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I remember that advert! Traveling abroad is obviously something i enjoy but since i've started to read more about Welsh history it's given me more of a desire to explore my own country as it's got a lot to offer especially castles and historical buildings!
Roger scullys polls always seem to underplay the support for independence pretty sure his last poll said 14%, i believe the method is different to others. Other polls without the don't knows taken out put support for independence at 28%. What is interesting though is that the pro indy party polls at 23% but the pro abolish at 7%. The leader of AWAP was on TV and asked if Wales was a country and took a while to admit it was but only as part of the UK and then was asked to name a country without a Parliament and couldn't. Wales is definitely polarising but in general support for self government for Wales outmatches any desire to essentially go back to be being part of England politically. The next 5 years will be an interesting period in Welsh history especially if we get a Plaid Cymru government or Plaid in government, i'll admit the first is unlikely, the second is probably the most likeliest which would give the independence movement access to the civil service to start laying the ground work for independence.
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Those are their names but obviously with a lot of places in Wales they have been anglicised. I think the motion was either rejected or differed for now but i do believe there is a petition in progress to get it changed. Welsh is part of the culture and heritage of Wales and Yr Wyddfa and Eryri is one of Cymru most prominent landmarks and has a lot of historical significance as well. I think it will take time but i do see the Welsh names becoming prominent again. Will cities like Cardiff, Newport, Swansea etc change to the Welsh translation? I doubt it very much but Ynys Mon could become more prominent than Anglesey and could i see say Cymru being used in the future instead of Wales? Yes. I've noticed on the motorway signs on the M4 for the directions to the Senedd that the English translation says Senedd Cymru and not Welsh Parliament and i can see things like that happening more. I think it'll be an evolution thing rather than a revolution though. I believe something similar is happening in New Zealand where the Maori names for places even the country are becoming more prominent.
Yes it does mean Severn Sea and that name was used pre Tudor times instead of Bristol Channel but interestingly it doesn't actually go up to Bristol itself as from roughly Cardiff onwards that is classed as the Severn Estuary.
The name of London is interesting as the city was setup by the Romans with Londinium being it's original name would be interesting to know how it morphed into Llundain in Welsh/Brythonic and Caer Odor sounds more Welsh so could be close to it's original name maybe pre Saxon times? I get the feeling though that we won't start calling English cities by their Welsh names or England Lloegyr which i believe means lost lands as it was originally the name for the lands taken over by the Saxons.
Yes, the Bristol Channel begins along a line between Lavernock Point near Penarth and Sand Point just north of Weston-super-Mare.
London was originally Caer Ludd in Welsh (The Fort or Stronghold of Ludd). One explanation is that the name emanated from Lud who was a king of Britain in pre-Roman times.
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40 minutes to fly between Cardiff and Edinburgh?Wales isn't easy to get around without a car!
Welsh election: 'Visiting Edinburgh is easier than much of Wales'
Call for better transport links in Wales, with Cardiff to Snowdonia described as "near impossible".
Must be one hell hell of a tail wind! Usually takes about an hour.
Is it likely to be an absolute majority?
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