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ailsagirl

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22. Preserving languages is very important

Reply to hunter (Reply #19)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 07:35 PM

Sep 2015

When I was touring England and Wales, our tour guide went on about how the language was fading and that the new generations didn't know it and weren't taught it, etc. Maybe he was exaggerating. Hope so.

Welsh has to be one of the hardest languages to learn, IMO!

Thanks for the links

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Liam Dutton nails pronouncing Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch [View all] demmiblue Sep 2015 OP

Nice smug look on his face when he was done....he deserved it. Lochloosa Sep 2015 #1

Never even hesitated. Byronic Sep 2015 #2

Do you speak Welsh, Byronic? ailsagirl Sep 2015 #17

Not as well as I would like, ailsagirl Byronic Sep 2015 #27

I'm impressed! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #30

Dal ati Byronic bach! geardaddy Sep 2015 #32

Diolch yn fawr! Byronic Sep 2015 #37

Impressive! sarge43 Sep 2015 #3

I'll never get those Scottish place names in a million years... malthaussen Sep 2015 #4

The name he was trying to pronounce was Welsh, not Scottish. SwissTony Sep 2015 #5

Wow... thanks for exposing him to those of us that weren't in the know. demmiblue Sep 2015 #6

Rolf Harris is in prison, not Liam Dutton, right? The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2015 #7

Yes, it's Harris. SwissTony Sep 2015 #8

Yes, that's the joke, you see. malthaussen Sep 2015 #9

So, if you wish to post videos made by child molesters, SwissTony Sep 2015 #10

How do you know the song came out before he "started all that?" demmiblue Sep 2015 #11

He is only convicted for acts dating back to 67, IIRC. malthaussen Sep 2015 #12

You're in some sense defending this guy? SwissTony Sep 2015 #14

Wasn't Harris a friend of Saville's? They had a lot in common the fecks. mackerel Sep 2015 #38

Yes, but how can we be sure he got it right? Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #13

Hah!! Good point-- we'd never know ailsagirl Sep 2015 #16

He got it pretty much right geardaddy Sep 2015 #35

He sure nailed it!! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #15

Welsh is listed as "vulnerable" by UNESCO hunter Sep 2015 #19

+1 (and then some) demmiblue Sep 2015 #20

Preserving languages is very important ailsagirl Sep 2015 #22

I think hi speed internet may help preserve languages. hunter Sep 2015 #24

Well, thanks for letting me know! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #25

It's also an easy way for non-speakers to learn about the languages ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #26

I could wander around Omniglot all day. hunter Sep 2015 #29

Yes, it's very much alive in Northwest Wales geardaddy Sep 2015 #34

No dearth of vowels geardaddy Sep 2015 #33

Thanks for posting, demmiblue!! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #18

It means frogmarch Sep 2015 #21

Wow!!! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #23

Heh! demmiblue Sep 2015 #28

And nearly no one ever calls it by its full name in Wales geardaddy Sep 2015 #36

Da iawn chdi! geardaddy Sep 2015 #31