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The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain

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“All this fuss over what? Is it a hill, is it a mountain? Perhaps it wouldn't matter anywhere else, but this is Wales. The Egyptians built pyramids, the Greeks built temples, but we did none of that, b...”

The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain

“Well I don't know the English word, but in Welsh we call it a be'chi'ngalw.”

The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain

“Stop actin' so English!”

The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain

“In France, we dug trenches ten miles long. We took earth from here and made hills there. We moved entire fields. You wouldn't believe what we did. It's possible. It's just hard work.”

The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain

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