This argument began in good humour.
On close inspection, Big3's question about the Welsh language included a tongue in cheek reference to Elvin.
addidsss's response was also along the same vein.
However, it soon became obvious that a nerve had been touched.
If I was American, the constant references to 'our' ignorance would irritate me also.
As does the average American's knowledge of European and other cultures, irritates me.
And last time I looked, knowledge and intelligence were two different things.
Does it make a person ignorant and stupid, if they don't know that the Welsh language, is an actual working language and not some garbled dialect from a Tolkien novel?
If I was Welsh would that bother me? Probably.
Does it really matter? Not really.
Would it make me intelligent if I said that there are more Welsh speaking people living in Argentina, than there are in Wales?
Intelligent, no. Knowledgeable, yes.
Would it make the average Welsh person, stupid and ignorant for not knowing that fact, (which I guarantee they won't.)
Nope.
But should we care?
I think we should. It makes life far more interesting.
And Urban...is that band really made up of Welsh speaking furry animals?
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