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"Bant â'r cart ar unwaith"

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By: Byn (Bynbrynman)Tavarn Ty Elise
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Apparently I've upset somebody; if "Bant 'r cart ar unwaith' is directed at me, it must be for pointing out that no English man previous to the Act of Union of 1707 would have referred to himself as British. 'British' is a Welsh word which historically applies to the people of the Western sea-board from Glasgow in Strathclyde down through Cumbria, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany and eventually Bretona in Galicia. This is an historical criticism of present Welsh people refusing to admit that they are British, giving over the term to the English, as in the French context, when in fact the reverse is true. I am speaking about history and common modern terminology and not racial politics which abhors me: thank you!P.S. I think we generally use 'Gweler' and not 'gweld'.