I wish he'd have the balls to state the obvious, that the issue is ENGLISH MIGRANTS coming to Wales and not respecting out language and place names. It's not Welsh people making these name changes....

Brilliant video!!! We keep our Welsh Place Names, reverse the English versions by reinstating the old Welsh Names. Not only have we lost much of our history, we have an untold history until Alan Wilson and Baram Blackett.

I cannot believe anyone would think it ok to change the original and ancient names of places in Wales. I'm Australian but my Grt Grt Grandfather was from Drefach in SW Wales and his son, James travelled to Australia in 1859. I'm very proud of my Welsh heritage and I hope the language & place names are never changed. It would be a travesty.

Its actually a form of cultural vandalism to replace welsh names with english

What ! So are they going to change the names in France or Germany, their names are just as difficult ! Stupid Government.

On the topic of *Llyn Bochlwyd* being called _Australia Lake:_ I don't mind places having optional English names for English speakers. It doesn't matter whether they call it *Bannau Brycheiniog* or the _Brecon Beacons,_ in the same way _Cardiff_ and _Swansea_ are called *Caerdydd* and *Abertawe,* respectively. They have a Welsh name and an English name. Fine. However, what were they thinking by calling it _Australia Lake?_ If they wanted an English name for their travel guides and for the tourists, why not call it _"Grey Cheek Lake?"_ That is an honest translation and will still entice people to ask for the story behind that name.

First we have to stop referring to ourselves as Welsh and saying we are from Wales. These words are English words. Short of us using the words Cymru and Cymro we should at least start calling ourselves British. Our main problem is we have no knowledge of self - it has been taken away from us through centuries of English cultural propaganda and brain- washing. How much Welsh history and culture did we leatn in school? Basically we learned English history and most Welsh people think being Welsh is wearing a leek or daffodil on St David's Day. We have had devolution for years now but not a finger has been lifted to change anything.

100% ....hey, why does Jordan Henderson from Sunderland sound like this man's Welsh accent? a bit anyway...

My last name is Welsh so I agree 💯.

Mewn geiriau Ralph Waldo Emerson, awdur, athronydd: Language is the archive of history.

Activists needing to change names in Wales starting with angelsey back to yns Mon can't wait for Wales as cymru as that is not Wales that what English called it ? More or not some activists will tell me I'm wrong

keep the original names

A all unrhyw un ddweud wrthyf beth yw enw "The Hague" neu "Delft" yn Gymraeg?

Keep the names! Keep your heritage! Don't let the English disturb it anymore. This, is worth fighting for!

I’m from llandudno … I moved away when I was 16 .!… this just made me book a flight for GO HOME XX

My ancestors were from Wales, England and Ireland, inter-married, mixed marriages (Catholic and Protestant) and love the culture! I have tried to learn, but it's hard for my mind to retain unless submerged in it!! Thinking Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic need preservation, too!!

Continued colonisation by the English is killing Cymru....

Should be in Welsh with foot note to how to say understand meaning we love to tell stories in Wales it's hospitable as maybe fixings were.beware we fight for our heritage.😊

I do not agree with the changes. I believe Wales should stand its ground on this matter. Our heritage, including original place names, should remain unchanged. It's a matter of respect.

I am a Welch, I agree forever with you. Bless you. I am going to learn some of the languages a little at a time. 🙏

Ll means Cl sound correct? Im welsh ancestry but never was taught.

I would love to have welsh names in England and corrected translations in Wales. I want to see more of England and Wales accepting each other’s culture more.

Unacceptable, sacrilege to cater to the English and give up our own especially since our names are so descriptive and tied to our topography and history.

I find that other cultures have respect for the welsh language except for some English people. whenever I have heard someone belittling the welsh language (and other languages), it has been from an English person. Pure hypocrisy and ignorance from (probably) the worlds youngest-language speakers

Port a potty is still going strong

Even if you cannot pronounce the Welsh names. Why is there not a simple story on a plaque under the names of places. The Welsh is translated to English on all Road signs, having a plaque near towns , villages, places of interest, would give everyone who visited a short history of the place.

