Israel Lai

Obviously, but there's also the aspect of language and we can see this affects Brits as well: having the world Lingua Franca as your native language is NOT good for you!

In order to understand UK politics in 2026 you must realise that a plumber & plasterer doesn't represent the interests of the working class because she is left-wing but a wealthy broadcaster & former academic does represent the interests of the working class because he is right-wing. Hope this helps

I love how English uses so many synonyms of "vote" whereas #Welsh is just like eh...a vote is a vote

🗳️ voting station
🗳️ voting card
🗳️ voting booth
🗳️ voting paper
🗳️ voting box

The best thing to come out of this ordeal is that I've been called a "popular" creator by news outlets and even the radio

Fair point. But hopefully things are looking up for other minorities as well, with more awareness being raised and more being done. We can only wait and see (and maybe advocate, I suppose haha). Suas leis a' Ghàidhlig

How naïve of me to think it's become easier just because they added an easy tick box to request a test...

YouTube video by Rhapsody in Lingo About the Welsh Citizenship Test Situation...

I have been following @israellai.bsky.social 's journey to Learning Welsh. Now he wants to do the British Citizenship Test in Welsh, which seems to be quite difficult: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYFu...
#Welsh #Wales #LearningWelsh

@tldrnews.bsky.social oops :p

Why did my brain just hear "darling hold my hand" and go "get more with Super Duolingo"

jesus, nation dot cymru be giving me jumpscares

As long as they're not the ones tortured, enslaved or imprisoned....no of COURSE it'll never happen to them, they're too pale for that.

Every time I attempt to fill in a form from certain *ahem lloyds bank ahem* websites

#nationality

Welsh and Irish youth showcase power of cultural, linguistic and musical connections Members of Welsh youth organisation Urdd Gobaith Cymru and Irish youth project TG Lurgan have joined forces again to break down language barriers and continue building relationships between both commu...

Members of Welsh and Irish youth organisations have joined forces once again to break down language barriers through music and continue building relationships between both Celtic communities

Education Minister cut Māori words from future junior books, documents reveal The near-total ban was driven by concern it would be confusing for children learning to read English, documents show.

This is assimilation era pedagogy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Kinda interesting how Ryan Reynolds got Netflix to put Welsh subs on his random-ass films

But couldn't get Disney to put Welsh subs on his documentary about Wrexham

#wrexham #wrecsam #cymru #cymraeg #wales #welsh

Fellas you really gotta sort this thing out between yourselves

#irish #scottish #scottishgaelic #gàidhlig #gaeilge

YouTube video by S4C Ydw i’n ddigon Cymreig i fod yn yr Eisteddfod? | Am I Welsh Enough? | Israel Lai | Steddfod 2025

You'll probably need a VPN but:

youtu.be/_O5PY45z-Bg?...

YouTube video by Rhapsody in Lingo I'm taking the UK citizenship test in Welsh

But why?
Can Welsh people pass the test themselves?
youtu.be/5Y_dN7grdgg

I'm taking the citizenship test in Welsh.
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Is it out of spite? Maybe.

#eisteddfod #cymraeg #cymru #welsh #wales #citizenship #ukcitizenship

I loved it ❤️

YouTube video by JimmyTheGiant Why the UK Can’t Build Anything Anymore

Ah yes, I needed my daily dose of British hopelessness and depression

youtu.be/83eQcOWWqj8

#uk #infrastructure #trains #housing

Unfortunately I don't speak a language that is very niche but still big enough for YouTube to support it, so it'll have to be Swedish.

I've decided to change the language of my YouTube account, so that hopefully they'll stop pushing the crap auto dubs on me.

If my language is niche enough, they probably don't have a dubbed track ready for me.

And it's not like they've started making changes to the bus routes (yet). It's the same routes that were there before the bee network was a thing.

arghhhh why is manchester such a bizarre part of the UK where I feel somewhat positive about the future?!

this place is a dump but it's also a weirdly nice dump

Couldn't they just keep the codepoint and (slowly) fix the fonts?

Having been in an academic community for the past decade, I can say that in terms of things like spelling, I trust the average non-native speaker a lot more than the average native speaker.

Bro just felt creative, didn't expect linguists and computer nerds in the future to squabble over his lil cute drawing

The crazy thing is not that they exist, but that they all MADE IT INTO UNICODE

YouTube video by Rhapsody in Lingo 🤫 Hongkongers Speak 8 Languages with NO ACCENT AT ALL(?)

youtu.be/b7ewXwvUFAc