It’s high time Snowdon was reclaimed from the English and referred to only as Yr Wyddfa
The Welshness of Wales is being diluted by the Anglicising of place names. It s driving a dagger through the heart of my language
Snowdonia National Park
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Picture the scene – a tourist stood at the base of Yr Wyddfa checking Google Maps, turning to their hiking partner and saying: “This isn’t Snowdon, Dave. We’ve come to the wrong mountain.”
I do subscribe to the view that you shouldn’t change a name for the sake of it. But this isn’t changing a name.
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