WELSH speakers slipping English into their speech should not feel guilty because it keeps the language alive, language campaigners and academics said yesterday.
Fears that Welsh is being watered down by English are unfounded, they said.
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“People sometimes see language as set in stone, but no language stays the same.”
Hywel Griffiths, chairman of Welsh language campaign group Cymdeithas Yr Iaith Gymraeg, agreed. He said any attempts to speak Welsh, however pidgin, were to be welcomed and pointed out that both languages borrowed from each other.
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