tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post1405299704276510927..comments2023-09-05T02:29:27.235-06:00Comments on Britishspeak: Y WladfaRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-22295728997438674242011-07-18T18:01:59.534-06:002011-07-18T18:01:59.534-06:00Incidentally, the picture was taken during the Oly...Incidentally, the picture was taken during the Olympic opening ceremony parade.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-55437503020616197762011-07-18T18:01:03.958-06:002011-07-18T18:01:03.958-06:00Lots of people are willing to read about Y Wladfa ...Lots of people are willing to read about Y Wladfa and Patagonia, but few are brave enough to make a comment. Interesting information. Thank you.<br /><br />I know a Griffith. Not from Chile, though.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-20512665021604162332011-07-15T12:27:06.613-06:002011-07-15T12:27:06.613-06:00There are a lot of Griffiths in Valparaiso, Chile....There are a lot of Griffiths in Valparaiso, Chile.<br />Some of them are related to me.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-62633893577826048502011-07-15T10:16:53.749-06:002011-07-15T10:16:53.749-06:00Lots of British connection with South America. Muc...Lots of British connection with South America. Much of this due to building railroads.<br />A man named Higgins helped free some from the Spanish and that name is common there. There was an Argentinian called Manuel (?) Higgins played for Real Madrid no less, and several )' Higgins have been known, though how that arose I could not say.<br />Pedro Manuel MacCallister was playing in the Argentinian league a few years ago. Those navvies got around. Football, the proper kind, was also started there by British folk. They say the famous Boca Juniors strip is based on the colours of the Irish county their founder came from.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.com