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(Wales Online)   Inspectors put Welsh school in special measures after finding children are speaking too much English, say more marbles are required in their mouths   (walesonline.co.uk) divider line
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docsigma
2023-02-04 2:39:52 PM  
Mae hyn yn hynod o dwp. Rwyf hefyd yn defnyddio cyfrifiadur i gyfieithu hwn.
 
foo monkey
2023-02-04 2:41:56 PM  
I get encouraging the culture through language, even to the point of making it part of the formal education, but let's not drop the wee ones on their heads while we're at it.
 
ZMugg [TotalFark]
2023-02-04 2:44:24 PM  

docsigma: Mae hyn yn hynod o dwp. Rwyf hefyd yn defnyddio cyfrifiadur i gyfieithu hwn.


I was going to chastise you for not capitalizing the letter "i", but in Welsh iat's probably a consonant.

Also: Bargle! Nargle! Zous!
 
ZMugg [TotalFark]
2023-02-04 2:47:55 PM  

foo monkey: I get encouraging the culture through language, even to the point of making it part of the formal education, but let's not drop the wee ones on their heads while we're at it.


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nursetim
2023-02-04 2:49:05 PM  

docsigma: Mae hyn yn hynod o dwp. Rwyf hefyd yn defnyddio cyfrifiadur i gyfieithu hwn.


I can see why it's a big deal that Welshman children speak Walsh properly. One slip of the tongue and you're suddenly summoning Cthulhu.
 
Excelsior
2023-02-04 2:49:40 PM  

foo monkey: I get encouraging the culture through language, even to the point of making it part of the formal education, but let's not drop the wee ones on their heads while we're at it.


What "encouraging ones culture" and "celebrating ones  heritage" might look like:
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Cythraul
2023-02-04 2:50:05 PM  
Welsh is a ridiculous language.  No one would ever choose to use a Welsh word for anything significant.
 
docsigma
2023-02-04 2:53:43 PM  

ZMugg: foo monkey: I get encouraging the culture through language, even to the point of making it part of the formal education, but let's not drop the wee ones on their heads while we're at it.

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wildcardjack
2023-02-04 2:54:15 PM  
I remember a bit about fines levied in lieu of punishment in merry old England. Kill a serf, it's a few pieces of silver. Kill a Lord, it's a pile of silver. And a Welshman outside of Wales was free. I think I get it.
 
OccamsWhiskers
2023-02-04 2:59:57 PM  
I spent a couple days in Wales a few years ago and thought the local TV news sounded like they were running the audio backwards.
 
Diagonal [TotalFark]
2023-02-04 3:02:52 PM  

docsigma: Mae hyn yn hynod o dwp. Rwyf hefyd yn defnyddio cyfrifiadur i gyfieithu hwn.



Dim ond calon lan all galonu

Calon Lan
Youtube BIDZNAzXPVA




Could not resist.
 
BonoboJeezus
2023-02-04 3:03:14 PM  
Welsh is a dying language for good reason. Speaking it isn't that hard, but the translation factor to modern English spellings is absurd. Looking at written Welsh, and using that to pronounce anything so that Welsh people can understand you, is virtually impossible.

And I was amazed at how a lot of Welshmen are still incensed -In-sensed- about William the First, who conquered Wales...in the early 1100s.

But those raven-haired Welsh women: Dayum hawt. And in evidence, I direct your gaze to Catherine Zeta Jones.
 
ZMugg [TotalFark]
2023-02-04 3:05:29 PM  

nursetim: docsigma: Mae hyn yn hynod o dwp. Rwyf hefyd yn defnyddio cyfrifiadur i gyfieithu hwn.

I can see why it's a big deal that Welshman children speak Walsh properly. One slip of the tongue and you're suddenly summoning Cthulhu.


Or...

They'll lose their license, then they won't drive.
 
Don't Lag Me Bro
2023-02-04 3:10:31 PM  
Marbles in their mouth? Isn't more like mucus? Welsh sounds like you are constantly clearing your throat, but still trying to have a real conversation.
 
starsrift
2023-02-04 3:14:56 PM  
If language is one of the most significant parts of your culture, you have a shiatty culture.

