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| Mother teaching Welsh to daughter in Wales told by stranger to stop speaking ‘foreign muck’ | Mother teaching Welsh to daughter in Wales told by stranger to stop speaking ‘foreign muck’ |
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| A mother who was teaching her baby Welsh words in a shop in Wales was furious when she was told to cut out that “foreign muck” and speak English. | A mother who was teaching her baby Welsh words in a shop in Wales was furious when she was told to cut out that “foreign muck” and speak English. |
| Elin Jones was pointing out food on different shelves and explaining to her one-year-old daughter Elena how to say each item in the native tongue. | Elin Jones was pointing out food on different shelves and explaining to her one-year-old daughter Elena how to say each item in the native tongue. |
| But she was shocked when a customer interrupted her and told her the language, which she apparently believed was from abroad, wasn’t welcome. | But she was shocked when a customer interrupted her and told her the language, which she apparently believed was from abroad, wasn’t welcome. |
| Ms Jones, 32, said she tried to educate the woman in the store in Lampeter, Ceredigion that she was speaking Welsh – but the woman “turned on her heels” and walked away. | Ms Jones, 32, said she tried to educate the woman in the store in Lampeter, Ceredigion that she was speaking Welsh – but the woman “turned on her heels” and walked away. |
| Afterwards, she tweeted: “Just got asked by a lady in a shop why I don't speak English and not foreign muck to my baby. I was speaking Welsh. In Wales.” | Afterwards, she tweeted: “Just got asked by a lady in a shop why I don't speak English and not foreign muck to my baby. I was speaking Welsh. In Wales.” |
| She later told WalesOnline: “I think I was pretty calm about the situation to be honest. | She later told WalesOnline: “I think I was pretty calm about the situation to be honest. |
| “I said to her ‘I think you are misunderstood – I am speaking Welsh to my children’. | “I said to her ‘I think you are misunderstood – I am speaking Welsh to my children’. |
| “But she turned on her heels and walked away. She didn’t even try and justify what she had said.” | “But she turned on her heels and walked away. She didn’t even try and justify what she had said.” |
| She added: “Wales and the UK is a multicultural country and I love that about it in general and we should be far more accepting.” | She added: “Wales and the UK is a multicultural country and I love that about it in general and we should be far more accepting.” |
| Ms Jones said her parents made a point of teaching her Welsh as a child and she wanted to pass the language on to her own family. | Ms Jones said her parents made a point of teaching her Welsh as a child and she wanted to pass the language on to her own family. |
| “I have always been in Welsh education and they are always really proud that I speak Welsh,” she said. “I wanted to follow that through in my children too.” | “I have always been in Welsh education and they are always really proud that I speak Welsh,” she said. “I wanted to follow that through in my children too.” |
| Ms Jones' tweet on Saturday was shared more than 2,000 times and given more than 3,500 likes. | Ms Jones' tweet on Saturday was shared more than 2,000 times and given more than 3,500 likes. |
| She said: “It’s gone a bit ridiculous to be honest. I put it on Twitter last night and I checked my account this morning and was a bit shocked! | She said: “It’s gone a bit ridiculous to be honest. I put it on Twitter last night and I checked my account this morning and was a bit shocked! |
| “It’s in a good way though, we should be promoting tolerance towards all.” | “It’s in a good way though, we should be promoting tolerance towards all.” |
| Her shock came weeks after the BBC came under fire after current affairs programme Newsnight hosted a debate on the Welsh language, asking if it was “a help or hindrance to the nation?”. | Her shock came weeks after the BBC came under fire after current affairs programme Newsnight hosted a debate on the Welsh language, asking if it was “a help or hindrance to the nation?”. |
| Critics hit out that the broadcaster showed “a lack of research, lack of suitable guests” and there was a “pattern of belittling and disparaging Wales and the Welsh language by the BBC”. | Critics hit out that the broadcaster showed “a lack of research, lack of suitable guests” and there was a “pattern of belittling and disparaging Wales and the Welsh language by the BBC”. |