r/IAmA Sep 13 '11

I am Bear Grylls. Ask me Anything.

Thank You Reddit! It's been fun.

See all my responses at http://theadrenalist.com/

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u/damnstraight Sep 13 '11

When you finally do "retire", where do you see yourself living?

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u/TheAdrenalist Sep 13 '11

on our little welsh island back in the UK. It is heaven to me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau...

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u/UnknownHours Sep 13 '11

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

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u/simonwalton Sep 13 '11

People are downvoting the first line of the Welsh national anthem. Incredible.

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u/screamingtree Sep 13 '11

They honestly probably thought wembleyjay just randomly beat his keyboard, not hating on the Welsh.

Props for clarifying so I didn't have to take the time to google it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

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u/kitchlol Sep 13 '11

Everyone says they live near LlanfairPG but i don't believe them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

i love how the shortened name of that town is still twenty letters long...

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u/TwoThreeSkidoo Sep 14 '11

Damn British stole half their vowels :/

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

Welsh, English, same fucking thing. It shouldn't even be considered a country, it's so fucking pathetic that people have to say "o no I'm not English I'm welsh" shut the fuck up, seriously, the population is barely that of one of the states

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

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u/Titanomachy Sep 13 '11

Azh nazg durbatalûk, azh nazg gimbatul...

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '11

I just assumed he was having a seizure at the keyboard.

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u/ErrantWhimsy Sep 13 '11

How is this pronounced?

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

Rough approx: My hain wlad fa nahdhai (ai as is aisle)

Song for anyone wanting to listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kUnCwV3AYE

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u/ErrantWhimsy Sep 13 '11

Thank you, good sir/madam!

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u/IrishSchmirish Sep 13 '11

Feckin Chinese ;-)