Why a bilingual Wales?
Can someone tell me, in a small country like Wales, surrounded by English speaking people, in the middle of the worst recession in living memory, are the Welsh INSISTING on pushing forward with making companies that deal with them publish materials in their language? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7863542.stm – the British people have shown we’re incapable of learning other languages (how many of us speak French for example, compared to our multi-lingual partners overseas).
Given our failure to take on other languages – there is NO chance of most of us adding Welsh to the list – so surely that is going to put companies, especially the smaller ones in England and Scotland, from dealing with Wales?? It might just be me but at least when I see French I can make a STAB at the meaning – Welsh to me just looks like a random assortment of letters.
I assume there must be SOME benefit to this? Or is this another example of officialdom gone wrong – like this recent bus lane I drove past on the way from Celtic Manor in Wales back to the airport..
Note the bus lane on the left – taking up half of the road. It goes on for miles and despite being mid-day Saturday I did not spot ONE bus. I wonder who’s brilliant idea that was!