The English have a special place in their spleen for the Welsh. Otherwise normal-sounding
English folk go all Medieval when you mention the Welsh. I've tried it.
A colleague one day, made a rude comment about the Welsh and I came to their
defense. The next day she told another colleague who "set me straight."
"she's right, you know" was her answer.
That's it.
sum total.
It just IS.
That's it.
sum total.
It just IS.
Now this young lass in the Guardian has lots of good stories (more later)
about things which usually pass under the radar, like the following of
an anti-Cymru-ite Welshman, who's been living in England too long, I assume.
-Cos67
checkitout:
Esther Addley @ Guardian
Seems to be quite the season, indeed, for people making tits of themselves by spouting offensive rubbish about language. Witness Roger Lewis's review in last Friday's Daily Mail of Bred of Heaven, an account by author Jasper Rees of his attempt to rediscover his Welsh roots. "Not many people in full possession of their faculties would find it appealing or necessary to try to turn themselves into a 'real Welshman'," it begins. Oh goodie, a nice measured piece coming up. "In his quest to call himself a Celt," continues Caerphilly born Lewis, the author "actually learns Welsh". Go on, this will be inoffensive we're sure. "I abhor the appalling and moribund monkey language myself." Sorry, the what? The Welsh language has been "foisted" on people "for political reasons" writes our bard, turning Wales into "a foreign country" – ding dong! There it is again! Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards has now referred the article to the police and written to the home secretary and the Press Complaints Commission in protest at the "disgraceful slur" on his compatriots. Which seems, under the circs, rather measured of him.
