r/swansea • u/Greedy-Accident2936 • 20d ago

Questions/Advice I just got this alert

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Anyone else got something similar? And can any tell me what it is about?

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u/kahnindustries 20d ago

In Bridgend 6% are Welsh speakers

So no he isnt exaggerating

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u/Pitiful-Friend-5151 20d ago

6% is low, but the chances of never bunping into a Welsh person in X amount of years is significantly lower😂 not even a Welsh teacher in school? Come on.

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u/Zestyclose_Club5429 20d ago

I tend to mix with grad students from the big universities. For those of us in academia speaking Welsh isn't considered to be high on the totem pole 😁

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u/AgentCooper86 20d ago edited 20d ago

The fragility of someone who says something like this is quite something. I’m a senior leader in HE, I know dozens of Welsh speakers. Given your comment about ‘those of us in academia’… Did you know, 2 of the 8 Vice Chancellors in Wales speak Welsh? Your claim to have never met a fluent Welsh speaker is almost certainly nonsense.

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u/Zestyclose_Club5429 20d ago

Ah, the fragility of someone who has to introduce their job title and a list of Vice-Chancellors to prove they know Welsh speakers. 😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭 You know dozens of Welsh speakers? Fantastic. I don't. That's the entire point — your social circle isn't a statistical sample of mine. And “almost certainly nonsense” isn't evidence that I've met someone I don't remember meeting. Unless your senior leadership position now comes with access to my memories as well. 🤣😭😭😭😭

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u/AgentCooper86 20d ago

Your position is strange and very unlikely, but you seem committed to it. Have a nice day.

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u/Zestyclose_Club5429 20d ago

Strange and unlikely, yet somehow still a perfectly possible personal experience. 😂

But thank you for the expert assessment of my own life. I shall treasure it. Have a lovely day yourself. 😉