Talk:Caernarfonshire
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Wasn't the county almost always referred to as Caernarvonshire? I thought it was only in the last couple of decades that the switch to Cymricised spellings took place?
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- Caernarvonshire is a redirect to this page. The very first sentence states "Caernarfonshire, also known as Carnarvonshire"! :) Owain 09:30, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- No need to tell me what I already know. :-) Now, anyone know the answer to my questions?
- Caernarvonshire is a redirect to this page. The very first sentence states "Caernarfonshire, also known as Carnarvonshire"! :) Owain 09:30, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- I always find it difficult to understand some people's attitude towards Welsh. The English name "Caernarfonshire" / "Caernarvonshire" / "Carnarvonshire" is derived from the Welsh place name "Caernarfon". So what's this "Cymricised spellings" supposed to mean? Surely it's the other way round, "Caernarvon" being the Anglicised spelling of Caernarfon. It seems a general policy on most wiki pages to respect the original native names of people and places, even to the extent of providing them in Chinese or Persian characters. That's fine by me. Why should Welsh be the exception to this rule? For centuries the name has been "Sir Gaernarfon" in the native language of Wales, and remains so today. If there is an argument for redirecting this page anywhere logically it should be to "Sir Gaernarfon". People entering the anglicised spelling in Search would still find it. Enaidmawr 01:18, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
