Re: [Fsfe-uk] Debian needs Welsh and Irish l10n help

[Jon Grant]

Hiya Gareth,

Gareth Bowker elucidated on 16/11/06 13:47:
> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 13:44 +0000, Jon Grant wrote:
> 
>> Without wanting to cause a stir with any cultural imperialism, perhaps
>> there are more important things than Welsh and Irish i18n..
>>
>> Welsh was almost dead before the revival in the last 10 years as I
>> understand it. Many of those people taught in Welsh will be stuck with
>> difficulty speaking English when they want to consider wider range of
>> job options in their life. So it could be a blessing for them to have
>> English as their first language, and a European or Asian language as
>> second ;)
> 
> Um, are you being serious?

Perhaps a bit of both, it was actually a welsh family who pointed out to
me some of the "problems" they saw with the change to being taught in
Welsh at school.

> If so, I'll just point out that you're quite wrong in your assertions.
> I'll happily fill in the details off-list, but the statements about
> Welsh being almost dead or the part about having difficulty speaking
> English is so absurd I don't even know where to begin!

Ok, I'd be interested to hear from you.

Cheers
Jon