A uni friend of mine came from a remote village where Welsh is the first language.
She met a nice black bloke here with a good job and they eventually started settling down together.

Although her family liked him, they put off introducing him to her fierce little old Welsh Gran, for Gran spoke only Welsh and her first question about anyone's new relationship was 'Welsh or English?'
(In Welsh, of course.)

I'd like to have been a fly on the wall when they eventually met up.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 28 Oct 2011, 9:26, 7 replies)

flies are black
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 28 Oct 2011, 9:34, closed)

I honestly didn't think there was anyone left
who only spoke Welsh.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 28 Oct 2011, 10:10, closed)

They all speak english
some of the older generation just refuse to.
( MrSanity has maybe kicked the WoW habit forever, Fri 28 Oct 2011, 11:08, closed)

Outrageous
All these people preferring to communicate in their native language.
( rofl harris, Fri 28 Oct 2011, 13:40, closed)

Indeed
We need to enforce our language on them far more harshly. Bring back welsh-hunting as a sport!!
( MrSanity has maybe kicked the WoW habit forever, Fri 28 Oct 2011, 15:15, closed)

She'd probably have liked him
Provided he wasn't English.

My great-grandmother was the same kind of Welsh woman. The English they knew they had learned under duress in schools which beat them if they didn't speak it, so not speaking it and sticking to the language of their home and family instead was a point of principle.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 28 Oct 2011, 11:20, closed)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Not
My Dad had to wear this often
( rofl harris, Fri 28 Oct 2011, 13:36, closed)