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Originally Posted by Hom3r
Many years ago (70s) we went to Anglesey, we popped in to a small shop, a couple were in there speaking Welsh, they stopped when we walked in and then carried on speaking in Welsh, although we didn't speak Welsh we could tell they were talking about us.
We did our shop and approached the till, after 5 minutes of stand there my dad said "sod this let's go elsewhere" and plonked the basket on the side and started to leave the owner said in English "You can't leave that there".
My just said "watch me" as we walked out.
I do also remember that during that 2 weeks it rained only 3 times, Morning, Noon and night.
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In 2001 I was in London and the woman I was seeing suggested we stop off at this pub. I went to bar and when I ordered drink 2 guys next to me said “FFS get back down the mines”.
Boring, we’ve all heard stories like that.
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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
I expected this from someone.
Here is the difference
Almost everyone in Wales speaks English so why force some to learn Welsh
Almost everyone in England speaks English so to just get by in society they need to learn some.
your point holds as much water as Henry's bucket
It is not lost on me that English is more of an international language of trade and commerce which does as a nation makes us lazy in the art of picking up other languages
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So I assume you’re against expecting someone to learn new skills to a required level when they start a new job?