English Paranoia
It never ceases to amaze me how that particular urban myth pervades.
I’m an Englishman through and through but I’m married to a (North) Welsh Girl.
Since I have spent many happy years in the company of her and her family I can tell you quite categorically that their speaking Welsh is not for the benefit of English tourists. It is their language. It should come as no more of a surprise than Frenchmen speaking French or Germans speaking German.
Honestly I sometimes whince at the crap that my (English) countrymen come out with.
BV