
Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
Yet I don't care a jot that English wording has been dropped. We're in Wales. The majority of place names in this country are in Welsh and that causes no problems at all. Up near me is a place called Mountain Ash. For hundreds of years it was happily known as Aberpennar or Dyffryn, then a land owner suggested the name due to several Mountain Ash trees in the vicinity.
I know of older people who still use county names like Mid Glamorgan, even though they haven't existed for years now. In another generation they'll all be forgotten. Bit like the Beacons name. It'll be forgotten in 50 years.
I have no problems reclaiming Welsh names for things.