ChatterBank1 min ago
Welsh speakers
This is a genuine enquiry,and not a dig at the Welsh.I have just returned from Wales ,for the first time in many years,I couldn't help but notice every sign,and even road markings are in Welsh as well as English.Place names also have two spellings,some only one letter different! When I parked in a car park the instructions were also bilingual etc. My question is how many people in Wales only speak Welsh,and is English gradually being phased out as a first language? Alternatively has everybody in Wales got shares in sign writing companies!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The channels devoted to Welsh programming are S4C~Digidol (digital) for 12 hours and S4C2 for 3 hours of politics.
The top 5 Welsh programmes have viewing figures in the range 71,000 to 98,000 (this from a total population of 3million).
http://www.s4c.co.uk/e_index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S4C
I also heard gaelic being spoken in a pub in mull, and before you say anything it was before they were aware of my presence. it sounded really nice, I'd hate to hear it die out through practicalities
Two English tourists were visiting Wales. They were arguing about the pronunciation the of the place they were having lunch, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
One of them turned to the blonde behind the counter and said, excuse me, exactly how do you pronounce where we are? She replied 'Burrrrrrr Gerrrrr Kinggggg'