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Side note: A couple of years ago I found myself working with a Welsh engineer who told me he learned English first as a teenager. Still almost can't believe it
by reitanqild 12y ago
Side note: A couple of years ago I found myself working with a Welsh engineer who told me he learned English first as a teenager. Still almost can't believe it but he was very serious about it.
- redacted 12y agoIn Ireland, we have the Gaeltacht [1], which are areas where Irish is the primary language. I know a couple of older people who grew up in a Gaeltacht and only learned English in school, never using it at home. This would be much less likely nowadays, hard to avoid English on the Internet etc [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaeltacht http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaeltacht
- panglott 12y agoWelsh is less geographically concentrated, but is more spoken in the west and north. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language#/media/File:Welsh_speakers_in_the_2011_census.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language#/media/File:Wel...