{"id":212320,"date":"2014-05-09T07:35:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T07:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/05\/09\/lardypoison-deactivated20150405-speak-your-own\/"},"modified":"2018-09-20T14:49:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T14:49:14","slug":"lardypoison-deactivated20150405-speak-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/05\/09\/lardypoison-deactivated20150405-speak-your-own\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-212320 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/05\/09\/lardypoison-deactivated20150405-speak-your-own\/attachment\/212321\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_n57wzbwN1Z1qe2gmfo1_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_n57wzbwN1Z1qe2gmfo1_1280-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_n57wzbwN1Z1qe2gmfo1_1280-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/lardypoison-deactivated20150405.tumblr.com\/post\/85042733314\" target=\"_blank\">lardypoison-deactivated20150405<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>SPEAK YOUR OWN LANGUAGE DAY<\/p>\n<p>during the 19th century in britain, there were many stereotypes about welsh people. they were considered lawless, violent, and stupid.<\/p>\n<p>these stereotypes existed as a result of social unrest in the country. people were rioting, fighting and protesting, usually against general poverty and corporate greed.<\/p>\n<p>many believed the welsh were like this because of their poor education, so,\u00a0in March of1846, william williams, the MP for coventry, called for an inquiry into the state of education in wales, in england\u2019s house of commons.<\/p>\n<p>this resulted in three english noblemen,\u00a0r. r. w. lingen, jellynger c. symons and h. r. vaughan johnson, visiting the country, taking notes commentaries and statistics on the overall quality of life and education in wales, including religion and moral standing, in what were called \u201cthe blue books\u201d. these books caused great agitation to the welsh people, who considered them to be \u201ctreacherous\u201d. a\u00a0representative\u00a0for the\u00a0national library of wales stated that \u201cas a result of the \u2018treachery of the blue books\u2019 the welsh people began to harbour a complex about their image in the face of the world, and the influence of the report has not completely waned even to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>soon, the welsh language was stigmatised even by its own people, and the \u201cwe;sh not\u201d was put into use. the welsh not was a piece of wood with the words \u201cwelsh not\u201d or \u201cw.n\u201d written upon it, and placed on a piece of string like a necklace. any child in school caught speaking welsh would have to wear the welsh not, and pass it to the next student caught speaking welsh, until the end of the day. the child wearing it at the end of the day would be severely punished,\u00a0usually\u00a0with a cane.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lardypoison-deactivated20150405: SPEAK YOUR OWN LANGUAGE DAY during the 19th century in britain, there were many stereotypes about welsh people. they were considered lawless, violent, and stupid. these stereotypes existed as a result of social unrest in the country. people were rioting, fighting and protesting, usually against general poverty and corporate greed. many believed the welsh &hellip; 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