Posted by Alan Hakim on September 22, 2006 at 18:46:22 from 212.137.197.153 user awhakim.
In Reply to: Re: Young Chieftain/ dead languages was Port and Starboard posted by Owen Roberts on September 22, 2006 at 14:09:17:
Welsh children in primary schools are certainly taught Welsh, but not exclusively in that language. An Australian friend recently had an exchange year teaching in the Valleys, and the school had to get by with her teaching them in English. (They learned a lot about Australia, though.)
When I was growing up in Wales in the 1940s, nobody spoke Welsh. The only bilingual sign was on the Public Library. Now driving is quite dangerous for visitors, since you are distracted by trying to read the incomprehensible half of the road signs.