Better yet, dissolve the title and get rid of the lot.
I’d rather he didn’t bother and just dropped the pretence of somehow being Welsh. Even if nothing was made official I’d be happy enough if they’d just drop the prince and princess of Wales titles. It’s embarrassing, offensive and outdated.
I honestly couldn’t give a fuck.
He should stick to fleecing the tenants of his vast Crown estates, and stop pretending he gives a shit about Welsh people.
With how inbred they are, I’m surprised they’re even capable of speech
Ask them to pay tax first before improving Welsh .
Like they give a flying fuck. Only care about Thier fame and power. Fuck them, they are nobody to Wales.
Not exactly a fan of the Royals, but his welsh is probably better than a lot of Welsh born peoples.
Or…
and hear me out on this…
Drop the titles as a whole.
They didnt even have a coronation this time round, we all know what the titles truly mean and it doesnt associate with us in the slightest. Last time we can say it was relevant to us historic wise was up until 1415…
Time for us to move forward but I know that aint happening.
Why?
He’s currently learning. I’d rather see him or anyone struggle along trying than just not bothering.
I think his title as the so-called ‘Prince of Wales’ should be dropped, for a start. Then, he could consider actually learning Welsh and proper pronunciation. It’s quite poor, given the fact he had a home in Anglesey for 3 years.
I’m a Welshman who grew up in an English first language household.
I’m learning. Slowly.
This Professor doesn’t represent most Welsh language champions. In my experience learning Welsh is generally really well supported. People gently correct you in their reply if you use the wrong word or a substitute word.
You see it on news broadcasts or rugby programmes.
A really gentle correction. The entire culture seems geared to encourage people for trying & gently correct.
It takes away the dread.
I hope we stick at this and don’t become finger wagging. It’s helped me no end.
What is this professor hoping to achieve with this criticism?
Prince William won’t give a shit. But other people who might think of learning Welsh will just see that if you have a go at speaking it, then you’ll be criticised. So why bother trying to learn?
There’s loads of Welsh living in London who speak worse Welsh than him
I’ve lived in Wales all my life. His Welsh is almost certainly leagues better than mine.
Literally a spelling mistake (lean not learn) in English on the BBC article…
Are they not proof reading these, or just inept?!
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There are far bigger problems in the world than this. It just feeds into all the crazies out there, like those who have threatened me because I don’t speak it.
How about encouraging someone who is trying to learn, rather than criticising them?
In that speech he came across as someone who is learning to pronounce Welsh, not converse in it. He spoke reasonably complex sentences without the comprehension that comes with them if that makes sense
Dydd goil dawi hapus I ti hefyd
I dont get how there are so many people defending him lol. You’d think the ‘prince of Wales’ would have started learning Welsh early and not speak a broken mess that he did at 42 years old. You can learn better welsh just from learning for a few years so there’s no excuse at that age.
Then again I hate the monarchy and the ‘prince of Wales’ especially so there’s a bit of bias against him.
What a waste of time and resources. Yes let’s spend more time and energy on a basically dead language so 4.6% of the population can feel nationalistic
And of that 4.9 % barely 30% speak Welsh and all those people speak English.
What’s the bloody point, absolute waste to just prop up nationasitc egos.
We would be better of teaching people a language people actually use, mandarin, Spanish, french,
Yeah I’ll get down voted but you know I’m not wrong.
Haha I don’t even know the national anthem.
Guy who’s only been to Wales once here.
Let’s just stop with this fucking family.
So could a lot of actual Welsh peoples Welsh who speak it a lot more
What a weird article.
Mans got ample free time and every resource at his finger tips. It really should be better
He’s having a go so give him credit for that.
He visited my place of work recently and I had the pleasure of responding to his “good afternoon” with a “prynhawn da”.
My Welsh could be better but I don’t go around calling myself the “prince of Wales”.
Tbf it would be interesting if we all learnt a bit of Welsh at school. We are going to forget it anyway like we do with French and German.
Dr Dylan Foster Evans, head of the School of Welsh – maybe Dr Evans’ teaching and research should be better that way he’d be a Prof (as most university department heads are)?
Number one barrier to people learning a language is being belittled and corrected by others.
Well done Prof, learners of Welsh think your attitude should be better.
