Mewn erthygl yn yr Economist dadlir peth cwbl naturiol yw safle Saesneg fel iaith byd-eang. Dw i erioed wedi gweld gwell enghraifft o ffrwynau dall hanesyddol ynglyn â goruchafiaieth ieithyddol.

Dengys trafodaeth Metafilter bod llawer o bobl yn cytuno â honiadau’r erthygl, hyd yn oed os ydyn nhw’n meddwl bod hi’n drueni. Fe’m hatgoffwyd o darn gan Fishman:

It is in the very nature of mainstream life to be unknowingly provincial and self-centered (while ascribing such traits only to others, who are outside the mainstream), and, there, to interact primarily with its own members, or with former Xmen¹ who have opted to become Ymen² (or, at best, with self-styled Xmen-via-Yish) and, therefore, to be unfamiliar with or even totally ignorant of the Xmen-via-Xish pro-RLS views of and aspirations³. The first step along the long road to changing the views of Ymen (and of many, many Xmen too) is, therefore, an essentially permanent public information and education campaign…

1. Cymry, yn ein cydestun.
2. ‘Prydeinwyr’, Saesneg ei hiaith.
3. Ni wnaeth bodoliaeth Cymdeithas yr Iaith unrhyw argraff ar fy rhieni nes imi sôn amdani eleni – maen nhw’n byw yng Nghymru ers hanner canrif.