You are the epitome of armchair punditry. How can you possibly agree/disagree on the matter of the English indirectly forcing out the Welsh language? You don't even speak the language so how can you assess the evidence for/against the claim? You have no way of seeing the knocks that our language is taking from the Goverment's unwillingess to take it seriously.Originally Posted by manker
And why do you assume that I'm a "chap"? Isn't that a bit sexist?
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spmado
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Welsh just sounds like someone with a bad cough anyway
As long as I've got a face
You've got a place to sit
we want your oil!
and if the welsh welsh can't agree on the language, why should teh english make the effort?
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What percentage of the Welsh population really care about their native language. How many learn it, or lobby the Government / Assembly to preserve it.
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about 3 people...so that's roughly 10%What percentage of the Welsh population really care about their native language. How many learn it, or lobby the Government / Assembly to preserve it.
As long as I've got a face
You've got a place to sit
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The entire population of Bargoed, so that's the three.about 3 people...so that's roughly 10%
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What percentage of the Welsh population really care about their native language. How many learn it, or lobby the Government / Assembly to preserve it.
To be fair, both Welsh and Gaelic really suffered in the late 19th/early 20th century. Kids caught speaking either at school really did get a knot of rope put around their neck or, if the teacher could not be arsed with all that, a beating.. However, from the 60s onwards this has been reversed. The difficulty is reversing the decline of previous decades and the fact that the world as a global village is moving ever towards a homogeneous culture. I don't think the Welsh Assembly or the Scottish Parliment are anti their native languages and one cannot expect the English to be interested. Many of them cannot even be bothered to speak their own language properly never mind somebody else'sThe languages will be kept alive but they are extremely unlikely to be the main vehicle for any form of political independence.
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Excellent...... glad you remembered that Tyne & Wear would include Mackums, which brings down the tone of the place.
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Excellent...... glad you remembered that Tyne & Wear would include Mackums, which brings down the tone of the place.
fact.
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You've got a place to sit
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dittoNorth Tyneside
and/or Northumberland
Excellent...... glad you remembered that Tyne & Wear would include Mackums, which brings down the tone of the place.You mean you admit that Makums are even from the same planet? Puts us and the Galacians into the shade
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The languages will be kept alive but they are extremely unlikely to be the main vehicle for any form of political independence.
You mean you admit that Makums are even from the same planet? Puts us and the Galacians into the shade 
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