So glad to be living in Wales!

[young Ed]

All of my grandchildren speak, read and write Welsh fluently.

some families are special and gifted!
Cheers Ed

 

[gavroche]

cancer treatment- yes will be quick. try a routine op - waiting list of years. was treatment at Clatterbridge on the Wirral ?

No, Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan

 

[young Ed]

still a silly language IMHO then again you may think the same about Sweden and Swedish and Swedes!
Cheers Ed

 

[welsh dragon]

It is only a silly language if you don't understand it. You have to consider that celtic language like welsh was the language that was spoken throughout the british isles at one time. Welsh, irish, Scottish and English. All celtic languages were spoken

 

[GrumpyGregry]

All of my grandchildren speak, read and write Welsh fluently.

I could never claim fluency but once upon a time I could get by at work and down the pub/rugby club. But your grandchildren are the exception according to the 2011 census...

• 19% of the Welsh population aged over three said they were able to speak the language
• Able to speak Welsh: 562,016 Not able to speak Welsh: 2,393,825
• Gwynedd has the highest percentage of residents aged three or over who said they can speak, read and write in Welsh (65,900 people, 56%)
• In Carmarthenshire, 43.9% of the population aged over three said they could speak Welsh in 2011, down from 50.3% in 2001 and 54.9% in 1991
• In Ceredigion it was 47.3% in 2011, down from 52% in 2001
• 11.1% of the population of Cardiff said they could speak Welsh in 2011, a 0.1% increase
• Monmouthshire also reported a slight increase in the number of Welsh speakers at 9.9% - up from 9.3% in 2001
• Blaenau Gwent reported the lowest percentage of people who could speak Welsh at 7.8%.

 

[young Ed]

No, Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan

this is why i don't like welsh as for example Clwyd hasn't even got a vowel in it making it un-pronounceable!
Cheers Ed

 

[AndyRM]

still a silly language IMHO then again you may think the same about Sweden and Swedish and Swedes!
Cheers Ed

Nobody has mentioned any issues with the Swedish language.

Acronyms and smileys don't stop your comments about Welsh coming across as a bit daft at best, at worst xenophobic. Appreciate you're young but seriously consider what you're writing and how it comes across.

Edited to add that the letter "Y" can be considered either a consonant or a vowel.

 

[jayonabike]

Some of them are like the one who lived here for 5 years and hated every one and everything about the place. Others love it and get on well with the welsh. Personally they are great people.

I am neither rude or obnoxious. I just hated every minute that I had to live in wales. It did nothing for me, it was just a complete sh*thole of a place. But then I did live in St.Clears & Laugharne.

 

[welsh dragon]

I could never claim fluency but once upon a time I could get by at work and down the pub/rugby club. But your grandchildren are the exception according to the 2011 census...

• 19% of the Welsh population aged over three said they were able to speak the language
• Able to speak Welsh: 562,016 Not able to speak Welsh: 2,393,825
• Gwynedd has the highest percentage of residents aged three or over who said they can speak, read and write in Welsh (65,900 people, 56%)
• In Carmarthenshire, 43.9% of the population aged over three said they could speak Welsh in 2011, down from 50.3% in 2001 and 54.9% in 1991
• In Ceredigion it was 47.3% in 2011, down from 52% in 2001
• 11.1% of the population of Cardiff said they could speak Welsh in 2011, a 0.1% increase
• Monmouthshire also reported a slight increase in the number of Welsh speakers at 9.9% - up from 9.3% in 2001
• Blaenau Gwent reported the lowest percentage of people who could speak Welsh at 7.8%.

My oldest grandchildren were 6 and 4. The first day they went to school, the teachers spoke only welsh to them. They both took it in they're stride, never complained, never moaned, never said they could not understand what was being said. My other 3 grandchildren have all been the same and accepted it. Neighbours have all been astounded that they all picked it up so fast.

 

[welsh dragon]

I am neither rude or obnoxious. I just hated every minute that I had to live in wales. It did nothing for me, it was just a complete sh*thole of a place. But then I did live in St.Clears & Laugharne.

I Did not say you were any of those things.

 

[young Ed]

Nobody has mentioned any issues with the Swedish language.

Acronyms and smileys don't stop your comments about Welsh coming across as a bit daft at best, at worst xenophobic. Appreciate you're young but seriously consider what you're writing and how it comes across.

sorry never meant any harm/offence! i just find it like french confusing for me who has never bothered to learn it! now i guess i could find one or two things about Swedish that aren't perfect!
1)why do they roll their bl**dy r's it is rather difficult to master! (i still haven't)
2) many english people find their word for the number 6 rather funny!
3) can't think of any examples right now but they have a few words that either sound very similar but mean different or are simply identical but mean very different!
Cheers Ed

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Nobody has mentioned any issues with the Swedish language.

Acronyms and smileys don't stop your comments about Welsh coming across as a bit daft at best, at worst xenophobic. Appreciate you're young but seriously consider what you're writing and how it comes across.

Edited to add that the letter "Y" can be considered either a consonant or a vowel.

The very word "Welsh" is a piece of anglo-saxon xenophobia. As is "celt"....

 

[welsh dragon]

Welsh is a very hard language to learn. By time kids are 8 or so, they will find it very difficult to learn to speak the language.

 

[AndyRM]

The very word "Welsh" is a piece of anglo-saxon xenophobia. As is "celt"....

True, but that's a lengthy history lesson which would derail us even further.

Anyway, Wales is class and so are free drugs!

 

[fossyant]

I am 2/7ths Welsh every weekend from March to November....