Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:13 pm
Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:08 pm
Cwmann_Bluebird wrote:shinyBlueGlue wrote:Whoever vote Plaid needs a brain transplant.
We are substadised for one and tell me where our tax contributions will come from for our armed forces or NHS.
North Wales and most of the valleys have some of the most deprived areas of Europe.
tell me why will jobs come to those areas just because we are going it alone ?
Sell water to England then they will just make more and bigger reservoirs.
Plaid Cymru the party that will ram the Welsh language down your throat
It’s an amusing irony for Welsh speakers, that one of the main complaints heard about the language is that it is ‘shoved down people’s throats’. I’m not quite sure why it’s always the throat – given that the ears and eyes are the usual point of entry for any auditory or visual stimuli – but still this complaint persists.
No one has ever been forced to learn Welsh – at least, not this side of the 13th century. Many people do find themselves put under huge pressure to learn languages every day – usually indigenous people who suddenly find themselves encroaching upon the ever expanding territory of dominant languages such as English, Spanish, and Chinese. But while people who speak Welsh have always welcomed and encouraged anyone who moves to a Welsh speaking area to learn their language, it’s only ever been a suggestion. We’ve never tied anyone to a rack, or even tickled their feet.
And, let’s face it, if people who moved to Welsh speaking areas really were ‘forced’ to speak Welsh, the language would be in much better nick that it is at the moment.
What people actually mean when they say the language is ‘forced down their throat’ is that – God forbid! – they occasionally see the language written on signs, or once had to turn a letter over because it was written in Welsh on one side.
What they don’t seem to appreciate is that there are a lot of people out there who do live their lives in Welsh from day to day. And by wanting to get rid of any visible signs of the Welsh language they’re actually threatening to do what they themselves are complaining about – which is force a language choice on other people.
Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:09 am
Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:32 pm
BlueGog wrote:Simple..
Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:09 pm
blueminati wrote:BlueGog wrote:Simple..
UKIP aren't racist. So you've actually proven yourself to be ignorant and a halfwit. Well done.![]()
Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:21 pm
Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:43 pm