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minus-squaremobyduck648@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·29 days agoReminds me of the story that goes around these parts (Wales) of a far-right type demanding a pair of Middle Eastern-looking women speak English when in Britain. They were in fact speaking Welsh, the oldest living language spoken in Britain.
minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·28 days agoNot just your parts, that story went round nationally. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-36580448 I thought the actual woman came forward, but I can only find this person’s report, so who knows if he made it up. Still funny though.
minus-squarefpslem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoDifferent than the bus episode, but this one did interview the woman to whom it happened. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/woman-speaking-welsh-to-her-child-told-speak-english-not-foreign-muck_uk_59b67503e4b0b5e531076cbc
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoBut wales is more like middle-western, isn’t it?
Reminds me of the story that goes around these parts (Wales) of a far-right type demanding a pair of Middle Eastern-looking women speak English when in Britain. They were in fact speaking Welsh, the oldest living language spoken in Britain.
Not just your parts, that story went round nationally.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-36580448
I thought the actual woman came forward, but I can only find this person’s report, so who knows if he made it up. Still funny though.
Different than the bus episode, but this one did interview the woman to whom it happened.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/woman-speaking-welsh-to-her-child-told-speak-english-not-foreign-muck_uk_59b67503e4b0b5e531076cbc
But wales is more like middle-western, isn’t it?