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My mother vividly remembers a boy being beaten at school for speaking Welsh in the 1930s. Her mother's first language was Welsh but she only spoke English at home, she was terrified of the beating - I could speak more Welsh than my mother.

It's the Avenue de Clichy in Merthyr, not rue - Rue de Clichy would be Heol Clichy in Welsh...

Not quite true. Adder. corgi and dad are all of Welsh origin but it's true that English borrows little from Welsh. When I was younger I spent a few school holidays around Merthyr where my family is from - I never heard Welsh spoken at all. But I've been back a few times recently, mainly for...