On call ... busy line to see the doctor of language

IT’S almost as difficult to arrange a consultation with a linguistic ‘doctor’ as a medical one.

- By ERYL CRUMP

People are queueing up to see the Doctor Cymraeg on the National Eisteddfod Maes for “prescriptions” on how to deal with any difficulties they may have encountered in learning Welsh.

Doctor Cymraeg, aka Stephen Rule, from Leeswood near Mold is passionate about helping people at all levels, shed their inhibitions about speaking it.

"They ask if I have said something correctly, in the right manner, or should they just not even try?" he said "and I try to help and encourage them."

Stephen offers a variety of resources for Welsh learners. On social media websites as Doctor Cymraeg, he has almost 75,000 followers from all over the world, with more discovering his entertaining style every day.