Summary

Tom Law, the author of “Cachau Bant: Mind Your Language”, and who is Welsh, invites the readers to imagine what would happen if the English language was to disappear. Law states that people cannot really imagine it, as English is among the top three dominant languages of the world. For English speakers, the complaints of a small Welsh community that wants bilingual signs on his shop are unimportant and even hilarious. Law invites readers to imagine that Germany becomes a dominant power in a Euro state and that, to progress, people are forced to learn German.

Law’s comparison is meant to suggest how England has slowly but steadily encompassed Wales and the Welsh language; today, less than 20 percent of people now living in Wales can speak flu...