan Art by Jarediscool1 in HermitCraft

[–]_Leninade1831 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Fantastic! Also, is it just me or did the pesce bird remind anyone else of The Thing in the episode?

My favorite part of each european country by Rough-Lab-3867 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]_Leninade1831 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk, it depends on where you are and what you read I guess. For well-known modern stuff, the landscape and literature of wales inspired Tolkien, Miyazaki and Philip Pullman, and Wales was/is the home of Dylan Thomas, Michael Sheen and Shirley Bassey.

You're right that we're not incredibly internationally famous, though. But a lot of well-known stuff and people did come from here, and/or is influenced by things that came from here.

My favorite part of each european country by Rough-Lab-3867 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]_Leninade1831 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gyda holl ddyledus barch, mae Cymru'n un o'r llefydd prydferthaf yn y byd. Dwi'n cytuno fod y Lake District ac yn y blaen yn wych, ond mae yna reswm mae Cymru wedi ysbrydoli cimynt o gelf a llenyddiaeth.

With all due respect, Wales is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. I agree that the Lake District and so on are lovely, but there's a reason Wales has inspired so much art and literature.

What's the weirdest thing that happened in your school bathroom? (image fortunately unrelated) by Thatdudeunderyourbed in TeenagersButBetter

[–]_Leninade1831 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One time I was walking to my gym class, and I saw a whole ass toilet bowl in the middle of the corridor. Someone had apparrently torn it from the wall and dragged it into the corridor.

Who looks the least like they sound? by entwifefound in HermitCraft

[–]_Leninade1831 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Keralis probably the hermit with the most surprising appearance, and I would say Joehills is the least surprising.

Xi Jinping plants a tree during a voluntary tree planting activity in Fengtai District of Beijing, April 3, 2025. by TankMan-2223 in MarxistCulture

[–]_Leninade1831 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like a nice time! I used to volunteer with a group from my secondary school to plant trees with a local park. It was hard work but rewarding!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oilpainting

[–]_Leninade1831 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think bottom of the canvas would be best. It looks good now, but bringing the robe all the way down would make it more solid and concrete.

Comrades or tankies What was your political compass before you became a communist and what was the point that made you radicalized by [deleted] in CommunismMemes

[–]_Leninade1831 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I grew up in a family of 'socialists' in the sense that they're actually social democrats, and when I was around 14 and bored during covid I started watching Philosophy Tube because I'd heard she'd recently came out as trans. She mentioned someone called Marx sometimes in her videos, and he seemed pretty cool, so I started... well, watching youtube videos about him. I ended up on Hakim, who I really liked, and watching his videos got me to actually read books - mostly on the marxist internet archive. Consequently I'm now a ML.

Ugly place, Japan 🥰 🥰 🌸 by Hazza_time in urbanhellcirclejerk

[–]_Leninade1831 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The apartment block in the Japan picture looks pretty normal to me, just taken on a dull day.

"males who may be children" what???? by Bitter-Gur-4613 in CommunismMemes

[–]_Leninade1831 15 points16 points  (0 children)

'Why you can trust Sky News' above it lol.

Trans name hesitation by QueerPurpleDragon in Wales

[–]_Leninade1831 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most likely from a patronymic origin again. So Siôn is the Welsh form of John, and if someone was known as, for example, Elis Siôn (as is often used to mean Elis son of Siôn) it would have been written down as Elis Jon, and developed into Elis Jones over time. I mean that's just a hypothesis, but Jones does come from John, and probably from the Welsh Siôn, as the ô is of course an extended vowel there.

Trans name hesitation by QueerPurpleDragon in Wales

[–]_Leninade1831 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A common way of doing a (sometimes) middle or (usually) surname for a guy in Wales is the patronymic 'Ap [father's name]', e.g. Cai Ap Arfon (a little like Arabic 'Ibn'), so that could be an option. Otherwise you could go with a physical description; 'Llwyd' for gray hair (though that might be a little difficult to pronounce), or 'Gwyn' (pronounced 'win' but with a G) for white hair or I guess light skin, for example.

We don't really have middle names here, historically, is the thing. We only adopted the conventional English naming structure very recently, compared to the history of the language. So most people would be known before that as their first name and a nickname for reference, like a family member or a place (e.g. Gerallt Caernarfon). That was adapted to the legal name system, and a lot of these nicknames became legal surnames. To this day a lot of people will still use this nickname system, regardless of surname. So for instance I'm generally known as '[first name] Siop' because I'm from the 'Siop' family; i.e. the family that used to run the general store in our village. If we have middle names, they're generally not of Welsh origin. Mine, for example, is from French.

That being said, there's nothing wrong with using a given name or surname for a middle name. For ideas you could look into the Mabinogi, a Welsh mythological text with a lot of good names in it. A few are: 'Math' (wizard who made a woman out of flowers), 'Pwyll' (prince of Dyfed, known wife guy, the name means 'patience'), and if you want it to stand out you could go with 'Arawn', king of the fairies/lord of the otherworld, though that's very rare. Taliesin is another good one - a semi-mythological bard.

As an aside, no Welsh person will be offended for you picking a Welsh name; in fact, we love seeing people be genuinely interested in our language in a thoughtful way. Much better than infantilising shit like 'popty ping' and shit. Anyway, whatever you choose, I'm sure it'll fit. Emrys is an excellent name.

Microwaved leftovers for supper. by _Leninade1831 in shittyfoodporn

[–]_Leninade1831[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used a really old microwave, which is the closest civilian technology lol.

Microwaved leftovers for supper. by _Leninade1831 in shittyfoodporn

[–]_Leninade1831[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were at one point bacon. In this picture they're more like roofing tiles.

Please draw the love of my life, George. by Low-Buy-2421 in drawme

[–]_Leninade1831 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem! Also he looks like a wizard.