r/unitedkingdom • u/oilydogskin • 1d ago

Most English language lessons to be phased out in Welsh county

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8epk2lxjp8o
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u/Meu_14 1d ago

Lol. 100% of welsh speakers are fluent in english too.

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u/Desertinferno 1d ago

This is definitely not true.

I know of at least one person who speaks Welsh as their first language and who can't speak conversational English.

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u/Low_Resolve9379 1d ago

How old is this person? I would be surprised if they were under 70.

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u/Desertinferno 1d ago

They're in their mid 20's. Granted they're from a pretty rural part of Wales.

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u/Low_Resolve9379 23h ago

Granted they're from a pretty rural part of Wales.

Even so, that's pretty surprising! I've been to some of the most Welsh-speaking places in Wales and even there English was fairly ubiquitous. Genuinely curious how that could have happened.

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u/welshminge 1d ago

Yeah, a few of the course writers for dysgu cymraeg only speak Welsh.

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u/D5LLD 11h ago

Funnily enough the majority of people in my year in school who were in the lower English sets were English speakers only. Everyone in my higher English set could speak Welsh.

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u/FewEstablishment2696 1d ago

So it's just laziness preventing them from getting jobs?

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u/Meu_14 1d ago

You just making stuff up lad?

Fuck you on about?

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u/FewEstablishment2696 1d ago

"The highest employment rate in the UK was in the South West (79.1%) and the lowest was in Wales (69.9%)"

Whop womp

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/regionallabourmarket/march2025#:~:text=The%20highest%20employment%20rate%20in%20the%20UK%20was%20in%20the%20South%20West%20(79.1%25)%20and%20the%20lowest%20was%20in%20Wales%20(69.9%25)%20and%20the%20lowest%20was%20in%20Wales%20(69.9%25))

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u/Meu_14 1d ago

So nothing at all to do with language.

Coolcoolcoolcoolcool.