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    Re: Welsh language thread

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    By forming a militant nationalist movement and trying to kill the representatives of the occupying forces?
    Well, yeah, everyone else seems to be doing it after all.

    I dunno, Welsh terrorists simply can't keep up, can they. Burning cottages? Pah, even the Cornish Liberation Front are scarier than that. Plus, any movement which has an organisation called WAWR ("The Welsh Army for the Workers Republic") needs a serious makeover. It's like that 1970s film "F.I.S.T" with Sylvester Stallone - so old-fashioned.

    Errr...

    What were we talking about again?

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    Re: Welsh language thread

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    The Welsh Language act is a bit PC-gone-mad, isn't it?
    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart M View Post
    It's PC, but I wouldn't describe it as PC-gone-mad. Nothing wrong with trying to preserve languages IMO, particularly one as old and nice-sounding as Welsh.
    It's not really about preserving the language, although that aspect is certainly there in the mix. It's more about people's rights. As our language is the oldest living native language on this island, we should have the right to services in that language.

    Actually, though, I sort of agree with DJ, but perhaps not in the way he expects. The Welsh Language Act 1993 is "PC gone mad", but only in the sense that it pays lip service to provision of services in Welsh without actually doing much. Welsh still does not have "official language" status or full equality with English. Even in communities where Welsh is the majority language and English is only spoken with visitors, many services are just not provided in Welsh (or the standard of the Welsh translation is so bad that people use the English versions because, even as their second language, it's easier to understand). Local authorities are required to have a Welsh Language Plan which sets out how they will give Welsh equal treatment, but then many of them blatantly ignore their own Welsh Language Plans and put up monolingual English signs, to give one prominently visible example, with no apparent penalties for doing so.
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    Re: Welsh language thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post
    I think it's about time you lot from the colonies gave up your silly old languages and traditions, accept that you're part of the British empire and start behaving accordingly.
    That was actually the official government position, enshrined in law, from 1536 until the late 20th century.

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