Changing Names

[Daisy]

It takes some time to get used to anywhere or anything that changes from a well-known name to a new one and none more so than the decision by various Welsh national parks, beauty spots and landmarks. They're now know not by the familiar Snowdonia National Park, for example but by their Welsh language names.

So Snowdonia National Park is now officially Yr Wyddfa, and Snowdonia as Eryri, while the Brecon Beacon have dropped their English name in favour of Bannau Brycheiniog.

I can't imagine what our sat nav will make of these changes because it already struggles with Abergele.

[Gemini]

Oh good grief!!

[Oma]

Can’t see the point after all this time changing them to names unless your Welsh you can’t pronounce .

Stupid as far as I’m 🙁

[Plantaholic]

I suppose it is the welsh trying to hang on to their identity

[Grauntie Mag]

I agree with all of you. Can’t see us changing anytime soon, with the best will in the world I can’t pronounce any of the Welsh names!

[Nanto2girls]

I can't say the names either. As Plant, probably trying to hold on to their identity.

[Daisy]

My post might have been a bit misleading. The Welsh names for those places have always existed, but only alongside the English. Now they are being used instead of the English. I suppose that's fair enough. We probably wouldn't want say to change the name of London to the French "Londres"

I had to check with OH, but Yr Wyddfa is fairly easy to say -Uhr/with/va. Eryri - something like Er/ruh/re. I gave up on Bannau Brycheiniog!

[Gemini]

Driving around Wales there have always been road signs in both Welsh and English, including those painted on the road!

I wonder if this means that now they will be in Welsh only for those places?

[Daisy]

I wondered that, too, Gem. If so, there's a very good chance of us getting lost!