RE: Is preserving languages a good thing?
January 5, 2020 at 8:29 pm
(This post was last modified: January 5, 2020 at 8:33 pm by Mr Greene.)
(January 5, 2020 at 6:42 pm)paulpablo Wrote: I think an example could be the Welsh language, I could be wrong my memory and knowledge on this is pretty vague but I don't think many people exist who know Welsh who don't also know English very fluently. And there was some debate about the government spending money on keeping the language going and teaching it even though a lot of people didn't care about it.
I've been to Wales a lot and I don't think I've ever heard anyone speaking Welsh while I was there. In north Wales it's more common for them to sound scouse, like people from Liverpool.
(January 4, 2020 at 3:36 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: In the UK in wales they have to extremes to save the welsh language. Pointlessly really. everyone in Wales speaks English and Welsh is a cumbersome language that has just meant extra large road signs in English and welsh.
Time to get rid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvlQXPNwrqo
I just read this after I made my post, yeh this is the kind of thing I thought the main topic was about.
Along the A55 a lot of the people are Scouse or Mancunian.
You need to get out to places like Blaenau Ffestiniog, Llanberis or Beddgelert before you'll find anyone actually speaking the language.
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