Viewers slam GMB presenters for making ‘xenophobic’ jokes about Welsh pronunciations. ‘Turning off now becoming fed up with jokes about Welsh place names.'
The presenting duo were mid-way through their breakfast show when they began discussing the renaming of Brecon Beacons National Park on Monday’s show.revealed what they thought of the new name – Bannau Brycheiniog – which had apparently been adopted for environmental reasons.
During the chat, all three broadcasters admitted they struggled to pronounce the park’s latest moniker and Susanna went as far as to say she didn’t understand the point of the change. Laughing and giggling over its difficult pronunciation, viewers of the show were less than amused and took to Twitter to express their outrage.
One penned: ‘Turning off now becoming fed up with jokes about Welsh place names and the difficulty in pronouncing them. Dreadful clichés’.Turning off now becoming fed up with jokes about Welsh place names and the difficulty in pronouncing them.Dreadful cliches.Another wrote: ‘@GMB displaying some superb Xenophobia towards the welsh and insulting the language this morning. Can’t say I’m surprised though @susannareid100 [sic]’.
‘Treating the renaming f the Beacon beacons as Bannau Brycheiniog with jokey disdain and Mr Balls refusing to use it. Would you say this if it was any other country. Incredibly insensitive [sic],’ was a social media user’s response to the segment.displaying some superb Xenophobia towards the welsh and insulting the language this morning.
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