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notpropaganda73
Liam Brady Joined: 17 Feb 2016 Location: Donegal Status: Offline Points: 1053 |
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I think the attitudes to our language are disappointing, especially in the 26. Living in Belfast I have to say there is, funnily enough, a bit less baggage in terms of speaking it. Of course it's used as a political football up here and all those connotations come with it, but I find the Irish speaking community in the North to be a lot more confident and self assured with the language than we ever were growing up or at college at home. In fairness I know of loads of great work both north and south goes on, mostly off people's own back and grá for the language. There's a good solid group of bilingual people now in their 20s and 30s that will hopefully bring it on a bit further. Plenty to be optimistic about I think. I found this an interesting read from the head of TG4: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/tg4-s-alan-esslemont-we-should-have-equal-status-with-rt%C3%A9-if-irish-is-to-flourish-1.4713265 |
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Het-field
Roy Keane By Appointment to His Majesty The King Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Status: Offline Points: 10655 |
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Encouraging conversational Irish would make such a difference. I think the saddest thing is that there are folks who like to refer to it as a dead language and are almost willing further decline. I absolutely agree about changing the way it is approached in schools, but the language lives, and there is a far greater proficiency than people know.
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Donegalman
Liam Brady Joined: 16 Jun 2015 Location: Donegal Status: Offline Points: 1650 |
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Very true, most people are simply afraid to speak it. It’s always great to see people make an effort and most fluent speakers will try encourage you instead of critiquing you. Being from a Gaeltacht area I always took the language for granted as would have spoken it in the house when we were younger. But have huge respect for anyone trying to make an effort.
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Het-field
Roy Keane By Appointment to His Majesty The King Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Status: Offline Points: 10655 |
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Honestly, I think people assume they cannot speak the language and as a result, don’t. But when they start to think about it, they quickly realise they have a lot of vocabulary available to them.
Where the issue is, to me, is the focus that there was in school on grammar, and almost the desire to speak it perfectly, which sticks in the back of your throat when you attempt to speak it. We flatter ourselves when we speak English and often do so with imperfections.
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Artie Ziff
Ray Houghton Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Status: Offline Points: 3619 |
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Mine, and collectively our inability to not speak our own language
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It would damage this forums' reputation
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Americanisms
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Irish peoples supposedly "unique" obsession with the weather. Clearly from watching plenty of British TV, they are extremely obsessed with it too and I'd imagine many European countries north of Monaco are obsessed with their weather too given its extremities in many Northern European mainland countries
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oldbilly
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they’re all Irish.
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No Pasaran!
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zizu Kilbane
Jack Charlton Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 8364 |
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The apathy (and sometimes downright hostility) that many in the Republic have towards the Irish community up north
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"Sometimes, sh*t happens, someone's gotta deal with it, and who ya gonna call?"
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Cabra Hoop
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The cowardice to tell the truth...
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" BFC always gives me a laugh........ "
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ConorMac77
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John Delaney
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The nation holds it's breath...YES, WE'RE THERE!!!
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Hotlips_Hoolahan
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Pat Kenny calling Jerry Seinfeld "Jerry Seinfield".
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FREEWHEELER
Robbie Keane sPICE UP YOUR LIFE Gwan MONROY Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 24595 |
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Westlife. Boyzone. McGregor.
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We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups.....
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irelandfan
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Mrs Browns Boys
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I'm the gaffer whatever I say goes.
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The Huntacha
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Bit of goose fat on them
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Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic."
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9fingers
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That’s because Bohs are only playing today
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pre Madonna
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I used to read it a lot, especially when I followed the LOI, but there's an awful lack of lunacy on there. There isn't even any stupidity. It's very beige, but then so is here now.
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thebronze14
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I'd post on Foot.ie for the LOI but would rarely look at it on here
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Tribesman91
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I was going to comment, but then thought "what's the point?"
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