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What'd you call me? English?!
When in Wales, be careful about calling Welsh people English-- or you might land yourself a prison sentence. Just ask Mick Forsythe (pictured right).
During a dispute over a traffic accident, Forsythe, an Irishman living in Wales, insulted a Welsh woman, calling her an "English bitch." According to the Daily Mail, the 55-year-old Forsythe "was found guilty of racially aggravated disorderly behaviour, and received a ten-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months."
I imagine the conversation as going something like this:
"Hey, you just scratched my car!"
"Oh, pipe down, you old English bitch."
"Excuse me?! I am NOT English!"
Forsythe expressed his thoughts about the whole affair thusly: "The joke is that the woman I had the row with isn't even English. She's Welsh. I am absolutely gobsmacked, to be frank."
I too am gobsmacked.
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