Language row: Police called after Dr Robyn Lewis demands shop bill in Welsh (fwd link)

Sun Dec 30 21:01:26 UTC 2012

...but, is a post-incident assumption going to fix anything that has already
been settled...unless, of course, you can get the verification your
assumptions are fact...

wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
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Subject: Re: [ILAT] Language row: Police called after Dr Robyn Lewis demands
shop bill in Welsh (fwd link)

It's an interesting tale. It mentions that he'd been speaking with the
cashier in Welsh before she(?) gave the price in English. I'm gonna guess
that she was a Welsh L2 speaker, maybe slipping back to English when she had
to do math. 

If that's actually the case, then did Lewis do the right thing? I agree he
has the "right" to conduct his business in Wales in Welsh, but is this the
way to encourage L2 speakers?

mh

On Dec 30, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon wrote:

Love this article...so glad the world didn't end before we indigenous
peoples can fix it...lol.

wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Phillip E Cash Cash
Sent: December-30-12 11:42 AM
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Subject: [ILAT] Language row: Police called after Dr Robyn Lewis demands
shop bill in Welsh (fwd link)

28 December 2012 Last updated at 12:21 ET 

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Language row: Police called after Dr Robyn Lewis demands shop bill in Welsh

 Dr Robyn Lewis
<http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64995000/jpg/_64995232_wns_speak_wels
h_02.jpg> Dr Robyn Lewis insisted the shop assistant told him the amount
owed in Welsh

Police were called to a shop in Gwynedd after the cashier asked a former
archdruid for payment in English.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-20860465

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