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Perhaps we ought to start a new thread for that one :o

It is, and fair play to them for having a go!

I'd imagine most people when arriving at Ibiza airport can barely see anything at all, so well done! :D It's just an interesting angle (I thought so anyway!), I wonder how many tourists arriving in Wales know of the increasingly widespread use of the Welsh language? I don't doubt that they...

The recent new mainline stock I've travelled on positively immerses the listener in a vast array of talk, about all sorts of things. Transec is in there of course, places with noteworty platform gaps, and so on. It would be refreshing indeed if the SW Metro manages to do without! I'm genuinely...

Not an issue at all. It's nice hearing announcements in a second langauge when you're travelling through Wales, certainly makes a change. Everyone else manages to skip Wales? Bit harsh.

Well, perhaps, but I have to say I fail to see why it would be obvious to say a Japanese tourist for example, that Caerdydd Canolog means the same thing as Cardiff Central. Why would they know that instinctively? Anyhow, not a massively important debate!

Well, if the Underground can manage it... What does the legislation say though, that's the overriding factor of course. Is audible as well as visual mandatory?

Well, then I can only apologise that the debate has offended you, not the intention.

Why is it obvious? To somebody who speaks neither Welsh nor English?

I usually match up place names to maps, literature, and so on. This is usually an easy process, but that's based on places having a single, clearly identifiable name in a single language, which is replicated in whatever guides etc I might be using. I presume, however, that something like a...

Well, yes, except that in England you aren't left wondering why everywhere appears to have two names! Do the Welsh authorities make efforts to promote to foreign visitors their policy of bilingual signage, to assist them in navigating the public transport network and so on? That would of course...

That'll be fun, then. Might need a 'quiet coach'! Does Welsh law mandate that English is required, or could they get away with just the Welsh?

There is a massive difference between what gets announced on Guard-operated Sprinters and what people have to listen to when the computers take over! As regards the places names, if you spoke neither English nor Welsh I can only imagine it must be a nightmare!

There is a difference between having an opinion on something and feeling personally affected by it! Here we are again on a discussion forum getting tetchy at people for discussing things! :D It doesn't bother me overly, but people will often comment on something if they think it daft or don't...

A cyclist going at warp speed will do a fair bit of damage to whatever they collide with (as well as to themselves, of course!), particularly if you have a modern car made out of papier mache and bubbles that like to cost a fortune to repair at every opportunity! They'll do even more damage if...