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   From: Féach@d.óir   
      
   Scríobh Derek Geldard :   
   >On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:46:42 GMT, "ARWadsworth"   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>> I once knew a cat that spoke Welsh, and wouldn't respond to English.   
   >>>   
   >>> Owain   
   >>   
   >>My ex wife is from Slovakia and on one trip to Slovakia she spoke to her   
   >>Mum's dog in English and wondered why it would not sit. She had no idea what   
   >>she had done.   
   >>   
   >>I also know a Welshman that speaks English perfectly well and will not   
   >>respond to English.   
   >   
   >I used to do servicing work at the Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station.   
   >   
   >My English colleagues used to say that the barmaids at the local pub   
   >always switched to talking in Welsh as soon as they entered. I noticed   
   >that as well.   
      
   How do you know what language you were speaking before you arrived?   
      
   >However, I had worked night shifts at a TV station when OU programmes   
   >teaching the Welsh Language went out. It soon became clear to me that   
   >they were discussing the fact that "someone" was pinching the toilet   
   >rolls out of the "ladies", and it wasn't the Saesnegs {sassonachs}   
   >that were the prime suspects, not the men at any rate.   
   >   
   >DG   
      
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