what language is : Cymraeg

[Thunderchild]

its unobtrousivley in the DVLA web site and let me guess its polish or latvian or something...

[sara3]

let me guess.. it's Welsh!

[auntflo]

welsh

[Eve]

definitely welsh :)

[Thunderchild]

right oh yea that wa the other option I never thought welsh looked so much like german etc.

[Thunderchild]

so what about scottish and Irish ?

[sara3]

the DVLA is in Swansea (bordering Poland, of course!) and they try to keep the Welsh language alive.

[Thunderchild]

well get ready for the scotts to protest they seem to spend all their time playing the victims whilst we pay out for most things that here are paid for to be free in scotland

[sara3]

I think you might find some backlash to that!

[Sgt.Rock]

What an abslolute idiot that the question had to be asked in the first place!!

[Eve]

Is scottish and irish spoken as widely as welsh though?

[Sgt.Rock]

Jenna, I doubt it very much. As the DVLA is just outside Swansea you think Thunderchild may have realised (and the Welsh name for Wales is Cymru.

[ChuckFickens]

in fact Cymraeg is very literally Welsh, thats what it translates to in English

[Postdog]

Let's not forget Cornish in all this eh?

[AniaSM]

Its meaningless in Polish.

[bednobs]

couple of points
1) welsh as a language is spoken by about 10 times the amount of people who speak scots gaelic and irish gaelic added together
2) people taxes everwhere, therefore if the scotts get somethng for "free" that english don't, it necessarily means that either something else has to go and not get paid for, or they collectively have to pay more for the "free" service. its not like their govt just has more money.
3) you talk of scotts "playing victim". Are you a scott yourself? you seem to feel victimised, either that or you have a very largechip on your shoulder .....

[fredpuli47]

Swansea? Where's that? Ah, you mean Abertawe :)

[Madmonks]

Thunderchild, you obviously have a chip on your shoulder because you live in a disadvantaged country and can't hack the fact that we are better off in Scotland. You have fallen for the propaganda of the UK government who are trying to keep the wealth of Scotland to subsidise the rest of the UK. Ask yourself this question; If Scotland is such a drain on the UK economy why not let it go and be better off without it?
Oh, and where would you site your nuclear submarines?

[kempie]

In response to a comment by sara3 - it is more than just a case of trying to keep the language alive; it is the law.

The Welsh Language Act 1993 places a duty on the public sector in Wales to treat Welsh and English on an equal basis, when providing services to the public.

[dundurn]

We Scots aren't all Scotts, (though quite a few are) but very few of us are Gaelic-speaking and even those of us who can read and write Gaelic can also read and write English. If you visit our national monuments and websites, increasingly you will find G�idhlig as an option (in addition to Cymraeg). I always pick up the Gaelic leaflets just for fun, (but then I pick up the French and Italian ones as well and then go away to see what lies or half-truths we're telling the 'foreigners'). The ones you have to watch out for are the activists who want all our documentation translated into Lallans (Lowlands Scots) or Ullans (Ulster Lallans). As an example try this -

Walcome til the wabsteid o the Scots Language Society -
this wabsteid rowes swackest wi Realplayer (tm) dounladit an set as defaut for pleyin MP3 file types. Gin ye need this saftware the link til the corrie o this jot will tak ye til thair wabsteid. See an howk for the free pleyer - that dis aa ye'll need.

I love it to bits, but Lord save us from the translation fees!