a culture which has as much - if not more - to offer than their Anglo Saxon/Norman melange...
Plainly ridiculous. Examine just the "English language" literature in the 950 or so years since our language became Anglo-Norman and stack it up against the whole history of Welsh.
you have to wonder how Welsh would have developed without the English border and political influence
Only if you like to indulge in counterfactual speculation. The contest to determine the world's lingua franca has been settled, with English as the victor.
Plainly ridiculous. Examine just the "English language" literature in the 950 or so years since our language became Anglo-Norman and stack it up against the whole history of Welsh.
Only if you like to indulge in counterfactual speculation. The contest to determine the world's lingua franca has been settled, with English as the victor.