London website’s ridiculous headline about well known Welsh town
London news website My London caused an angry reaction from people in Wales when they ran a story with a headline that prompted ridicule from many across the nation.
The website caused a backlash after titling a travel story with the following headline: ‘The underrated seaside town that’s almost impossible to spell correctly but named one of UK’s best and worth the long drive from London.’
The seaside town in question is Aberystwyth and as many people were quick to point out about the ridiculous and ignorant headline, it’s not that difficult to spell.
The article then continued to whinge about the distance from London to the west Wales coastal town, as if it’s a journey to Australia.
My London wrote: ‘It seems the only catch for Londoners is that of the lengthy journey to one of the best seaside towns in the UK. To access Aberystwyth by car, Londoners can expect a journey time of around five hours, while train services from Euston via Avanti West Coast services can take around four hours and 40 minutes.’
God forbid those poor entitled Londoners spend time travelling anywhere.
To add insult to injury an image in the story captioned as the town centre is actually a picture from Aberaeron.
Understandably the story from the website which is owned by Reach plc, who publish WalesOnline, has gone down like a lead balloon with many Welsh people on social media quick to pick up on the patronising nature of the story and headline.
Incredibly a year later the story remains online with the same terrible headline.
How pathetic is this headline? Would these ignorant idiots say the same about a European resort? 😤https://t.co/CQUWW8E502
— Paul Godding (@7puzzle) April 13, 2023
These were some of the reactions to the story on Twitter:
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Reminds me of an old Cardiganshire saying –
” the trouble with London is that it’s so far from everywhere”!
I assume the journalist was paid for reporting such nonsense.
probably got a bonus for that drivel. Lots of stuff I could write about London too, hardly any of it complimentary.
Surely it’s time little Englanders woke up to the fact that Welsh is easier to pronounce than English? Maybe even take some geography lessons too? ….
Exactly, I myself cannot speak fluent Cymraeg, but the reason for that is definitely not the pronunciation. That part is rather easy, the real problem comes from the grammatical structure and mutations.
Not really a seaside town. An education and cultural hub with pleasant surtounding countryside that happens to be coastal.