P-05-952 Revert to Welsh language spelling of place-names

P-05-952 Revert to Welsh language spelling of place-names

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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Wales has many place names which have needlessly been Anglicised, and have often been replaced by Anglicised forms for no good reason.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.

 

Full details of the consideration of this petitions by the committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.

It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 23/06/2020.

 

 

Senedd Constituency and Region

  • Clwyd South
  • North Wales

 

Further information

         

 

Business type: Petition

Reason considered: Senedd Business;

Status: Complete

First published: 31/03/2020