19 Welsh Habits I Lost When I Moved To England

    Bags for Life. Everywhere.

    Sophie Hines
    by Sophie Hines

    BuzzFeed Contributor

    1. Automatically filtering out half of all public signs because you can't read the language they're written in.

    2. Considering “drive” to be a person rather than an action.

    3. Pronouncing Primark like “PREE-mark”.

    4. Pronouncing Adidas as “A-DEEE-das”.

    5. Striking up conversation with anyone who spends more than 10 seconds in your immediate vicinity.

    6. Buying these little dudes all the time in Spring.

    7. Being unexcited by green grass, rolling hills, and mountains.

    8. Throwing random Welsh words into conversation.

    9. Stockpiling Bags for Life.

    10. Trying to fit a quite frankly RIDICULOUS amount of shopping into your handbag/pockets when you forget the aforementioned Bags for Life.

    11. Wildly celebrating the National Saint Day.

    12. Always, ALWAYS carrying an extra layer of clothing and an umbrella*.

    13. Factoring in extra travel time in case of animal interference.

    14. Getting really excited when you see a new chain restaurant.

    15. Eating chip and curry combos every Friday night.

    16. Talking about Folly Farm and the Black Nun at Llangrannog as if everyone knows what you’re on about.

    17. Singing along to the national anthem really loudly because you know someone else will cover the words you don’t know/notes you can’t reach.

    18. Just rocking up to the cinema/ice skating/exercise classes because you know there’ll always be places left.

    19. Owning a wardrobe that’s a 90:10 split of winter:summer clothes.