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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Tesco sorry for putting up Welsh bilingual signs in Cornwall

Welsh signs in Cornish Tesco
Tesco has since apologised for the error. Photograph: DimmocksKen/X

Shoppers 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 road – pointed shoppers towards pysgod, which is Welsh, not Cornish, for fish. It also labelled sweet potato as tatws melys – again Welsh instead of Cornish.

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