LL-L "Language diversity" 2009.02.21 (03) [E]

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From: Mike Morgan <mwmosaka at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language diversity" 2009.02.20 (05) [E]

The discussions here of topics of language and identity have lead me to the
inaugural speech of RR Davies, then (2002) present-elect of the Honourable
Society of Cymmrodorion, entitled "*On being Welsh: A Historian's Viewpoint"
*. The text of the sepech can be found at:



http://www.cymmrodorion1751.org.uk/pages/publications/beingwelsh.html

Although, of course, the speech treats of Welsh identity, most of the issues
are common ... and it is quite well put and so worth a read ... But then,
what less could you expect from a Welshman! (who liek all of us, is a bit of
a mongrel!) ;-)



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From: Mike Morgan <mwmosaka at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language diversity" 2009.02.21 (01) [E]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Lowlands-L List <lowlands.list at gmail.com>
wrote:

> the Tudors, our only Welsh royal family. Was it Henry VIII or Elizabeth
who banned the Eisteddford?

> Ironic or what?



Would of course be ironic ... if it were actually true.



But, in fact, Henry VIII, who in his Acts of Union stated that a person
could have legal status in Wales ONLY if they spoke English (which is about
as strong an offical legal ACT to discourage the use of Welsh ... this side
of genocide anyway) had ONE great-grandparent who was Welsh ... and neither
himself nor his father had ever been Welsh in any sense of the word other
than by blood (... though his father DID grow up in exile in Britanny so
maybe there was SOME exposure to things Celtic).

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