Let's Stop Pretending that Irish is Alive and Well...

[Anthony1916]

Wish I could speak Irish

[Ireland1985]

Tháinig athbheocaint leis an teanga cúpla bliain ó shin, i mo thuairimse

[Dude1122]

The language is alive aso we make it

[Noeljames]

Of course it's alive, but maybe your not Irish enough.

[Clueless]

It is dead for the most of us!!

[alcatel]

It is dead for the most of us!!

Chuir reiteoir i cluiche peil gaelach cosc ar beirt imreoiri caint as Gaeilge le deanai. Mar sin fuairimid amach go bhfuil destin ag Paul Williams ar an teanga.. Bhi se ag tabhairt amach go leadranach ar an raidio, an maidin seo caite. Mar sin bhi George Hook ag tabhairt tacaiocht, ag cosaint na Gaeilge nios deanai. Leim se ar an 'band wagon', de reir dealramh, gan dabht.,

[FatBastard]

Chuir reiteoir i cluiche peil gaelach cosc ar beirt imreoiri caint as Gaeilge le deanai. Mar sin fuairimid amach go bhfuil destin ag Paul Williams ar an teanga.. Bhi se ag tabhairt amach go leadranach ar an raidio, an maidin seo caite. Mar sin bhi George Hook ag tabhairt tacaiocht, ag cosaint na Gaeilge nios deanai. Leim se ar an 'band wagon', de reir dealramh, gan dabht.,

I always get a kick out of TG4 flat out babbling away then the odd full English word with full English pronunciation in the middle.

I'm afraid my knowledge of the lingo ended when Bosco on Network 2 stopped.

[alcatel]

I always get a kick out of TG4 flat out babbling away then the odd full English word with full English pronunciation in the middle.

I'm afraid my knowledge of the lingo ended when Bosco on Network 2 stopped.

Native speakers in the Gaeltacht do this all the time ie insert English words occasionally. A common thing where languages meet esp if one is more dominant. And esp if the word describes something new for a particular language.
Irish has neologisms for new inventions /technology but native speakers are as likely to use an English word.
Rothar from roth(wheel) - bicycle.
Eitlean, ag eitilt-flying gives aeroplane.
Gluais to move gives gluaistean-car.

Native speakers are more likely to use the English words above rather than the coined Irish words.
Languages borrow from each other.
French has le weekend.
Le parking.
Le camping.

In English, to run amok comes from Malay.
To go berserk comes from old Norse.
Interestingly roth is distantly related to rotate in English. Both descend from a common Indo - European ancestral word.

[bollocks]

Chuir reiteoir i cluiche peil gaelach cosc ar beirt imreoiri caint as Gaeilge le deanai. Mar sin fuairimid amach go bhfuil destin ag Paul Williams ar an teanga.. Bhi se ag tabhairt amach go leadranach ar an raidio, an maidin seo caite. Mar sin bhi George Hook ag tabhairt tacaiocht, ag cosaint na Gaeilge nios deanai. Leim se ar an 'band wagon', de reir dealramh, gan dabht.,

we need a translation. couldnt lern the stuf.

[bedders1]

in my daughters school, they have a lesson in it everyday, not maths or science but oirish!????