Saunders Lewis
Hwn ydi'r unfed mis ar ddeg yr wyf wedi bod yn sgrifennu fy mlog 'Pysgota Siarcod yng Nghymru' y rhan fwyaf ohono fo yn Saesneg oherwydd fod canran uchel o fy ffrindiau yn uniaith Saesneg. Mi addysgwyd fi yn Saesneg ond mi rydw i yn Gymro Cymraeg! Dim Cymro Cymraeg cyffredin efallai os oes yna fath beth. Ni hoffwn uniaethu gydag un diwylliant yn ormodol oherwydd hawdd fod yn ddall i'r diwylliant a diwydiant hwnnw. Dwi'n ofni fod yr Iaith Cymraeg wedi troi yn ddiwydiant gyda S4C ac yr Eisteddfod. Os ydi'r rhain mor llwyddiannus sut fod yna gostyngiad yn y niferoedd sydd yn siarad Cymraeg. Ydi llai o bobol sydd yn medru'r iaith yn trosglwyddo fo i'w ei phlant? Mae Sioni Bob Ochor fel fi wedi hen arfer a bod yn 'Chameleon Cymraeg' yn deud wrth bobol beth mae eisiau clywed. Y wen ffals wedi saernïo ar fy wyneb. Faswn ddim yn synnu fod y sefyllfa ieithyddol yma sydd wedi bod efo fi ers y groth yn debyg i 19 y cant o boblogaeth, Cymru wedi cyfrannu i'r Anhwylder Dau Begwn sydd da fi. Yn debyg i'r Brodorion Cynhenid yr Unol Daleithiau rydym yn teimlo fod ein hawliau wedi cael ei chymryd oddi wrthym. Fel sawl un arall dwi wedi cymryd y sefyllfa yma, tranc yr Iaith mewn i fy enaid ac ni allaf fwynhau bellach y ddiod feddwol oherwydd bod o'n wneud fi'n teimlo mor uffernol o wael ac yn euog fy mod ddim yn wneud digon dros yr Iaith. Oni bai am gefni ar y diwylliant Eingl Americanaidd sydd o gwmpas ni a mynd i fyw mewn Ogof yn Eryri beth allwn wneud fel unigolyn i newid y trai. Dwi wedi dysgu Cymraeg i oedolion yn wirfoddol heb fawr o lwyddiant a heb ddim cymwysterau dysgu priodol. Dwi wedi protestio a dwi wedi cael fy arestio. Dwi wedi ennill bywoliaeth trwy fy ngallu i siarad Cymraeg. Y Cyngor ydi defnyddio'r Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol neu anghymdeithasol fel y tybiwn ond os ydych ffrindiau chi neu ran go helaeth ohonyn nhw ddim yn siarad Cymraeg cyfieithu amdani ac efalla dangos pa mor bwysig ydi'r iaith iddyn nhw. Dwi'n hoffi sgrifennu ac mi fyddai yn cario blaen i sgrifennu yn fy mratiaith unigryw a duw a gwaredu unrhyw Nazi ieithyddol fydd yn cywiro yn gyhoeddus fel gwnaeth un actor o Gwm Tawe ar Weithdai yn HTV ers llawer dydd. Fel crwtyn ysgol dwi ddim yn cofio siarad Saesneg ar yr iard oherwydd fy mod wedi boddi mewn mor o Gymreictod yn Ysgol Bodhyfryd, Wrecsam o bob man ond wedyn cael fy symud i ysgol Saesneg gyda naws a diwylliant dosbarth canol. Collwyd fy Nghymraeg a'r werin yn saith oed. Dwi'n ceisio ail etifeddu nhw. Edrychwch ar y blwch yma!
"Is the situation hopeless? Yes of course, if we accept the situation.' There's nothing in the world more comfortable than despair. Then a man can go on to enjoy living."
Saunders Lewis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language
Saunders Lewis
This is the eleventh month I have been writing my blog 'Shark Fishing in Wales', most of it in English because a high percentage of my friends speak English only or are not Welsh speakers. I was educated through the medium of English but I'm a Welsh speaker! No common Welshman maybe, if there is such a thing. I would not like to identify with one culture in excess because you can be easily blinded to that culture and industry. I'm afraid that the Welsh language has turned into an industry with S4C and the Eisteddfod. A Competitive Industry. If they are so successful, how come there is a reduction in the numbers who speak Welsh? Are fewer people who can speak the language giving it to their children ? Every Side's Johnny (Sioni Bob Ochr) like me, a 'Chameleon Welshman' telling people what they want to hear, when they want to hear it. The fake smile frozen on my face. I would not be surprised that the linguistic situation here which has been with me since birth is similar to the 19 per cent of the population has contributed to the Bipolar Disorder. Similar to the Indigenous Natives of the United States we feel that our rights have been taken away from us. It creates a split personality. Like many others, I've taken this position, the demise of the language into my soul and I can not enjoy alcoholic drinks because my guilt and self esteem make me feel so bad and guilty that I am not doing enough for the Language. I become morose on alcohol. Without shying away from the culture around us and its Anglo American attitudes and falling short of going to live in a cave in Snowdonia what can we do as individuals to change the tide. I've taught Welsh voluntarily with little success to adult learners, with no qualifications to do this responsible position. I've protested and I've been arrested. I earned a living through my ability to speak Welsh. The sage advice from above is use Social Media or unsociable as I think they are but if your friends or quite a significant part of them do not speak Welsh what then? I like writing and I have decided to carry on to write in my unique slang and piss off you language nazis such as one actor from the Swansea Valley on a Workshop at HTV a long time ago who made a very public play of correcting every word I wrote in Welsh. As a school boy I do not remember speaking English in the yard because I was drowned in the sea of Welsh at Ysgol Bodhyfryd, Wrexham of all places, but then being moved to an English medium school with the tone and culture of the middle class. My Welsh language and link to the people was lost at seven. I'm trying to re-inherit them. Watch this space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language
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