Comments on: Welsh: useless for swearing

By: Webdiva

Webdiva — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Very PC, Isn�t Very PC, Isn’t it?…

The Western Mail has this week run a number of articles this week highlighting a fresh wave of racism, or so it seems.

Whilst English Football fans will be allowed to sing World War II songs during the World Cup in Germany, across the pond in Wales…

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t particularly approve I don’t particularly approve of English fans singing ‘World War II’ songs (like what - ‘White Cliffs of Dover’?) but there’s that suggestion that English fans are ‘being allowed’ to sings songs.

Being allowed as opposed to limiting their freedom for what purpose?

By: jr

jr — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I wish they were more mature I wish they were more mature

By: gareth

gareth — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

So Welsh is a poor language So Welsh is a poor language because it borrows words from another?! Stop talking nonsense, as this is true of most languages. English terms derive from Greek, Latin, Old German, French and languages from former colonies. All languages are under influence from other languages, especially those of close proximity or of global usage.

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I didn’t say Welsh is a I didn’t say Welsh is a ‘poor language’ Gareth, now did I? I said, ‘basterdised’, or ‘basdardised’as you’d probably have me spell it.

I’m struck at how Welsh doesn’t seem to have a healthy vernacular. The fact supports my suspicion that the artificial maintenance provided by compulsory education in the language forced on the non-Welsh-speaking majority and through other wheezes funded from public taxation is what’s keeping the creaky old beast alive.

By: Nic Dafis

Nic Dafis — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I notice you’ve filed this I notice you’ve filed this under “Fascism”, but I think you’re being too hard on yourself. A real Fascist would be advocating the genocide of the remaining Cymry, rather than just crowing about signs of their imminent extinction.

By the way, “bastard” and its varients have been used in Welsh since the 14th century. Presumably the lack of a good, pure, Celtic word has something to do with differences in legal systems and moral codes in those far-flung days; in other words, we didn’t need a word for bastard, until the Anglo-Saxons arrived.

(That was a joke, by the way, in case you’re thinking of selling my email address to the Daily Post.)

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

we didn’t need a word we didn’t need a word for bastard, until the Anglo-Saxons arrived

By: wales4evaZack

wales4evaZack — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

i think fans should sing WW2 i think fans should sing WW2 songs after wot they have caused in the pass, a simple song isnt gna kill millions of ppl!

and as for what the english wave done to us in the past, im tlkin bout all of the UK here, they ahve “raped” every country they have stepped foot in and i think wales should be independent of England!

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Look, it’s the texting Look, it’s the texting generation; if I understand you correctly, you’re in favour of an independent Wales. Ok, and how do you think that would work economically, given the current substantial subvention from the rest of the UK to Wales and number of jobs in Wales relying one way or another on the public sector?