How Embarrassing For Us!!!

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Jonny68

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I dunno if anyone on here will actually give a fcuk but if you want check this video you wont understand it (i don't understand most of it either:oops:) it's in Irish language(some of it is in English towards the end) basically what it is this Irish guy who's obviously not from Dublin my guess is he is from Galways in the West Of Ireland as he is fluent in Irish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HIj3rylH1o


Anyway he treks around Dublin on a summers day asking people directions,etc,etc in Irish language and basically no one can understand what he is saying, some people look at him like he's a nutter, he goes into cafes,shops,etc and almost no one can understand what he is saying.

This is all highly embarrassing for us, you might not be aware but Irish is actually the national language of Ireland but about 3% of people in the country speak it regularly and most, myself included can only say the occasional word in Irish(Gaelige) but cant hold a conversation.

I remember in school it was never really pushed on us and we just didn't bother learning it and it's an absolute shame and highly embarrassing we cannot speak our national language, i could go into history about the British forcing us to speak English centuries ago but there's no point it's the present that matters.

I'm seriously going to go to Irish lessons this year even if i can't speak it fluently i want to be able to go to certain parts of Ireland which are Irish speaking and hold a conversation..

Right rant over sorry nobody probably gives a toss but i had to get that off my chest:lol:
 
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I thought this was going to be a radio recording of the last Man Utd game.

Well, apparently it was Man Utd. They were definitely playing Man City anyway...
 
Jonny68 said:
I dunno if anyone on here will actually give a fcuk but if you want check this video you wont understand it (i don't understand most of it either:oops:) it's in Irish language(some of it is in English towards the end) basically what it is this Irish guy who's obviously not from Dublin my guess is he is from Galways in the West Of Ireland as he is fluent in Irish.
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sounds like he's got a donegal twang to me.
 
Ma Buckley is from Connemara (West of Ireland, County Galway as per Monsieur 68's post) and speaks fluent Gaelic. Pa Buckley is from Limerick and doesn't understand a word of it. He gets annoyed when she talks to her sisters in 'that f-ing chinese' again.

I remember that they used to incentive parents to get kids to gaelic lessons. Don't know if they still do.

Gaelic was, of course, brought to the world's attention when Ali G asked, 'gay-lick? Is it a batty language?'

That is all.
 
I’m from Dublin and also can’t speak Irish.. I know a few words like yourself but that’s it.. I find it so strange that we were all taught Irish for our whole schooling life and none of us can speak it. It is very embarrassing.

After watching the Wind that shakes the barley this weekend it made me proud to be Irish and it really made me want to learn the Irish Language all over again and shames me that I cant speak a word. :cry:
 
summer06 said:
I’m from Dublin and also can’t speak Irish.. I know a few words like yourself but that’s it.. I find it so strange that we were all taught Irish for our whole schooling life and none of us can speak it. It is very embarrassing.

After watching the Wind that shakes the barley this weekend it made me proud to be Irish and it really made me want to learn the Irish Language all over again and shames me that I cant speak a word. :cry:
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For Spotlighters who want to hear what it sounds like. I'm guessing the audio works but I can't try it in this office.

http://www.ibiblio.org/gaelic/canan.html

Us plastics all know how to say 'shut the door', 'milk', 'sugar' and 'kiss my arse' in Gaelic and nothing else, for some reason:lol:
 
grego said:
galway city (renmore) altho my grandma was born in waterford.
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Never spent much time near the city bar the odd trip to the fair at Salthill. Ma B's from a Lettermullen, a little island miles up the coast of Connemara.

I must go back. Bar a trip to price some work I haven't been to Galway for 17 years.
 
I'm catalan, it's my mother language, altho I'm 100% bilingual. I think in catalan and in spanish, I dream in catalan and in spanish (sometimes I do dream in english and used to dream in french), I can hold a conversation talking in spanish and catalan at the same time. I am proud of being catalan and I'm proud of being bilingual.
The problem we have here in catalunya is that we are usually too kind and we swap into spanish asap someone asks in spanish, even if this other person understands or speaks catalan. We also have the problem of the inmigration, lots of people coming from South America (spanish speakers) don't consider the need of learning catalan, same with inmigrants coming from other parts of the country, you can find people who have spent here 40 years and are unable to say a work in catalan, while my japaness cousin (boyfriend of my cousin) is fluent in catalan and spanish after three years living in BCN :roll:

Anyway, I think that a language that has survived 1500 years it's worth to be preserved, it's part of your culture, your tradition and your country and it helps to create a national identity.

Go for it, as the saying says... knowledge is free ;)
 
silvia said:
I'm catalan, it's my mother language, altho I'm 100% bilingual. I think in catalan and in spanish, I dream in catalan and in spanish (sometimes I do dream in english and used to dream in french), I can hold a conversation talking in spanish and catalan at the same time. I am proud of being catalan and I'm proud of being bilingual.
The problem we have here in catalunya is that we are usually too kind and we swap into spanish asap someone asks in spanish, even if this other person understands or speaks catalan. We also have the problem of the inmigration, lots of people coming from South America (spanish speakers) don't consider the need of learning catalan, same with inmigrants coming from other parts of the country, you can find people who have spent here 40 years and are unable to say a work in catalan, while my japaness cousin (boyfriend of my cousin) is fluent in catalan and spanish after three years living in BCN :roll:

Anyway, I think that a language that has survived 1500 years it's worth to be preserved, it's part of your culture, your tradition and your country and it helps to create a national identity.

Go for it, as the saying says... knowledge is free ;)
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:D :D :D :D estic d'acord del tot sil:D :D :D :D
 
My family are from Finglass (sp?) in Dublin and are easily understandable thank God. Although my mum's ex-husband was from Galway and us kids could only understand the last word of any sentence he spoke - when he was p*ssed it was even worse :lol: :lol:
 
Buckley said:
Which is almost to the letter what I'd predicted you'd posted when I saw you'd posted in this thread.:lol:
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Haha. The eagled eyed amongst you will spot how similar Irish and Gaelic languages are the the South African dialect.

Well, they are when I converse in them. Almost interchangeable. So they are.
 
silvia said:
I'm catalan, it's my mother language, altho I'm 100% bilingual. I think in catalan and in spanish, I dream in catalan and in spanish (sometimes I do dream in english and used to dream in french), I can hold a conversation talking in spanish and catalan at the same time. I am proud of being catalan and I'm proud of being bilingual.
The problem we have here in catalunya is that we are usually too kind and we swap into spanish asap someone asks in spanish, even if this other person understands or speaks catalan. We also have the problem of the inmigration, lots of people coming from South America (spanish speakers) don't consider the need of learning catalan, same with inmigrants coming from other parts of the country, you can find people who have spent here 40 years and are unable to say a work in catalan, while my japaness cousin (boyfriend of my cousin) is fluent in catalan and spanish after three years living in BCN :roll:

Anyway, I think that a language that has survived 1500 years it's worth to be preserved, it's part of your culture, your tradition and your country and it helps to create a national identity.

Go for it, as the saying says... knowledge is free ;)
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Fair play to you Silvia for speaking your own language and for being multilingual, my ex lives in Barcelona and i think she can speak Catalan as well, is there much difference in Spanish and Catalan language?

To me it seems similar but then again what would i know i can only speak a few words of Spanish :oops::lol:
 
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