Sports retail giant misspells Cymru on bobble hat
The nights are closing in, the temperatures are plummeting and many people venturing out into the arctic wasteland beyond their front door are thinking of how they can best keep themselves warm.
We’re a patriotic lot here in Wales, so what better way of keeping your head nicely heated than with a bilingual bobble hat – which both shows off your love of your country and keeps you toasty into the bargain.
Sportswear retail giant Sports Direct no doubt recognised this and thought it was a great idea to create a bobble hat specifically for all of us here in god’s own country.
Their thinking was no doubt that including the Welsh translation of Wales would show recognition to the Welsh language and be hugely popular this winter.
All well and good so far then, until it was revealed that that the retailer had unfortunately misspelled ‘Cymru’ as ‘Cyrmu’.
Many people took to social media to point out the company’s grammatical faux pas – and wonder how it came about when it is so easy to check the spelling.
Dear @SportsDirectUK can you maybe spell Cymru correctly 🤦🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/usLBUZVeFy
— Sianz (@Sianz) December 2, 2024
Cyrmu
— Rachel 🦢 (@raccoonstans.bsky.social) 2 December 2024 at 18:05
It has to be pointed out that despite the error it appears it hasn’t stopped the hats from selling.
Apparently several were spotted in captivity on the heads of supporters at the Wales women’s Euro 2025 playoff final first leg at Cardiff City Stadium last week.
We're still in this tie. Funniest moment tonight – realising there was a row of fans in front of us who all had matching bobble hats spelling… CYRMU! pic.twitter.com/EJE8V2nrIp
— Ian Hamer (@ian_hamer) November 29, 2024
Maybe in the meantime the bobble hats will become collectors items – just as misprints on records can enhance their rarity.
We can neither confirm or deny that Sports Direct are selling Egnland hats as well!
Nation Cymru has contacted Sports Direct for a comment.
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Wonder what the production run was.
In other news Sports Direct suck balls.
The CYRMU typo is nothing compared to the WALES (outsider) insult and the Weigh Owls chant that we hear from the more ignorant members of our population.
Oh! So full of indignation 😆
Judging by your comment, you most definitely are an ignorant member of the population. You and “Freya”.
Ignorance is not knowing, not being called it by the ignorant because they don’t like being told something they don’t want to know.
Juggle it about a bit more and you get CRUMY, Perfect for Welsh rugby fans currently. Yes I know, there’s an M missing, but it’s the thought that counts.
A storm in a bobble hat
You never make any sense, ironically even in the only language you speak.
Quote: “It has to be pointed out that despite the error it appears it hasn’t stopped the hats from selling.” Unbelievable!!! People actually bought them. Nowhere and no one else on Earth would do that as they are proud of their native languages unlike here in “Cyrmu” where they have no respect and could not care less. The mentality of some people, eh!! We have no chance for independence when there is no brains and loyalty.
Cymru (or even Cyrmu) is not a Welsh translation of Wales. It is the real name of this country, while Wales was what the Saxons disparagingly called our land.
Close Ianto.
Cymru: Native name for people of the same tribe in this country.
Wales: Anglo name meaning ‘outsiders’ because after they crossed the channel and took the flatlands of this island the Cymru would raid from the mountains they could not take.
As reported previously on Nation.Cymru: Should we be using the word Welsh to describe ourselves?
Is it bad that I now want one?