For while a goodly portion of the Welsh population can and do converse in Welsh, the majority have absolutely no idea of the language at all.
The PP is vehemently opposed to the idea, and the colourful language of Spanish ministers on the issue in recent weeks shows they are nowhere near a position where they might consider sitting down for talks.
Earlier this week, consulting firm Marbridge in Beijing said that Baidu was toying with the idea of buying an English language search engine.
The epic idea of the Oxford English Dictionary--to find every word in the English language--was typical of the Victorian era, a time when dazzling inventions and seemingly impossible projects were pursued.
His idea carries the quixotic whiff of Esperanto, the international language that failed to become mainstream.
Executive producer Alison Dorricott came up with the idea of translating the series, originally commissioned by the BBC in 2002, into Manx while attending a language course ran by Mr Caine.
To be sure, Mr Powell couched the idea in vague and conditional language, and quickly added that no system of oversight could be put in place without the agreement of both sides.
Backers of the idea say that Louisiana, New Mexico and Hawaii all had to deal with language issues, and managed it.
This gives an idea of the power available to anyone who wished to develop something like a translator for sign language, or a way of studying motion to develop physical therapy strategies.
Part of the idea is to have people "right in the community" who can cut through language and cultural barriers, said Donna Frescatore, executive director of the New York State Health Benefit Exchange.
The legislation endorsed by three House committees includes language allowing a modest expansion of the co-op experiment, and the idea has broader support in the Senate, where an effort to get a more centrist bill out of the Finance Committee will take on added urgency after Labor Day.
"There is an official language in the middle of all this... and it's a good idea to learn it, " Mr Hodgkinson insisted.
Illiterate Idea One of the goofiest, most destructive educational fads of recent times has been the so-called Whole Language method of teaching kids to read.
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