I went in for the first time today and found that everyone spoke cymraeg (probably to be expected but I hadn’t thought about it before). I had a lovely chat to an (experienced++) learner.
There is also an exhibition about the Hadron collider this week so well worth a visit if you are around.
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That’s a great idea. Would never have thought of it myself (although I don’t live anywhere near Cardiff, or even in Wales, but even if I did, I might not have thought of it).
I quite often use “mymemory.translated” to try to find meanings of obscure Welsh phrases, and sometimes the hits I get are evidently from the proceedings of the Welsh Assembly. I would imagine it tends to be in formal Welsh, but maybe not always.
Just had a google, as one does, and pleased to find this:
The Senedd is not just a building for Members, it is your building. It is the main public building of the National Assembly, the main centre for democracy and devolution in Wales. It is an open building – a building into which you can walk, have a cup of coffee in the Oriel on the upper level, and go into the public galleries from the Neuadd on the centre level. And it is not just visitors that come here to see and enjoy the Senedd – we have also had performers, singers, exhibitions and all sorts of activities going on here, because it is a public building.
(A bit different to the attitude of “San Steffan” I think).
You can say that again!!! I tried to lobby my MP once, when I lived in London. I think you needed your passport and a letter from the police saying you were an upright citizen!! Whatever you needed, I didn’t get in!!!
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