[SWLUG] Eisteddfod

[Neil Jones]

On Friday 11 June 2004 19:52, justin at discordia.org.uk wrote:
> On 11 Jun, Peter (dsl) wrote:
> > Since the National Eisteddfod is going to be in Newport (Gwent) this
> > year, I wondered if anyone had considered doing some evangelising?
>
> A curious choice of venue, as being born and raised in Newport, and
> despite being taught a (very) little amount of it in school, i always
> had the impression that welsh as a first (or any) language was pretty
> much non existant in that area.
>

You are right Justin. There is very little welsh spoken in that part of the 
world. I think they are trying to evangelise a little.

During the First World War one of the National Eisteddfods was held in 
Birkenhead and that is in  England!

Incidentally Peter's intial idea was quite a good one. The Eisteddfod is a 
good idea for a place to promote the new Welsh Linux stuff. Though from what 
I have heard the Cymrux distro is still rather beta-ish.




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