Tuesday 29 September 2015

Bilingual anthem for a bilingual nation

"I am Welsh, I do not speak Cymraeg. I do not need to speak Cymraeg to be Welsh." Whistleblow3r 2011

Wales is bilingual. There are two official languages in Wales, yes, that's right, two official languages as decreed by "Welsh Law".

The anthem, the national anthem is monolingual. Yes it is sung in only one language. The lyrics were written in 1856 when Wales was quite simply a different place. In 1905 it was sung at a sporting event.

Now Wales is bilingual it is high time a new anthem was constructed to reflect the people of Wales and from Wales in the 21st century because:

"Bilingual anthem for a bilingual Wales, anything else is oppression" (Whistleblow3r 2015)

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