TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW OF ALI G WITH RON DAVIES - WALES

Ali G: Check this everyone, I be with none other than me main man, Ron Davies. Him be from the Government and he is gonna to talk to us about the Wales

Ron Davies: Uh hmm

Ali G: Wicked

(Ali G shakes Ron Davies' hand)

RD: Good.. good to see you

Ali G: Nice, respect. So what is so good about Wales because with no disrespect me heard it's crap?

RD: Well, it's a beautiful country

Ali G: Aye

RD: We've got lovely scenery, we've got mountains and coasts and beaches

Ali G: For them people out there, what they don't understand is why is you lot blowing up the Catholics?

RD: We're not blowing up the Catholics. What we want to do is just to have.. that's.. that's in Ireland

Ali G: Because where me come from, from Langley near Berkshire, there is the Eton Wick Massive that was a posse and they was part of the Berkshire Massive and then they said they wanted to be the Eton Wick Massive

RD: Mmm

Ali G: Is that what you lot is on about?

RD: We.. we just want to be together, ..

Ali G: Wicked

RD: .. to take decisions for ourselves, to look after each other ..

Ali G: Aye

RD: .. and to respect each other

(Break)

Ali G: What is the language called?

RD: The language is called Welsh or ..

Ali G: No, it's called ..

RD: Cymrag is the ..

Ali G: .. Datcha, Datch?

RD: No, Welsh

Ali G: Welsh is the language?

RD: Welsh is the language, yeah, yeah

Ali G: And can you speak a bit?

RD: Of course, yes

Ali G: Come on

RD: I.. what.. i.. if I met you in the morning I would say, "Boruh dar, shoruh ti."

Ali G laughs

RD: "Good morning, how are you?"

Ali G: (Laughing) That ain't the real thing

RD: It is the real thing

Ali G: That ain't the real (incomprehensible)

RD: And you would say to me, "Boruh dar, dayon dee'och

Ali G laughs

RD: (Incomprehensible) "I'm very good, thank you. How are you."

Ali G: (Laughing) That ain't the real thing

RD: It's a very good language, it's the oldest language in Britain

Ali G: It's funny what the.. the things that you said there. I bet you was calling my mum a slag or something

RD: No, I was just saying good morning. We're all very polite

Ali G: But when you start speaking with all that, y'know, hulla, hulla, hulla, hulla, hulla, hulla, ..

RD: It's not that, it's not ..

Ali G: .. hulla, hulla, hulla

RD: To some ..

Ali G: It's funny man

RD: To someone who speaks Welsh it's a.. it's a good accent

(Break)

Ali G: Is time for people out there to start using this, (taps head) to stop doing this, (waves fist in air) ..

RD: Yeah

Ali G: .. and then they will start feeling this, (touches his heart) and other things too

RD: Good

Ali G: Respect. Big up yourself

RD: Great

Ali G: And keep it real

END