P-05-952 Revert to Welsh language spelling of place-names
P-05-952 Revert to Welsh language spelling of place-names
P-05-952 Revert
to Welsh language spelling of place-names
This
petition was submitted by Jonathan Parsons having collected a total of 1,096
signatures.
Text of Petition
Wales has many place names
which have needlessly been Anglicised, and have often been replaced by
Anglicised forms for no good reason. Not only is this disrespectful to Welsh
people and the Welsh language, but the Welsh language is, according to Law,
supposed to be on an equal footing with English in Wales.
Places such as Trevor
(from Welsh Trefor) near Wrexham are not only undermining, but obscure the
etymologies of such names! This is surely unacceptable.
I, and the undersigned,
therefore petition the Welsh Assembly to take action and change these
Anglicised forms of Welsh names – throughout Wales – and restore their original
Welsh spellings. The petition does not go so far as to call for English names
to be abolished where a Welsh name also exists (Caerdydd next to Cardiff, etc).
Status
This petition was
considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 17/11/2020.
The Committee considered
an update on the petition and, in light of all correspondence received to date
and the absence of further recent contact from the petitioner, agreed to close
the petition.
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It was first considered by
the Petitions Committee on 23/06/2020.
Senedd Constituency and
Region
- Clwyd South
- North Wales
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Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 31/03/2020