Welsh language since Big Brother

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Since that Welsh fella on Big Brother spoke his Celtic language at any given moment, Big Brother first said "No, not allowed", then suddenly the English diary room woman would speak a few words of Welsh back to the man. OK..

When Big Brother thankfully died down and ended, I noted numerous references to the Celtic language on British TV networks. Most notably morning and evening chat shows. Usually you would have a Welsh person trying to teach an English person a few words of this "newly discovered" language.

I cringe every time I see a chat show and there is an enthusiastic Welsh man trying to teach another Briton some Welsh words. The student is usually squirming in his interview chair and giggling like teenage girl. "Oh, WOW, I don't know what that means.. he he he giggle"

Let's face it.. Britons, being monoglots (and other people from other English speaking states), are generally useless at languages. If you speak English as your first lingo you can pretty much get by throughout your life without learning anything else.

But why should Britons suddenly find an interest in a language that has been around longer than English itself? Are Britons not aware that there are other languages than English still thriving all over Britain to this day? Does it take television and not education for Britons to realise this?

If you look at the UK wiki page you will see that Welsh has been added to the UK fact box. Ummm, fine. But what about Scots Gaelic and Cornish, what about Irish and Ulster-Scots? All these languages including Welsh are minority languages in the UK. I just don’t see why Welsh has had a sudden romantic interest amongst the Brits.

Sorry, just a bit of a rant.. Any thought on the lingo situation?
 
I am English therfore I speak the English, any other country depending on us should speal English, If I go to another country I dont expect them to understand English but if they do I know what great and diverse language that we speak.

Celtic call centres :rolleyes: I ring Sky tv up and get scottish people and the odd Indian.

To me Welsh sounds too much like getting a good greb up.

Americans dont speak American they speak English. :D
 
cheets64 said:
I am English therfore I speak the English, any other country depending on us should speal English, If I go to another country I dont expect them to understand English but if they do I know what great and diverse language that we speak.

Celtic call centres :rolleyes: I ring Sky tv up and get scottish people and the odd Indian.

To me Welsh sounds too much like getting a good greb up.

Americans dont speak American they speak English. :D

0/10 :(
 
noob said:
Get rid of the language I say.

Agreed ban English rip it out the curriculum and replace it with multicultural lessons.

All the accents in parts of England make it all confusing, bunch of multi-linguistic-english ;)
 
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Spacky said:
Agreed ban English rip it out the curriculum and replace it with multicultural lessons.

All the accents in parts of England make it all confusing, bunch of multi-linguistic-english ;)


I thik Polish should be taught in schools now, I mean it HAS to be the 2nd language over French or German... I'm willing to bet a lot less French and German people live over here then Polish people.
 
jpmonkey69 said:
I thik Polish should be taught in schools now, I mean it HAS to be the 2nd language over French or German... I'm willing to bet a lot less French and German people live over here then Polish people.

:D

Actually if there was any language I would like to learn based on the UK it would be the Durkadurka language, Arabic is it?
 
cheets64 said:
To me Welsh sounds too much like getting a good greb up.

Americans dont speak American they speak English. :D


:D at the Welsh comment, but I have to disagree with the American/English difference. Generally speaking the absolute mangling Yanks give our language cannot reasonably be termed English!
 
The Welsh language is a complete dying breed. The sooner they realise that and let it go, the quicker this country can start to develop their horrible, run down, stuck in depression part of the country, because they cant be bothered to get another job because Geraint, Rhys, Morgan, Myffanye and Bryn all think that the rest of the UK forced Coal Mine closures and they have no other skills, so they claim benefit instead*

Rant over

*only applies to the 'Valleys'
 
It was the Engish conquerors that banned the use of other languages throughout the middle ages.

Nothing at all to be proud of yet we are taught in schools to be proud of our achievements, well decimating another culture is nothing to be proud of in my opinion.
 
So bloody what? If you want to speak Welsh, then speak it. If you don't want to, then whoopee. Don't let it bug you.

Just because you can get by using one language, does that mean you should? Ever heard of broadening your horizons?

That's the trouble with the UK in general (and I include the Welsh in this), we think that everyone owes us and should show respect because we once had an empire. Big deal. Then was then, and now is now.

We have no manufacturing industry to speak about, we are no longer a real industrial power, no longer innovators, and it's come to the stage where a very very very large manufacturing company that I did some work for can't get any steel to carry on manufacturing because the Chinese have cornered the market for it. The Far East is where the real development is going on.

I can speak Welsh, English, German, fairly passable French, and I imagine that my spoken and written English is to a higher level than many born and bred English people, purely because I've been taught it as a second language.

Don't worry about it though. You'll all be speaking Polish, Urdu, or Chinese soon enough. English is the dying language, not Welsh :)
 
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Tis all very well and good saying Welsh is a dying language, but for years Britain has needed the Welsh. And still does. Where do you lot think Pot Noodles Come from.

Fuel Of Britain! Isntit!

;)

I agree with my fellow Sheepmeister Taliesyn. English is dying not Welsh. At least our language is still one complete language, not mixed with Chinease, Mandarin, Urdu, etc etc etc... Hell man I live in MankyChester and I dont think ive heard one of these speak proper English either.

Sheep For The Win!
Baaaaaaa
 
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