Welsh wedding invitation.

[Spikeyplant]

Just as it says in the title really.

My DH has a significantly younger relative who is getting married this summer. We have just received an invitation to the wedding, written entirely in Welsh. Neither DH or I speak Welsh and the bride and groom are well aware of this.

I am totally cool with somebody who grew up in a Welsh first language family wanting to celebrate their wedding in their language. However I can't help feeling it is a bit rude to send out invitations in a language many guests can't understand without even a short note in a mutually spoken language.

AIBU?

[cardibach]

welshweasel I was that non-Welsh speaking (single) parent of a child in Welsh medium education. My Ddad was a first language Welsh speaker, so I had/have a positive view of the language, but I couldn't help DD as I only knew. Few words (I've learned more since). She went into Y1 and by Y2 she was winning Welsh poetry competitions I the school eisteddfod. She has learned both French and Mandarin since and I'm sure her bilingualism has helped.
Welsh medium education for very young children is ace. Older ones can have issues, but it can still work.

[AntigoneJones]

" . As a Welsh speaker I can even pick out people using English words but having a conversation in Welsh, so I'll hear someone say sori instead of sorry or saying the word just in the middle of a phrase and be able to tell they're speaking Welsh whereas some non-Welsh speakers might need to hear quite a few full sentences to realise. "

well, that is not brain surgery is it?

[Gwenhwyfar]

"well, that is not brain surgery is it?"

What a strange comment. Did I say it was brain surgery? What I'm saying is that some non-Welsh speakers can't do this. They won't realise a conversation is in Welsh until they're closer to the group of speakers and I think it accounts for some of those people who say they 'never' hear Welsh in certain places. I hear Welsh almost every weekend in Cardiff and some people say they NEVER hear it. Either those people are lying or they're just not picking up on it.