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Not that long ago, Welsh seemed like a doomed language. Now it's being used by hip-hoppers, bloggers, even Big Brother contestants such as Imogen and Glyn. Jude Rogers explains what went right

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"Welsh is British!" Glyn told Y Brawd Mawr (that's Big Brother to you). His supporters hearheared, praising the language used regularly by 20% of the principality's population. The usual parade of politicians and nationalists banged their gongs for the language they call Cymraeg, and recalled the bad old days of the late 19th century, when children who spoke Welsh in schools had to wear a piece of wood called the "Welsh not" around their necks, and the one who wore it at the end of the day would get a thrashing from the teacher.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1803165,00.html