Off Topic Away from football....

Too clever by far.

 

How very dare you! Fick as sh1t me.
I just recawled it from wen a teetcher tryed to edjukate me.

 

Tried to ejaculate you? Catholic school?

 

Borstal!

 

What do you lot know about English anyway, you’re fecking Welsh

 

We know enough for our evil purposes.
Mmmwahah.

 

That's why we've always got the uper hand over you lot. We're Welsh who know English, whereas you're English who know feck all about Welsh.

We've also got a real Prince and Princess over here - you've got the other one, the Prince of Bel Air..........

 

He's only jealous because we got sheep and they got carrots.

As for princes, they're an odd bunch.
Wonder if Charlie can keep a lid on things like Liz did.

 

Most Welsh people I know also know feck all about Welsh, which in all seriousness I find a bit odd, and quite sad really.

 

The times they are a changing.
It's a growing language.
Still in the minority as you rightly point out, but growing none the less.
And its always handy to know Welsh if you ever go to the Chubut Valley in Pategonia.

 

I hope you’re right, it’s important to keep it alive. I can’t make head nor take of it personally, but that’s because I’m a thick Englishman.

 

I'm probably getting my history all mixed up but isn't Welsh closest to what was spoken across Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon arrival?
Anyway, close to 32% of people in Wales can speak Welsh to at least a reasonable standard now.
I have trouble mastering both Welsh and English.

 

I'm one of the 68% who can't and have no interest in speaking an outdated language of little use unless you live in a few parts of Wales and Patagonia (where I'm reliably informed it is on the decline).

Makes me no less of a Welsh man typing this as a sit in my car before walking down Sloper Road for tonight's game.

 

I think there's been discussions about this before. It is an outdated language and could not agree more when you say not speaking it does not diminish a person's Welshness. Welshness is a state of mind and not dependent on language.
However, to me, it would be good to hang on to as much of our heritage as possible.

Anyway, give the boys a shout for me BfB - in any language you like

 

You said it.

 

My point on this is that 100% of Welsh people can speak English so why do they need to commentate a game in Welsh when only a fraction of the viewers can understand what is being said.

 

It's because it's on S4C which is a Welsh speaking channel. My ire is with the other channels for not showing it at all.

 

My grand dad struggle with English having been born on Anglesey (or should I say Ynys Mon) in the very late 1800s.
Most of my family in North Wales use Welsh at home.
A cousin in Australia puts Welsh commentary on.

The Gallic languages were the true brittish languages, including Cornish. Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall.
The corners the brits retreated to during invasions.
English is a right bastard of a language, with lots of 'foreign influence'.

It is important to keep the language alive as part of the country's heritage. Not as a tool to use against others, but to help protect the country's history.

Im not at all a linguist.
I struggle with English at times. An issue given I've lived in England for about 35 years.
A proud Welshman though.

 

See, I knew there'd be an educated Bluebird to enlighten me.
Every day is a school day.

 

Its sad that some of the UK's historic languages are dying / have died out.
Some scottish languages havent been spoken for decades with only the written word surviving.
The cornish are making efforts to resurect their language. There has been an advert for Cornish ice-cream made in the language.
Mebyon Kernow (sons of Cornwall) has been formed. A less politically active version of Meibion Glyndwr.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_language