Welsh road signs ,Does anyone use the Welsh language

pollypenny

ajuk wrote: »

Yes they can read it if they want to, with road signs its vital that they remain as clear and uncluttered as possible.

Eh? No because in Germany don't literally all speak English, with over 80% as a first language. :undecided

There's probably more polish speakers in Wales than can't read English than there are Welsh speakers that can't read English. While I say I'm happy for the Welsh speakers to have there own language (I already speaking a little and having Welsh parents and spending a lot of time there as a child) and I may learn it someday, are they now actively trying to encourage non English literacy in Wales?

What are you saying about literacy?

You also picked up another poster for a typo, I imagine, 'ideal' instead of 'idea'.

IanEd_2

Let's just get rid of the English signs. Job done. You don't go to Japan expecting to see everything in English, so don't come to Wales and expect the same thing. We're Wales, Welsh is our language so we're going to use it as often and wherever we like.

Equaliser123

IanEd wrote: »

Let's just get rid of the English signs. Job done. You don't go to Japan expecting to see everything in English, so don't come to Wales and expect the same thing. We're Wales, Welsh is our language so we're going to use it as often and wherever we like.

Japan isn't part of the UK. Wales is.

rhosynbach

Wales may be part of the UK but it is a country in its own right, it is really annoying when people will not accept the right to use the welsh language in wales is it because you do not like what you do not understand. I know loads of English people that object to welsh signs and welsh speakers (honestly we are not talking about you) and bosses that will not allow welsh my answer is if you want english only then stay in england.
This is not the 19th century and you cannot bring back the welsh not.......................

charlysez

Never mind bi-lingual signs SOME signs would be good, I drove round a housing estate near Cardiff recently and didnt see one street name. There are no signs for train stations or hospitals, I am often stopped in the street by lost drivers asking where such and such is, and its usually a place without a sign attached.

Equaliser123

rhosynbach wrote: »

I know loads of English people that object to welsh signs

I know a load of Welsh people who think it is a waste of money as well....

brooklyn07

IanEd wrote: »

Let's just get rid of the English signs. Job done. You don't go to Japan expecting to see everything in English, so don't come to Wales and expect the same thing. We're Wales, Welsh is our language so we're going to use it as often and wherever we like.

Yet you are typing this in English in the "Wales" forum therefore you can obviously read and write in English!

IMO it is a complete waste of money! I have lived in Wales all my life and I travel to England every day for work and on more than one occasion I have been repeatedly late for work having being stuck in traffic because the warning sign just before the M48 turn off has been in welsh warning me of a delay up ahead!! :mad: if it was in English i could have avoided the situation and driven up the M48.

Everyone in wales (with the exception a very small amount of people) can understand, speak and write in English so why the heck are we wasting all this money on bilingual signs!

The amount of wasted paper sent to peoples households with an English version and a Welsh version is insane! If you want to receive Welsh literature then fine but at least give us a reduction in our council tax/car tax etc etc for those of us who do NOT want to receive it because we'll be saving a shed load of money in wasted paper!

Why don't we have other foreign lanuages on the signs such as polish/urdu/ etc because you can bet your bottom dollar there are more foreign speaking people in Wales than there are Welsh speakers as their first language!

alison99_2

brooklyn07 wrote: »

Yet you are typing this in English in the "Wales" forum therefore you can obviously read and write in English!

IMO it is a complete waste of money! I have lived in Wales all my life and I travel to England every day for work and on more than one occasion I have been repeatedly late for work having being stuck in traffic because the warning sign just before the M48 turn off has been in welsh warning me of a delay up ahead!! :mad: if it was in English i could have avoided the situation and driven up the M48.

Everyone in wales (with the exception a very small amount of people) can understand, speak and write in English so why the heck are we wasting all this money on bilingual signs!

The amount of wasted paper sent to peoples households with an English version and a Welsh version is insane! If you want to receive Welsh literature then fine but at least give us a reduction in our council tax/car tax etc etc for those of us who do NOT want to receive it because we'll be saving a shed load of money in wasted paper!

Why don't we have other foreign lanuages on the signs such as polish/urdu/ etc because you can bet your bottom dollar there are more foreign speaking people in Wales than there are Welsh speakers as their first language!

It's Wales...Welsh is not a foreign language, it's our national language... :think:

rhosynbach

hi i have to agree with alison99 how can people object to Welsh being used in Wales you would not go to any other country and object to their national language being used just because they understand english, it is totally wrong

IanEd_2

brooklyn07 wrote: »

Yet you are typing this in English in the "Wales" forum therefore you can obviously read and write in English!

IMO it is a complete waste of money! I have lived in Wales all my life and I travel to England every day for work and on more than one occasion I have been repeatedly late for work having being stuck in traffic because the warning sign just before the M48 turn off has been in welsh warning me of a delay up ahead!! :mad: if it was in English i could have avoided the situation and driven up the M48.

'Repeatedly late for work' because of a Welsh sign? Don't you think it would have made more sense for you to just learn some Welsh? or at least learn the Welsh word for delay??? If you've lived here all your life i find it very unbelievable that you still don't understand the word "Oedi".