Thread:Lamprey319/@comment-3008558-20140325121526/@comment-24733487-20140325123654

Right, let's get this sorted once and for all. 20% is around 600,000 people. That's a lot of people, anyway you slice it. Also, if you're talking territory, it's about 65% of Wales. Because the population in Wales clumps in the South-East, where there are closer ties to England and a greater immigrant community, the figures are skewed slightly.

Because YOU don't find a comment you made offensive, does not make it inoffensive. Casual racism has long been tolerated, and fair play we Welsh can generally take a joke better than the Scots or the Irish. Tell a Gaelic speaker you think his language is a joke and let me know how you get on. But I want to draw a line. As I said, you can make fun of our funny little accents, and how much it rains, and how many sheep we've got, and how rubbish we did at the rugby this year, and out football teams are a joke. I'll probably nod my head and acquiesce.

But don't perpetuate, or assist in doing so, the damaging myth that Welsh is not a "proper" language and no-one "really" speaks it. That is unquestionably racist and I stand by categorizing it is an attack.