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When my Welsh grandfather met my English grandmother he banned the use of the Welsh language in his family because his sisters would speak about his wife and mock her and she couldn’t understand.
He saw the language as divisive rather than diverse.
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I don't really like your reply, but I understand the legality upon which it rests, and I like that part.
When my Welsh grandfather met my English grandmother he banned the use of the Welsh language in his family because his sisters would speak about his wife and mock her and she couldn’t understand.
He saw the language as divisive rather than diverse.
There’s a fine line.
Indeed, notwithstanding the even bigger struggle to preserve the national tongue (the original gaelic), across the water in Ireland.
Prophetic!