Culture is art, food, fashion, lifestyle, values. It doesn't matter what language you speak. Nobody became less British by speaking French. Nobody is going to be less Welsh by speaking English.
 
ZMugg [TotalFark]
2023-02-04 3:20:17 PM  

Don't Lag Me Bro: Marbles in their mouth? Isn't more like mucus? Welsh sounds like you are constantly clearing your throat, but still trying to have a real conversation.


Same with Yiddish.
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-04 3:22:03 PM  

nursetim: docsigma: Mae hyn yn hynod o dwp. Rwyf hefyd yn defnyddio cyfrifiadur i gyfieithu hwn.

I can see why it's a big deal that Welshman children speak Walsh properly. One slip of the tongue and you're suddenly summoning Cthulhu.


How to speak Walsh properly.
Meadows
Youtube tP9My5P5_eE
 
Kalyco Jack
2023-02-04 3:22:21 PM  

ZMugg: foo monkey: I get encouraging the culture through language, even to the point of making it part of the formal education, but let's not drop the wee ones on their heads while we're at it.

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Isn'ae it spelt "heeds?"
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-04 3:26:33 PM  

BonoboJeezus: Welsh is a dying language for good reason. Speaking it isn't that hard, but the translation factor to modern English spellings is absurd. Looking at written Welsh, and using that to pronounce anything so that Welsh people can understand you, is virtually impossible.

And I was amazed at how a lot of Welshmen are still incensed -In-sensed- about William the First, who conquered Wales...in the early 1100s.

But those raven-haired Welsh women: Dayum hawt. And in evidence, I direct your gaze to Catherine Zeta Jones.


Princess Catherine Zeta Spartacus Douglas Jones
Youtube LmgzEHU6ypc
 
MikeyFuccon
2023-02-04 3:50:05 PM  

BonoboJeezus: Welsh is a dying language for good reason. Speaking it isn't that hard, but the translation factor to modern English spellings is absurd. Looking at written Welsh, and using that to pronounce anything so that Welsh people can understand you, is virtually impossible.

And I was amazed at how a lot of Welshmen are still incensed -In-sensed- about William the First, who conquered Wales...in the early 1100s.

But those raven-haired Welsh women: Dayum hawt. And in evidence, I direct your gaze to Catherine Zeta Jones.


Welsh is actually by far the healthiest of the extant Celtic languages, the only one not considered endangered. The proportion of the Welsh population able to speak Welsh has been stable for the last fifty years at about 20%.

Irish is in far worse shape, despite a hundred years of government support for Irish. The number of Irish people reporting using Irish daily is maybe four percent if the population, and shrinking even in the Gaeltacht. The last known monolingual speaker of Irish died in 1998.
 
WTP 2
2023-02-04 3:50:32 PM  
mae gennych chi farblis yn eich ceg
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-04 3:59:27 PM  
Warning: Reading Welsh road sign might lead to rroad rrrage

Catatonia - Road Rage
Youtube w8RV9l-4zK4

Space with Cerys Matthews - The Ballad Of Tom Jones - YouTube
 
LordOfThePings [OhFark]
2023-02-04 4:09:58 PM  
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anuran
2023-02-04 4:18:57 PM  

Excelsior: foo monkey: I get encouraging the culture through language, even to the point of making it part of the formal education, but let's not drop the wee ones on their heads while we're at it.

What "encouraging ones culture" and "celebrating ones  heritage" might look like:
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How about "decolonization of a subject people"?
 
ViolentEastCoastCity
2023-02-04 6:21:33 PM  
Dw i'n hoffi dysgu Cymraeg!
 
ArkAngel [TotalFark]
2023-02-04 7:58:42 PM  

docsigma: Mae hyn yn hynod o dwp. Rwyf hefyd yn defnyddio cyfrifiadur i gyfieithu hwn.


Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
 
morg
2023-02-04 8:21:33 PM  
Out grape jelly is changing forever.
 
iron de havilland [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 12:14:12 AM  

starsrift: If language is one of the most significant parts of your culture, you have a shiatty culture.

Culture is art, food, fashion, lifestyle, values. It doesn't matter what language you speak. Nobody became less British by speaking French. Nobody is going to be less Welsh by speaking English.


Except one of the main moves in those that want to extinguish a native culture is to attempt to abolish the local language. The English oppressed the British, Scottish and Irish natives for centuries in attempts to wipe out their cultures. Not sure how healthy Manx and Breton are, Cornish has bugger all speakers these days, Irish seems to be doing OK with having immersive schools where the likes of Dara Ó Brian learned Irish and he tends to use it exclusively when he can. I'd like to know more Scots Gaelic, because it's the language of my cousins if not my forefathers, and learning languages is never a bad thing.

This school was supposed to be a Welsh language immersion school, and it just didn't do what it was supposed to. It deserves a shiatty rating.
 
starsrift
2023-02-05 4:53:50 AM  

iron de havilland: starsrift: If language is one of the most significant parts of your culture, you have a shiatty culture.

Culture is art, food, fashion, lifestyle, values. It doesn't matter what language you speak. Nobody became less British by speaking French. Nobody is going to be less Welsh by speaking English.

Except one of the main moves in those that want to extinguish a native culture is to attempt to abolish the local language. The English oppressed the British, Scottish and Irish natives for centuries in attempts to wipe out their cultures. Not sure how healthy Manx and Breton are, Cornish has bugger all speakers these days, Irish seems to be doing OK with having immersive schools where the likes of Dara Ó Brian learned Irish and he tends to use it exclusively when he can. I'd like to know more Scots Gaelic, because it's the language of my cousins if not my forefathers, and learning languages is never a bad thing.

This school was supposed to be a Welsh language immersion school, and it just didn't do what it was supposed to. It deserves a shiatty rating.


I'm Welsh, born and living in Canada. I'm certainly not Canadian. I'm certainly not British. I don't speak a lick of Welsh. I guess I'm just stateless, then?
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-05 5:45:34 AM  

starsrift: If language is one of the most significant parts of your culture, you have a shiatty culture.

Culture is art, food, fashion, lifestyle, values. It doesn't matter what language you speak. Nobody became less British by speaking French. Nobody is going to be less Welsh by speaking English.


I understand Welsh food but what exactly are your Welsh values?
 
starsrift
2023-02-05 10:05:56 AM  

LewDux: starsrift: If language is one of the most significant parts of your culture, you have a shiatty culture.

Culture is art, food, fashion, lifestyle, values. It doesn't matter what language you speak. Nobody became less British by speaking French. Nobody is going to be less Welsh by speaking English.

I understand Welsh food but what exactly are your Welsh values?


That's a good question. My (Welsh) father always taught me a lot about fairness and value to our community. Collaboration over competition. This hasn't always served me well where I am now, but as it turns out, these are Welsh values.
 
Excelsior
2023-02-05 2:08:01 PM  

LewDux: starsrift: If language is one of the most significant parts of your culture, you have a shiatty culture.

Culture is art, food, fashion, lifestyle, values. It doesn't matter what language you speak. Nobody became less British by speaking French. Nobody is going to be less Welsh by speaking English.

I understand Welsh food but what exactly are your Welsh values?


The main Welsh value is "hating the English"
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-05 4:13:48 PM  

starsrift: LewDux: starsrift: If language is one of the most significant parts of your culture, you have a shiatty culture.

Culture is art, food, fashion, lifestyle, values. It doesn't matter what language you speak. Nobody became less British by speaking French. Nobody is going to be less Welsh by speaking English.

I understand Welsh food but what exactly are your Welsh values?

That's a good question. My (Welsh) father always taught me a lot about fairness and value to our community. Collaboration over competition. This hasn't always served me well where I am now, but as it turns out, these are Welsh values.


Didn't know I'm Welsh. iat appears...

... it's how I rrroll
 
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