I’ve just read an article by a British person claiming Welsh is backwards and insignificant. How its use is as pointless as the people who use it. Nice, huh?

Well if this person is allowed to denounce the indigenous rites of an ancient people, I’m certainly allowed to denounce his or her freedom to use the following terms of Welsh (and / or Brythonic) origin:

Adder

Avon

Bard

Bow

Calendar

Cawl

Coombe

Corgi

Coracle

Crag

Crockery

Cromlech

Crumpet

Dad

Druid

Flannel

Flummery

Gull

Hog

Iron

Kistvaen

Lawn

Lech

Penguin

Tor

Tref

Wrasse

Through research, this was the list I comprised. I’m sure there are many more.

I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m guessing that the writer of the aforementioned anti-Welsh article isn’t best keen on any of the other indigenous Celtic languages either?

So, once again as a proud learner of all Celtic languages, here’s a few words of Gaelic (Irish, Scottish Gaelic and / or Manx) origin too…. for which I denounce the article’s author’s use:

Banshee

Bog

Boreen

Boycott

Brat

Brogues

Brogue

Clabber / Clauber

Clock

Colleen

Corrie

Craic

Cross

Drum(lin)

Drisheen

Dulse

Esker

Fenian

Fiacre

Gallowglass

Gob

Griskin

Hooligan

Hubbub

Keening

Kibosh / Kybosh

Leprechaun

Limerick

Lough

Phoney

Poteen

Shanty

Shamrock

Slew

Slob

Slogan

Smidgen

Smithereens

Tilly

Tory

Turlogh

Whisky / Whiskey

Go leor = Enough / Plenty [in English as [galore’]

Is maith sin = That’s good [in English as ‘smashing’]

Slán = Goodbye [in English as ‘so long’]

Daor = expensive, costly [in English as ‘dear’]

• Most terms found using Wikipædia. Links are below:

English terms of Irish origin

English terms of Scottish Gaelic origin

English terms of Welsh origin

• You may also find interest (or not) in reading this BBC article. It seems even our wonderful, unbiased, monopolistic media service can overlook how much the ancient Celtic languages have shaped the British isles.

In the 1930s, the BBC were placed on record as wishing the death of these islands’ ancient languages. The Celtic people who pay for the BBC are still awaiting an apology.

It’s almost as if they don’t want people to know that the Celts are still around. Who’d have guessed?

🙂