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Maybe just 102,000 people in Cardiff (aged 3 and above) claim to speak Welsh - or be able to speak Welsh - even if their first language is English.
https://gov.wales/welsh-language-dat...2021-june-2022
I suppose only time will tell whether or not this strategy is successful.
I'm assuming they've done their research on the matter and the 'Cymru' brand, identity and marketing is being evaluated as very favourable?
I got a couple of observations here.
During the late 80s, 90s and early 00s there was pressure for the 'home nations' to become the UK. That was from FIFA members who saw the UK nations as basically having their penny and the bun.
The more distinctive Wales/Cymru have is OK with me as I could never get behind the concept of a Team UK or GB and if it protects our identity and promotes us as an independent football association/country that's good with me.
I don't consider myself a raving nationalist but I'm sympathetic to the argument, I'll admit to an amount of distrust to groups like Welsh Football Fans for Independence using matches as a tool to further political views.
Same as I wasn't too fussed on the BNP or EDL/WDL using football.
I think Mooney is doing OK? He certainly engages with the Welsh support. He's a far cry from Alan Evans!
According to this https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalog...elshmediumtype 9000 out of 56000 children in Cardiff are in Welsh-medium schools. There are three high schools and 18 primary schools teaching through the medium of Welsh. So around 16% of children in Cardiff are in Welsh-medium education.
I understand and speak a little Welsh but I learnt none at school (I’m in my 50s). There are plenty of people like me - adult learners of Welsh. Also, there are many thousands of Welsh speakers living in Cardiff who grew up in the west and north and have moved to the capital to work or study.
I think with reference to this situation the inference is clear
If you live in South Wales then it's perfectly reasonable to expect the locals , if they are football fans , to follow Newport, Cardiff , Swansea as our league clubs
Some of course will be Cwmbran , Merthyr , Barry supporters and so on as one works down the league pyramid , all the way down their local pub side
But if an individual criticises another individual at a Wales game for wearing a Cardiff City pin badge but he himself supports an English football team 150 miles away then I tell him to piss off 🙄
And that is the way it is
Bridgend and Merthyr have lots in common with urban areas such as Camborne in Cornwall . All three are old industrial areas based on mining .
I don't know anything about St Ives, I think it could be a fishing port .
So if it is , its got more in common with Newquay in Cardiganshire
16%. I’d imagine the amount of welsh speakers is around that, although after pushing it on kids for years it might just be higher in that age range. I almost put my kids in a local welsh primary, some of my neighbours did. After chatting to the head teacher we told her we didn’t speak a word of welsh, she said that 90% of the kids parents didn’t. I don’t think they enjoyed the home schooling much.
The arguement for Welsh primary and secondary education is that whilst a proportion of kids will drop the language some will speak it for life and again your children speaking Welsh will encourage some parents to learn as well
I don't have a problem with that if it's economically worth the cost and actually strengthens the Welsh language .
I have no intention of learning Welsh, I am happy being an English speaking Welsh person . Most Welsh speakers I have met have been good people and it's only the minority who make stupid comments .
My 9 year old can speak quite a lot already, no doubt my 11 year old will by the time he leaves high school. So, what’s the point of doing everything in welsh? It’s a pretty easy made up load of nonsense to grasp anyway, I guess with it you can work for s4c and stuff….