The Irish Language- An Gaeilge

[Westsidex]

no its not bullshit seriously I went to an all Irish speaking primary school fellas then in secondary school were too busy asking me to write them essays(for money) etc rather than listening believe me I know
I was a star pupil....

for me it was a case of if those that value it dont take it seriously so neither will i ,so i didnt. I passed all my Irish because of the determination to prove them wrong. I actually did great considering i had nobody but myself to teach it and i had zero interest in it. Now i hate it and i hate the ppl that shove it down ppls throats.

I have no respect for it,
Westside.

[luther]

Luther u got belted because of who u are nothing to do with u being thick...

And lazy too, or so they told me.............

[luther]

for me it was a case of if those that value it dont take it seriously so neither will i ,so i didnt. I passed all my Irish because of the determination to prove them wrong. I actually did great considering i had nobody but myself to teach it and i had zero interest in it. Now i hate it and i hate the ppl that shove it down ppls throats.

I have no respect for it,
Westside.

I blame Lisbon..........

[cartman]

you superannuated bleep bleep !

bet you wouldent walk down the street in limerick....waving that....you bleep bleep west brit langer....take you brit loving ...and your butchers apron....and stick it up your hole....u fucking hun.....the most hated flag on the planet...a symbol of death and hated by everone who see it fly.............the butchers apron



Moderator's Comment: Less abuse please cartman, and make your mind up as to whether Alec is a west brit or a hun....they are not the same.

[thehighwayman]

I don't understand why students from Dublin are sent to the gaeltacht areas to learn Irish. They don't have any excuse for not having good Irish. Irish has been taught in all schools in the country since they were infants. Maybe it's an excuse for a holiday and they have good Irish anyhow.

[capt.pugwash]

bet you wouldent walk down the street in limerick....waving that....you bleep bleep west brit langer....take you brit loving ...and your butchers apron....and stick it up your hole....u fucking hun.....the most hated flag on the planet...a symbol of death and hated by everone who see it fly.............the butchers apron

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Yaaarrr , I am sorry you feel so intimidated by superiority Eric , but take heart that counselling
for an inferiority complex is available in Cork.
Thanks for flying the Union flag in your posting , its very humble of you.
Have a nice evening.

[cartman]

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Yaaarrr , I am sorry you feel so intimidated by superiority Eric , but take heart that counselling
for an inferiority complex is available in Cork.
Thanks for flying the Union flag in your posting , its very humble of you.
Have a nice evening.

yyaarrr.....you be a right langer...captain dickhead

[capt.pugwash]

yyaarrr.....you be a right langer...captain dickhead

Yaaarrr , congratulations Eric, that was your post No.100
you have been busy of late

[adder]

Yaaarrr, sorry I am a bit anti Gaelige but Westies experience of it sums it up for me.
School hours are short enough for this to be a statutory subject.
The other issue I laugh at is whomever is responsible for keeping it live and creating
new translated words is somewhat lacking in originality.---- eg --
CUP OF TEA = CUPAN TAE
CONDOM = CONDAM
AIRPORT = AERFORT
HELICOPTER = HEILEACAPTAR
FFS , and that was just the first few words I looked up.
An awful lot of Irish people I talk to are struggling with the Prime language let alone
learning Irish.
My maths teacher used to say --- Pytagoras`s Teorem

You should try those words in French or Spanish

French
tasse de thé
préservatif
aéroport
hélicoptère

Spanish
taza de té
preservativo
aeropuerto
helicóptero

Not exactly the most inventive words in the world. Even without knowing the languages, you can see where the words came from.
None of those words are native to the language.
All languages have to adapt to new words.


FWIW, I'm all for keeping the language. I know it was beaten into us as kids, but it would be crying shame to lose it. It's part of our heritage.

[El Gordo]

So far, "something to be proud of" is clearly in the lead. Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way, but why would I feel proud? I know a few languages, some better than others, but I don't think I've ever felt pride in any of them. After all, I've never contributed anything to any of them. I only feel proud of things I've done, and not many of those.