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Better yet, dissolve the title and get rid of the lot.
I’d rather he didn’t bother and just dropped the pretence of somehow being Welsh. Even if nothing was made official I’d be happy enough if they’d just drop the prince and princess of Wales titles. It’s embarrassing, offensive and outdated.
I honestly couldn’t give a fuck.
He should stick to fleecing the tenants of his vast Crown estates, and stop pretending he gives a shit about Welsh people.
With how inbred they are, I’m surprised they’re even capable of speech
Ask them to pay tax first before improving Welsh .
Like they give a flying fuck. Only care about Thier fame and power. Fuck them, they are nobody to Wales.
Not exactly a fan of the Royals, but his welsh is probably better than a lot of Welsh born peoples.
Or…
and hear me out on this…
Drop the titles as a whole.
They didnt even have a coronation this time round, we all know what the titles truly mean and it doesnt associate with us in the slightest. Last time we can say it was relevant to us historic wise was up until 1415…
Time for us to move forward but I know that aint happening.
Why?
He’s currently learning. I’d rather see him or anyone struggle along trying than just not bothering.
I think his title as the so-called ‘Prince of Wales’ should be dropped, for a start. Then, he could consider actually learning Welsh and proper pronunciation. It’s quite poor, given the fact he had a home in Anglesey for 3 years.
I’m a Welshman who grew up in an English first language household.
I’m learning. Slowly.
This Professor doesn’t represent most Welsh language champions. In my experience learning Welsh is generally really well supported. People gently correct you in their reply if you use the wrong word or a substitute word.
You see it on news broadcasts or rugby programmes.
A really gentle correction. The entire culture seems geared to encourage people for trying & gently correct.
It takes away the dread.
I hope we stick at this and don’t become finger wagging. It’s helped me no end.
What is this professor hoping to achieve with this criticism?
Prince William won’t give a shit. But other people who might think of learning Welsh will just see that if you have a go at speaking it, then you’ll be criticised. So why bother trying to learn?
There’s loads of Welsh living in London who speak worse Welsh than him
I’ve lived in Wales all my life. His Welsh is almost certainly leagues better than mine.
Literally a spelling mistake (lean not learn) in English on the BBC article…
Are they not proof reading these, or just inept?!
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There are far bigger problems in the world than this. It just feeds into all the crazies out there, like those who have threatened me because I don’t speak it.
How about encouraging someone who is trying to learn, rather than criticising them?
In that speech he came across as someone who is learning to pronounce Welsh, not converse in it. He spoke reasonably complex sentences without the comprehension that comes with them if that makes sense
Dydd goil dawi hapus I ti hefyd
I dont get how there are so many people defending him lol. You’d think the ‘prince of Wales’ would have started learning Welsh early and not speak a broken mess that he did at 42 years old. You can learn better welsh just from learning for a few years so there’s no excuse at that age.
Then again I hate the monarchy and the ‘prince of Wales’ especially so there’s a bit of bias against him.
What a waste of time and resources. Yes let’s spend more time and energy on a basically dead language so 4.6% of the population can feel nationalistic
And of that 4.9 % barely 30% speak Welsh and all those people speak English.
What’s the bloody point, absolute waste to just prop up nationasitc egos.
We would be better of teaching people a language people actually use, mandarin, Spanish, french,
Yeah I’ll get down voted but you know I’m not wrong.
Haha I don’t even know the national anthem.
Guy who’s only been to Wales once here.
Let’s just stop with this fucking family.
So could a lot of actual Welsh peoples Welsh who speak it a lot more
What a weird article.
Mans got ample free time and every resource at his finger tips. It really should be better
He’s having a go so give him credit for that.
He visited my place of work recently and I had the pleasure of responding to his “good afternoon” with a “prynhawn da”.
My Welsh could be better but I don’t go around calling myself the “prince of Wales”.
Tbf it would be interesting if we all learnt a bit of Welsh at school. We are going to forget it anyway like we do with French and German.
Dr Dylan Foster Evans, head of the School of Welsh – maybe Dr Evans’ teaching and research should be better that way he’d be a Prof (as most university department heads are)?
Number one barrier to people learning a language is being belittled and corrected by others.
Well done Prof, learners of Welsh think your attitude should be better.
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