tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post3773658006872994978..comments2014-04-09T00:23:46.780+00:00Comments on Phoenix from the flames: Why do so many Welsh people reject their own language?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08029903387138434562noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post-51493902907825183412013-01-01T16:13:52.617+00:002013-01-01T16:13:52.617+00:00Karen, don't bother you cannot dissuade a bigo...Karen, don't bother you cannot dissuade a bigot, in either language. <br />Try to learn Dutch, and even there the Frisians of the north have a problem with that! Funny, I am a Frisian but don't speak their language! DutchEneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446676956225003971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post-6328286895262506482012-12-31T12:00:19.551+00:002012-12-31T12:00:19.551+00:00I "cannot be bothered" as you put it to ...I "cannot be bothered" as you put it to hone my Welsh language skills, my level of understanding is pretty good.<br /><br />The criticism is of intolerance, of people who knock the Welsh language and have no regard for it. There is nothing political about it, it is a personal view of mine. In this neck of the woods being pro the Welsh language can be as much of a vote loser as being against it so I'd be better off 'politically' saying nothing.<br /><br />Some people don't half talk some nonsense - in any language! Still when you hide behind an anomymous tag I suppose you can afford to take the risk of sounding a bit daft like innit?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029903387138434562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post-72042859754100471342012-12-31T01:21:26.970+00:002012-12-31T01:21:26.970+00:00Karen Roberts cannot be bothered to learn the lang...Karen Roberts cannot be bothered to learn the language, a large majority probably "cannot be bothered" so why the criticism?<br /><br />Leanne Wood is only now learning the language, and that is for political reasons only! The double standards of these would-be politicians never ceases to amaze me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post-61899740095225008742012-12-31T00:19:48.606+00:002012-12-31T00:19:48.606+00:00And given that I have already said I am not a Wels...And given that I have already said I am not a Welsh speaker but am most certainly Welsh first and foremost I find that very puzzling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029903387138434562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post-84331858233332659922012-12-27T15:30:47.709+00:002012-12-27T15:30:47.709+00:00Given that she SAYS no such thing, what's your...Given that she SAYS no such thing, what's your basis for believing that she feels that?David Waltersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post-50851961876816866352012-12-26T01:09:56.253+00:002012-12-26T01:09:56.253+00:00Because people like Karen Roberts seem to feel tha...Because people like Karen Roberts seem to feel that to class yourself as Welsh you HAVE to speak Welsh!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post-81408972318478509812012-12-15T22:37:36.668+00:002012-12-15T22:37:36.668+00:00Da Iawn HendrikDa Iawn HendrikAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029903387138434562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post-77986523604167070092012-12-15T21:03:02.091+00:002012-12-15T21:03:02.091+00:00Wel,cefais fy ngeni yn Iseldiroedd ond achos wi...Wel,cefais fy ngeni yn Iseldiroedd ond achos wi'n byw yng Nghymru nawr dysgais i yr iaith. (Yn wael) :-))DutchEneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446676956225003971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post-16046141073931186332012-12-15T19:34:56.955+00:002012-12-15T19:34:56.955+00:00I was born in Wales and have lived here pretty wel...I was born in Wales and have lived here pretty well all my life and therefore consider myself Welsh. My parents are of mixed British heritage including some Welsh. My point is that although I am Welsh my language is English and that is not a contradiction, in fact it is probably the most common situation. When you refer to Welsh being 'their own language' that is simply not true. The Welsh language is the language of some Welsh people not all Welsh people. The assumption that English speaking Welsh 'should' learn Welsh is partly where the animosity arises. Why 'should' they? The reason is romantic. There is no practical need to learn Welsh. Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382469110932903940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17511795.post-81161250541337653042012-12-15T16:41:27.062+00:002012-12-15T16:41:27.062+00:00Clywch, clywch. Clywch, clywch. DutchEneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446676956225003971noreply@blogger.com