On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:45:32 +0100, Gareth Morgan <morgangareth36@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hello Josephine > How many people do you hear speaking the language. Hi Peter, I heard it just now. I went to investigate and found Ian watching the S4C television programmme, Wedi Saith (After Seven). It's not one of his usual programmes, but he told me that there was nothing else worth watching. > My gran used to like to linger at a corner (too old for anybody to take > notice a little old lady) to listen to who was speaking what. She was > always surprised at how many people would be speaking Welsh. I've found, from experience, that you have to be careful about what you say in Welsh, especially in England because there are more Welsh speakers out there than you may think. Some years ago, I was at some locks in the Midlands. I asked Ian something in Welsh and a voice from a canalside shed answered me in Welsh!:-) Ian and I only speak Welsh together, now, as we are not as fluent as we were years ago, but if there is an opportunity I will have a Welsh conversation with anyone when I am out and about. I watched a number of programmes in Welsh over the winter because they are very interesting, even if I don't understand every word, which is said. I particularly like the humorous programmes. There's nothing like Welsh humour and a bit of 'hwyl':-) Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah The Glamorganshire Canal www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com