Jamz3k

I just took a wee trip to Londonderry today working and noticed a hell of alot of Gaelic writing under English signs plus some Gaelic only signs and as much as i'm a live and let live person What the **** is the reason for having any signs in Gaelic? its a dead language which no one uses!

I was asked did i want to learn it back in Secondary school and i thought the same then, why should i was 3/4years of my life using a language which isn't even used in its own country? least the French speak French!

Best of all, is that when visiting the loo there sign above the door(quite high up) had Gents Toilets with it in Braille underneath, i fooking couldn't help giggling

Simon C

Gaelic isn't dead, and there is a very big resurgance in native languages.

Welsh is a gaelic varient, and that is live and kicking.

Jamz3k

do u believe that it benifits anyone to have to learn it at school?

yoza

Hate the stuff....fcukin stinks...

Keep vampires away though.

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

i have to seriously dissagree tbh mate . alot of my family speak Gaelic and are proud of the language and its heratage and it is still spoken in alot of ireland . maybe not the part of ireland that has been robbed by you know who !

for example!
lets say the spanish come over here and take over the bottom half of england and change the languge to spanish . would u speak spanish or fight to keep your english heratage . think of it like that . something to think about eh!!

just my bit . id like to see it happen over here to see how u like it !


its bollox

scubbay

iTrader: (61)

Remove the blinkers Jamez. There are other cultures as well as your own.

Jamz3k

thus why i posted this, to get others opinions

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

some people **** me right off . if u dont like it move over to the uk ffs



its one thing that really riles me

Jamz3k

To be honest i've lived in norn iron all my life and don't know a single person who speaks or uses Gaelic thats why i think its odd and sin

Jamz3k

Its not that i don't like it, i just don't see the reason for it.

Bubba po

Northern Ireland is IN the U.K., FFS.

Bubba po

If you were selling someone a car and they suddenly started jabbering in Gaelic to their companions, would you terminate the negotiations?

Jamz3k

I'd be more worried about their life being terminated where i live

bpm1588

sounds like you live in a nice place

Jamz3k

its a local place for local people

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

FUNNY THAT ! seeing its on a completely different island !

Bubba po

Yeah. Not as far away as the Falklands, mind.

Do you say "Haitch", or "Aitch", by the way?

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

*** i say ****

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

or **** off o.o.m.f.c.u.c

Diesel

Massively. Being bilingual is like going down the language gym. It one of the most complex thing humans learn and it stuns me the competence of my trilingual 5 year old. Those brain cells are definitely well active - even doing 10 words in Greek on hols. |It was so intuitive & natural. More IS more

Grassy ***.

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urban

iTrader: (1)

Ahem.
Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jim bob - I know a few people, so stop stirring

Diesel

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LOL - or as they say over there pogue mahon - kiss my @rs!

bigsinky

as far as i am aware the UK includes Northern Ireland. this is an example of the sorts of things that makes the world think that people from ireland are stupid bog trotters. at least get yer facts straight before speaking.

As for irish, i would have loved to learn irish at school, but coming from the "protestant" side of the fence that was a no no back then. the irish heritage is immense, the irish mythos is second to none. the celts have a long and varied history, pre christian era.

try The Ulster Cycle and The Táin

urban

iTrader: (1)

Ahem again
Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jamz3k

With Ireland being a small wee island and not having a great export market would it not be more benifical to learn a different language at school other that Gaelic. I learnt French and although it has been of little use i think it has been of more use than learning Gaelic would have been.

urban

iTrader: (1)

I think Spanish should replace French to be honest.

Nobody like the French anyway sure.

Jamz3k

thats cus they are Garlic Lovin' Surrender Monkeys. Anyways we'll probably all be speaking Russian soon

Diesel

I understand the logic mate, but my experience says otherwise - the more languages you learn as a nipper, the easier you pick up other languages when you are older. They don't teach kids Mandarin at 4 years old (maybe they should?) but they do teach locally relevant languages (inc ones in ascendancy) that have long had cultural relevance to national heritage. Claw it back then learn how to say 'many thanks for placing your order' in Hindi

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fivetide

iTrader: (1)

No offence but this is utter clap trap. Like Scotland many people speak English because it is a universal language.

They've decided its easier and more modern than Gaelicn as many inventions have a English name anyway so it is easier. The only way things could be different is if things were like Holland.

The Dutch kn ow their language is a nightmare. no one makes films in it so they all speak English (brilliantly) with a slight US accent.

As for the Spanish... colonisation and language change was their big thing!!!! They were well known for killing off local populations while they did it too.... here's a list for you! Continents, Countries and Capital cities.

Europe
Spain - Madrid

Central America
Guatemala - Guatemala City
Honduras - Tegucigalpa
El Salvador - San Salvador
Nicaragua - Managua
Costa Rica - San José
Panama - Panama City

Carribean
Cuba - Havana
Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo
Puerto Rico - San Juan
North America
Mexico - Mexico City

South America
Venezuela - Caracas
Colombia - Bogotá
Ecuador - Quito
Peru - Lima
Bolivia - La Paz
Paraguay - Asunción
Chile - Santiago
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Uruguay - Montevideo

Africa
Equatorial Guinea - Malabo

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