Talk:Welsh American

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Problem with the % of American population as Jones. Someone inputted the cumulative frequency (which summed for Jones, Smith, Williams etc) rather than JUST Jones.

I know this isnt my place but I know there is alot of Welsh Americans in Virginia.

[edit] "related groups" info removed from infobox

For dedicated editors of this page: The "Related Groups" info was removed from all {{Infobox Ethnic group}} infoboxes. Comments may be left on the Ethnic groups talk page. Ling.Nut 23:18, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

24,000,000 million (24 trillion) Americans????

[edit] America named after Richard Amerike ???

Many people believe that America was discovered by, and takes its name from, Amerigo Vespucci. However, this is unlikely as newly-discovered lands were normally named after their discoverer's surname. Therefore, had America been discovered by Vespucci, it would more likely have been called "Vespuccia" or something of that ilk. It is much more likely that America was named after a Welshman named Richard Amerike, whose surname was "derived from ap Meuric, Welsh for the son of Maurice".

Um... citation needed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.39.208.10 (talk) 14:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

At the very least! I can't believe that has lasted since July 2007. It was changed by PeeJay2K3 to say the opposite of what it had said. It seems no-one batted an eyelid. I've restored what had been there before that change. (I tried a different edit first, but when I found what had been there earlier I felt that deserved to be restored. Klippa (talk) 11:30, 23 February 2008 (UTC)