//= do_shortcode('[in-content-square]')?>The Daily Mail has attacked the petition calling for non-Welsh place names to be scrapped and described the man behind it as a language extremist. After hitting the new target, he switched it to an official Senedd petition so it would stand a chance of being debated. The Mail piece, written by James Tozer, complains: “All English place names could be erased from Wales under a campaign launched by a language extremist. “However, even without this the Welsh place names have existed for a lot longer than the English versions and there is no justification in saying that it is forcing the Welsh language on people because there is no need to be able to understand the meaning of the place names in order to simply say them. “Many places rightly embrace their Welsh language names, but I do not support change for change’s sake.

Source: Daily Mail April 23, 2023 17:56 UTC