Hi Richard,
my eldest daughter settled in Wales after studying for her PhD there.
She speaks and reads some Welsh and is very happy and integrated. Her
biggest regret though is that Radio 4, from the BBC, is not
available. They have Radio Wales instead which has a much more
parochial content, Radio 4 is more countrywide and worldwide. Radio 4
is permanently tuned to in the Dernie household and cars :-) My wife
also speaks a little Welsh as she conducts a Welsh male voice choir.
Frank
On 1 Jan, 2006, at 01:03, Richard Knoppow wrote:
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At 12:10 AM 1/1/06 +0000, jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
I studied Welsh in college to acquire access to the early Welsh poetry for a paper I wrote on Sub-Roman Britain. I have kept up with my studies of Irish and Scots Gaelic (there is only one Gaelic language, though with five dialects. Unfortunately, that of Leinster is extinct, and it marked the transition from Connaught, Ulster, and Munster Gaelic to Scots Gaelic, so they now seem to be distinct tongues though they are not so. I visited Ireland in 2001 and happily chattered away in pubs in Scots Gaelic and the barkeeps obviously understood me, though I was surprised that none found exception to an obvious US tourist speaking some of the Gaelic.)
Welsh is a really grand tongue and it shows its heritage from having been the primary language of a proud and vibrant Roman province.
Marc
Marc, you may be iterested that the BBC has both Scots and Irish Gaelic and Welsh language programs on the internet. Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk At the top will be a place to click on either the International Version (it will come up in this version) or the UK version. Click on the UK version and you will find a list of services near the bottom. Click on "All BBC Radio" In that list is one headed "Local To You" which includes:
English local radio Radio Scotland Radio Wales Radio Ulster Radio Cymru Radio Foyle Radio Nan Gaidheal
some of these offer both English and local language, some are local language only.
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