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@TheFactCompiler

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Can someone explain why the BBC insists on calling Bombay - Mumbai, when it doesn't call Swansea - Aberdare?

4:19AM Wed, July 28 2010

@cbuchanancubed London

perhaps its because they are 2 separate towns! I think you mean Abertawe

4:27AM Wed, July 28 2010

@TheFactCompiler

Bu88er! Stand corrected but same question

4:28AM Wed, July 28 2010

@tonyveitchUK UK

Swansea and mumbles apology.

4:30AM Wed, July 28 2010

@pipsrailway the UK

Depends if we like the govt or not. We like India, so it's Mumbai not Bombay. We don't like Burma so Rangoon not Yangon

4:33AM Wed, July 28 2010

@TheFactCompiler

Ah-ha. So we hate the WAG and don't recognise it?

4:34AM Wed, July 28 2010

@TheFactCompiler

Nice reference to 'world's first railway'!

4:35AM Wed, July 28 2010

@cbuchanancubed London

@pipsrailway more likely reason is that virtually no one in Abertawe speaks Welsh but we do use Llanelli & not Llanelly

4:36AM Wed, July 28 2010

@pipsrailway the UK

You may use that - to me it's "Welsh place with lots of L's" :P (I jest of course)

4:38AM Wed, July 28 2010

What do BBC Welsh language programmes call Swansea, I wonder?

5:40AM Wed, July 28 2010

Well, you better find out in S4C. :)

5:44AM Wed, July 28 2010

BBC gives S4C programmes for free IIRC, and I suspect they all use Welsh place names, even like London, Liverpool and so on…

5:45AM Wed, July 28 2010

@TheFactCompiler

Well as no one apparently watches S4C I suppose they can call it anything they like - http://bit.ly/b5mbzo

5:45AM Wed, July 28 2010

problem is twofold: 1) most of South Wales rather watch C4 than S4C even to the pt of point aerials to English transmitters

5:48AM Wed, July 28 2010

2) Since digital, C4’s been more readily available than it used to be, & not many really want to watch TV in Welsh.

5:49AM Wed, July 28 2010

@politic_animal

Don't know re Swansea, but having sat at the back of some Welsh language political interviews, they do call London 'Llundain'.

5:49AM Wed, July 28 2010

@TheFactCompiler

I think your making that up. Either that or it's just their accents.

5:51AM Wed, July 28 2010

Welsh speaking politicians are usually quite proud of their Welsh speaking abilities so would use Welsh as most as they can

5:54AM Wed, July 28 2010

@TheFactCompiler

Still doesn't explain why we don't refer to Swansea as Abertare.

5:56AM Wed, July 28 2010

@politic_animal

I can assure you I'm not. In one of the interviews, Manceinion was mentioned as well.

5:56AM Wed, July 28 2010

@politic_animal

Try working for one who is first language Welsh. They don't take much pride in their English-speaking abilities...

5:58AM Wed, July 28 2010

Because Abertawe is NOT the English name of the city, whilst Mumbai is what’s it’s called officially (w/lots of grumbling)

5:58AM Wed, July 28 2010

@TheFactCompiler

Is there a list of comedy celtic names for English places anywhere?

5:58AM Wed, July 28 2010

Welsh, unlike Irish, has still got quite a lot of 1st lang speakers who only learn English at school…

6:00AM Wed, July 28 2010

@politic_animal

Here: http://is.gd/dOi3f It's a good guide to where used to be important. Winchester gets a Welsh name, for example.

6:02AM Wed, July 28 2010

@duffielddan ÜT: 52.980898,-...

something to do with end of empire...perhaps when Wales is granted independence...?

8:17AM Wed, July 28 2010

@TheFactCompiler

Where's the fire?

8:18AM Wed, July 28 2010

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