I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
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I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.
Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned.
@2legged This is of STELLAR importance.
Every language encodes not only information, but a structure of how symbols relate to each other. The structure is often half of the information, when you consider living systems.
Changing the language of governance may sound trivial, until you understand the huge significance of structure on information and how it’s applied.
Congratulations Cymru!
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I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.
Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned.
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I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.
Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned.
@2legged Da iawn.
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I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.
Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned.
If Wales does become independent, or more independent, I will be so amused when in 20 or 40 years the people of Anglesey demand independence from the despots in Cardiff, and then 40 years later how the people of Holyhead need their freedom
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I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.
Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned.
The Lord Moylan is not happy about this. The Tory bankster from Kensington is shocked that a bunch of Welsh speakers in Wales, comprising the #WelshGovernment, speak in their shared native language!
Couldn't they at least speak English, out of deference to some posh twat in London who likes to control the celts?
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The Lord Moylan is not happy about this. The Tory bankster from Kensington is shocked that a bunch of Welsh speakers in Wales, comprising the #WelshGovernment, speak in their shared native language!
Couldn't they at least speak English, out of deference to some posh twat in London who likes to control the celts?
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If Wales does become independent, or more independent, I will be so amused when in 20 or 40 years the people of Anglesey demand independence from the despots in Cardiff, and then 40 years later how the people of Holyhead need their freedom
@failedLyndonLaRouchite What a hilaroous wit you are! Celebrating the divisions created by colonisation and settlement! Fooking hilarious!
Do yiu have a whole calendar of colonial legacies to celebrate and use to stoke division? Or are you just a random troll?
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@failedLyndonLaRouchite What a hilaroous wit you are! Celebrating the divisions created by colonisation and settlement! Fooking hilarious!
Do yiu have a whole calendar of colonial legacies to celebrate and use to stoke division? Or are you just a random troll?
I don't know about whole bunch, but I've posted a similar comment about Scotland
after much of European history is people demanding a strong king to protect them from the depredations of the local Baron, but we will let that slide
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I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.
Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned.
@2legged I visited Wales in 24" and was surprised at the bilingual signs everywhere. What's the situation with teaching Welsh and integration there? Good for them.
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I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.
Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned.
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I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.
Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned.
@2legged that's fucking awesome! (Englishperson embarrassed it's taken that long...)
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The Lord Moylan is not happy about this. The Tory bankster from Kensington is shocked that a bunch of Welsh speakers in Wales, comprising the #WelshGovernment, speak in their shared native language!
Couldn't they at least speak English, out of deference to some posh twat in London who likes to control the celts?
@2legged We use Luxembourgish in the government, which I find logical as we are in Luxembourg. If you cannot understand it, bring your own translator - or learn it
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I don't know about whole bunch, but I've posted a similar comment about Scotland
after much of European history is people demanding a strong king to protect them from the depredations of the local Baron, but we will let that slide
@failedLyndonLaRouchite So you are just trolling about something you know little about, but you have some vague loyalty to imperialism.
In the words of the great Malcolm Tucker: Fuckity-bye!
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I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.
Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned.
This is lovely, and really encouraging to read!
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The Lord Moylan is not happy about this. The Tory bankster from Kensington is shocked that a bunch of Welsh speakers in Wales, comprising the #WelshGovernment, speak in their shared native language!
Couldn't they at least speak English, out of deference to some posh twat in London who likes to control the celts?
@2legged it appears this made him raise an eyebrow
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@HarriettMB Yes, Ireland and Scitlsnd are a long way behind.
In particular, Ireland has failed badly. Despite a (nominally) high priority given to the Irish language throughout the era of independence, use of the language has plummeted
@2legged @HarriettMB I'm pretty sure that Ireland is the only EU country that doesn't ask to have documents translated into it's native language
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@2legged We use Luxembourgish in the government, which I find logical as we are in Luxembourg. If you cannot understand it, bring your own translator - or learn it
@connynasch Or alternatively, jyst bugger off and leave Luxembourgers to govern Luxembourg in whatever language they choose!
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@2legged It’s brilliant, and I wish it were the same in Ireland and in Scotland.
@HarriettMB @2legged My father's first language was Scottish Gaelic, but when he went to school in the 1920s English was compulsory and the children would be punished if caught using their mother tongue. Things have changed since then but it's too little too late I'm afraid.
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@HarriettMB @2legged My father's first language was Scottish Gaelic, but when he went to school in the 1920s English was compulsory and the children would be punished if caught using their mother tongue. Things have changed since then but it's too little too late I'm afraid.
@CGM @2legged My mother was from West Cork, a native Irish speaker, and a primary school teacher. But she neither encouraged or used Irish with us as kids, so we never learned good fluent Irish. Also, my parents didn’t encourage music, story telling and singing, or even dancing. I grew up in a fairly austere Protestant tradition in the Republic of Ireland. It’s a terrible shame and it happened in a lot of families. You just can’t get that instinct back when you are older and wiser.
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I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.
The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.
Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned.
@2legged I went to school in Chester, just over the border, and many of our teachers, including the Head, were native Welsh speakers. They'd habitually use Welsh to discuss things in front of students that they wanted to keep private. It felt a little odd, faint sense of paranoia they were talking about *you* specifically.
The Westminster Government may get to know that feeling
(And if history replays itself, have to fight through a fug of pipe-smoke to talk to the Welsh FM
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