Tesco sorry for putting up Welsh bilingual signs in Cornwall
Campaigners say they appreciate attempt to use Cornish but mistake points to need for more access to languageShoppers in Cornwall could have been forgiven for feeling bemused after a supermarket put up bilingual signs – in Welsh.A branch of Tesco in Helston – about 200 miles from south Wales by...
<p>Campaigners say they appreciate attempt to use Cornish but mistake points to need for more access to language</p><p>Shoppers in Cornwall could have been forgiven for feeling bemused after a supermarket put up bilingual signs – in Welsh.</p><p>A branch of Tesco in Helston – about 200 miles from south Wales by road – pointed shoppers towards pysgod, which is Welsh, not Cornish, for fish. It also labelled sweet potato as tatws melys – again Welsh instead of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/15/cornish-clung-on-as-living-language-beyond-dolly-pentreath-says-writer">Cornish</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/04/tesco-sorry-for-putting-up-welsh-bilingual-signs-in-cornwall">Continue reading...</a>
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