Bilingual road signs in Wales

[Kurt.]

Read an article recently about someone complaining about having bilingual road signs in Wales. Does this bother anybody else ? Personally I think a simple solution would be to do away with bilingual signs and just have them in Welsh.
Thoughts anyone ?

 

[Runub]

Read an article recently about someone complaining about having bilingual road signs in Wales. Does this bother anybody else ? Personally I think a simple solution would be to do away with bilingual signs and just have them in Welsh.
Thoughts anyone ?

Fine by me. I rarely go there

 

[tonyhorne]

Fine by me too, if you are happy for most people not to understand them ...

 

[TommyDavo]

Fine by me too, if you are happy for most people not to understand them ...

It’s only the Welsh who end up bouncing off your bonnet anyway

 

[chrismpw]

I like them. It makes me realise im on holibobs in another country. I do wonder though - how many of the Welsh actually speak and read Welsh themselves?

 

[Blue 1]

I like it. Native languages are part of British culture and every effort should be made to promote and preserve them.

 

[Tigger]

Araf!

 

[Bedfordblue]

What’s ‘20’ in Welsh?

 

[COYBL25]

Read an article recently about someone complaining about having bilingual road signs in Wales. Does this bother anybody else ? Personally I think a simple solution would be to do away with bilingual signs and just have them in Welsh.
Thoughts anyone ?

That would lead to some very long signage.

 

[BNJ1878]

I do wonder though - how many of the Welsh actually speak and read Welsh themselves?

I grew up in Wales after leaving Liverpool at around age 9.

I get a genuine feeling whenever I'm back for a visit more and more people (young and old) are 'siarad cymraeg' and this pleases me.

It's a tragedy when a language dies out so I hope the trend continues. (I'm also grateful I went to a predominantly Welsh school, a lot of the throaty 'ch' and 'Ll' sounds were very useful with Arabic later on.)

 

[witchdoc187]

Read an article recently about someone complaining about having bilingual road signs in Wales. Does this bother anybody else ? Personally I think a simple solution would be to do away with bilingual signs and just have them in Welsh.
Thoughts anyone ?

Seething here

 

[Goat]

I did notice that not a single menu or price list was in Welsh.

Happy to take our money you sheep shagging 1960s ferrets.

 

[Walken]

I like them. It makes me realise im on holibobs in another country. I do wonder though - how many of the Welsh actually speak and read Welsh themselves?

Far less if attempts like this are not made to help keep the language alive

 

[Yarrgh]

I have to slow down to 20mph to read all the syllables.

 

[Eggs]

….I’d be all for having Scouse Rd signs in Liverpool;

Queens Drive Lad.