This map depicts how some people in England think when I tell them I am from Wales 
Just for the record: Rhyl is nowhere near the Valleys!
Replying to my “I am from Wales” response with a heavily accented “oooh. you’re from the VAAAALLEYS?” makes little sense to me.
It would be like me telling a scouser “oooh, you’re from LANDAN?”
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