Does it make you feel like a foreigner in your own country?
I'm Welsh but like many of my countrymen I don't speak the language. I don't come from a Welsh speaking area of Wales, my parents didn't speak it and my school didn't teach it (The Welsh Language Act came in too late for me. I had pretty much finished school by the time they made it a compulsory subject).
And I can't get an official job because of this! I'm a Welsh History Graduate but can't get a job working in Welsh History because I'm not bi-lingual!
Even if I went to night school to learn, I doubt I'd ever become bi-lingual. How can you learn a language to the extent of being bilingual when you're an adult? And don't really have anyone to practice with? Noone in my family or friends circle speaks Welsh either, and my BF is English so he sure as heck doesn't - he knows less than I do!
2006-10-27
11:39:02
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