Quote Originally Posted by Whisperer View Post
Okay following on from the Cymru thread.....Who speaks fluent welsh on here then?. I don't, could never get my head around it at school. Cannot sing the national anthem just hum and der and try my best. Ain't got a clue of it's translation maybe someone could translate it on here for us. Welsh was never spoken in my house growing up nor in the corner shops in the villages....I respect that it's spoken in the west and in the north but it's a very small minority. Oh and lastly the English middle classes think it's so in vogue at the minute to learn Welsh.
Yes I do. Based on your avatar, I'm in the next valley across from you. I went to a local Welsh primary school, then secondary school. I soon got used to the "Welshie" tag, that would sometimes mean having to justify why my parents sent me to a Welsh school, along with plenty of patronising "iacky da" and "say something in Welsh, then".

I fully appreciate some lose their Welsh after their school days end - mine got a little rusty after three years at university in Southampton - but thankfully I've kept mine and use it daily, both in work (mine is not a "Welsh speaking role") and socially. Although I'm proud to be able to speak the language and promote its use where and when I can, I'd never ram it down anyone's throat or be a language policeman. Each to their own in terms of their opinions although I do find some of the replies on the Cymru/FAW thread to be a little strange, but opinions are just that, there's no right and wrong.