Welsh speakers go their own way

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Daniel Cunliffe

Yet another Welsh language signpost story from the BBC. Laugh? Cry? I’m not sure anymore

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2 Responses to Welsh speakers go their own way

  2. MBM says:
    May 19, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    Here’s an idea for an interesting socio-psycho-linguistic study. When a bilingual speaker sees a sign with conflicting instructions, which language does he or she follow? Would a bilingual Welsh speaker go left or right?

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