David Bircumshaw wrote:
<But any honest response to Welsh culture today has to compare it with that
of Scotland or Ireland now and I'm afraid the comparison is not favourable.>
Why?
And what would be "honest" about a response that compared Welsh culture with
those of two other countries with two different native languages, neither of
which is Welsh?
With all due respect, David, the only possible basis for a comparison among
Wales, Scotland, and Ireland (the South, presumably) is the perspective of
the has-been colonial power common to the histories of all three--a vantage
point you might be said to occupy geographically, but which hardly seems
consistent with the stances you usually take here politically.
So, what gives? I wonder, after having followed this exchange between you
and Matthew for the last couple of days, if it hasn't really moved beyond
the issue of useage (i.e., "provincial").
Bemusedly,
Candice
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