tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post5216527348158612612..comments2024-01-04T15:48:20.985+00:00Comments on RADNORIAN: From A Family Album, 1radnorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-69023760220539326892010-09-13T15:15:06.028+01:002010-09-13T15:15:06.028+01:00It is a puzzle, after all the Irish who rejected I...It is a puzzle, after all the Irish who rejected Irish during the 19C - and the process was well under way before the Famine - were hardly lacking in national feeling. <br /><br />On the whole bilingualism seemed to be regarded as a temporary state in the 19C and the adoption of English seen, not as a rejection of Irishness and Welshness, but a means of moving the nation forward.<br /><br />Hopefully the 21C will prove that viewpoint wrong although at the moment I think we're very far from having anything but token bilingualism here in Wales.radnorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-54910674092656564962010-09-13T00:31:28.428+01:002010-09-13T00:31:28.428+01:00These linguistic attitudes, common as they were, s...These linguistic attitudes, common as they were, seem so strange to me in retrospect. Are we to believe bilingualism was never seen as an option by most folk? Clearly, the ability to speak English <em>was</em> a big advantage for many reasons but that shouldn't have meant Welsh was a disadvantage.Carl Morrishttp://quixoticquisling.comnoreply@blogger.com