Pourquoi apprendre L'americain?
"Why learn American? is the surprising message on the front of a t-shirt seen in Brittany today. The back gives the real message:
Perak deckin americaneg?
Warc-hoazhe vo konzet
BREZHONEG
gant ar bed a-beth.
The full French message is:
Pourqui apprendre L'amercain?
Demain la monde entier
parlera Breton.
Why learn American ?
Tomorrow the whole world will speak Breton.
Pride in the Breton language has come a long way since the Breton Sabot was used to beat the children out of speaking their mother tongue. School notices read ; Defense de cracher; defense de parler Breton" Don't spit: don't speak Breton. In Franco's Spain streets signs read 'Don't speak the language of dogs." but it was in catalan that bullfighting was banned in Catalonia. Welsh is doing well soon.
We live in an age of enlightenment for minority language.