I am partly Welsh and fondly remember visiting relatives in Northern Wales as a child. Though I have never lived in Wales, I loved it there. If you loose your language you loose your culture and become a footnote to history. Keep the Welsh, teach the Welsh... heck why not require bilingualism! Here in Canada everything is in French and English for that reason.

Would be heartbreaking and an embarrassing loss for the world, if the Welsh language was lost like this. Stand up and fight back Wales!

I’m an American who has Welsh blood in my veins. I’m very proud of my heritage and hope Wales keeps her identity intact.

I am Canadian of Welsh descent, I am on a journey to learn more about my family roots in the UK. and beyond

Cwm Cneifion. Koom kinavion is not difficult to pronounce and means something like fleece valley, either because the rocks look somewhat like tufts of wool or because shearing was carried out there. Cwm survives in many English names as comb, combe, coombe.

I am a brazilian guy passionate about Cymru and Cymraeg. One of the most fascinating and beautiful stories among any other nation. A rich and living heritage that needs to be held, must be saved. Love you guys, keep your story and your beautiful language with all the pride you have. Every place in your land is a bless. Greetings from Brazil

Please DON'T let it happen!! Keep the storied names at all cost. Too bad if visitors cannot pronounce the names, our world is training us to be so lazy and to forget how to think. I look forward to my first visit in a month and am working on the vowels first.

Just north of the town of Usk in Monmouthshire, near the Usk/Abergavenny road, property developers established a small, up-market, rural housing development, which is overlooked by a wooded hill. At the entrance to this community, the newly installed, perhaps aspirational, middle class residents placed a sign. It said, "Woody Grove, formerly known as Coed yr Allt" Welsh history wiped out by snobbery and ignorance.

So sad, The only thing I can think of Is to get like-minded welsh persons to make YT vids on. About Just like you did from all over Wales. Especially with persons who can pronounce it as opposed to an English saying it. Then there's teamspeck or discord for persons wanting to speak it And you could live; stream it. rope, string bay be damaned. Hope the cable gets washed out to sea

As long as y’all have name signs with pronunciations, I’m cool with it. Greetings from Louisiana, USA!

Diolch yn fawr! I love Cymru and Cymrae. I tried my best when I was there. Fascinated by the sound of it

Please don't use the words "Welsh" or "Wales" these are also English names. Cymru & Cymraeg please.

Changing those names is incredibly sad to me. (Welsh ancestry Gwalthmai/Gwartney) Language learner.

Diolch Tudur. Sgwn i a ydi pethau wedi gwella ers i ti recordio hwn. Porth Dinllaen yn Porth Dylan erbyn hyn gan bobol ddiog ddi Gymraeg. Dinas Dinlle yn ei llorio'n llwyr 🙄🙄

Do not give up your amazing history. Resist and fight.

No matter how hard it is to pronounce the name's in Welsh I still have a go at my native language Evan though I get laft at sometimes Never give up our true language 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Loved hearing the place names. Keep fighting

Irish been putting up with shit like this forever to lad.

I live in a settlement at the edge of the Great North Wood. It was called Pen Coed. The English occupied it centuries ago, like before A.D. 1000. Not knowing that the original name meant "the head of the wood", they mangled it initially into Penceat which eventually became Penge. It's located in that part of Prydain now called South East London.

A friend of mine from Swansea told me she was once asked by some American tourists how to get to "Why Strangle Alice". She worked out that they meant Ystradgynlais

Learn Welsh pronunciations. The tutorials are on KZbin

Same like Hawaiian name places , the ancient name of places tell the story , but more and more as American s move here and take away sand dunes ( Pu’uone) and remove old trails”ala” these places lose what our ancestors left

Welsh is beautiful. The stories are even more beautiful. Keep the Welsh names and if English speakers can’t pronounce them, they can learn the actual translations and use those.

The British have been taking away your names, your language, your religion, your land, your freedom, your culture, and your weapons to defend those things since their arrival. They did the same to your cousins the Scottish and the Irish. Then they moved onto other shores and did the same. Not a conspiracy theory, its history. Take your history back or you will have no future.