Is it Welch or Welsh? (the old language from Wales)?
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at
10:25 am
My family originates from Wales and a couple of my relatives pronounce the language that my grandfather and grandmother used sometimes as being "Welch" while one says "Welsh". I just want to be absolutely sure because this is my heritage after all, and it means a lot to me. Someone that is well educated in this language please please help me clear this up. Thank You.
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The word "Welsh" means foreigner. (Old English Wælisc, from Wealh, foreigner. )The Anglo Saxons invaded Britain and contemptuously described its indigenous population as foreigners! Welsh is the correct word for the people and language, but the Royal Welch Fusiliers preserve the archaic spelling "Welch" in their name. They date from a time when spelling was somewhat fluid!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers
My heritage too!
I beleive it’s Welsh.
Its Welsh…not Welch…that’s grape juice.
It’s Welsh. ‘Wel’ as in ‘well’ and ’sh’ as in ‘fish’. Old language? It’s still spoken by huge amounts of people and the amount of speakers is on the rise.
According to the Oxford dictionary of current English the language of the people of Wales is Welsh.
welsh