Druid 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Nov 17, 2022
I just dipped into Twitter to read the fantastic news that the Snowdonia National Park Authority has voted to use the original Welsh names Yr Wyddfa #YrWyddfa and #Eryri rather than the imposed English #Snowdon and #Snowdonia. It's a massive win for reclaiming our #Welsh cultural heritage. I honestly can't believe the amount of hatred, abuse and racism in the Twitter comments from English people. I've no idea why they are so angry that another country wants to use its own language. #Cymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Show threadSue ArcherNov 17, 2022

@druid I think there are many reasons why some English people are so opposed to multilingualism (in any other language). Paranoia (they're talking about me), jealousy (they're doing something I can't), fear (I don't understand), controlfreakery (they should just use English) and snobbishness (English is used worldwide, why would anyone need another language). Any one person can have one or many of these feelings.

Fortunately, we're not all like that!

Show threadSteve BNov 17, 2022
@suearcher @druid It really is the tiny minority that are like that. But they are the ones who shout the loudest, or at all.
Show threadDruid 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Nov 17, 2022
@Steveb @suearcher I really hope so Steve. One look at Twitter and you're left feeling like it's the entire country. I think Twitter probably tends to attract the shouty types so looks worse than it really is.
Show threadSue Archer

@druid @Steveb I think it's a similar principle to the way bad news travels fast or how we are more likely to complain about a bad experience (eg, in a shop) than share a good one. The bad is always louder, unless we make a big effort to drown it out.

Also, nice people don't like to shout, because we're brought up to see it as brash or rude. Nasty people don't care.

Nov 17, 2022 at 9:18amWeb
Show threadPaul H 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊNov 17, 2022
@suearcher @druid @Steveb
The late, great Terry Pratchett speculated how useful rumour and gossip would be if it could be modulated with the truth