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Is Irish a Dead Language?

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  • #2
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    Not this thread again!?


  • #3
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    The fact that I cannot answer this question in that language despite being here for 35 years would indicate that the answer is not a positive one.


  • #4
    flahavaj
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,235 ✭✭✭✭flahavaj


    CrazyRabbit wrote: »
    The fact that I cannot answer this question in that language despite being here for 35 years would indicate that the answer is not a positive one.

    That just shows you're a bit stoopid tbh.


  • #5
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    CnaG, New England

    Cultúrlann Belfast

    Cultúrlann Derry

    Oireachtas

    SnaG

    FnaG

    RnaG

    TG4

    Glor na nGael

    Gaelscoileanna Teo

    Focal.ie

    Gaelport

    Cnocadoirí

    Gael Taca

    Clubsult

    Litriocht

    Foras na Gaeilge

    Gaelsceal

    Cumann Gaelach, UL

    BBC

    Cló Iar Chonnachta

    Gaelcharta

    Gaelscoil Rath Tó

    Raidió na Lifé

    Raidio Failte

    Nematon

    Déise.ie

    Raidió Rí-Rá

    Cumann Gaelach, Trinity Collage

    Cumann Gaelach, UCD


    I tired, More Later.:D


    Anyway, Dosent look dead to me.:cool:

    IT'S DEAD.

    It's just a case of someone having the balls to pull the plug from the life support machine


  • #6
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,609 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Yáwn/Yawn.


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  • #7
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    Tá, air aigh leat go dti sneachta


  • #8
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    flahavaj wrote: »
    That just shows you're a bit stoopid tbh.

    getting bored with the 12,000+ posts me thinks


  • #9
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    IT'S DEAD.

    It's just a case of someone having the balls to pull the plug from the life support machine

    You know what a dead language is?


  • #10
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Saila wrote: »
    Tá, air aigh leat go dti sneachta

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_mDTLphIVY


  • #11
    Coriolanus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    Saila wrote: »
    Tá, air aigh leat go dti sneachta

    Yes, something something something cocaine?

    I don't get it.

    Anyway, on topic. I think it should be let alone to sink or swim on its own merits. Compulsory Irish hasn't worked and should be abolished.


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  • #12
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    You know what a dead language is?

    Yes. It's a language that's dead


  • #13
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    deise go deo wrote: »
    You know what a dead language is?

    is it the same as a dead pan?


  • #14
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    deise go deo wrote: »
    I tired, More Later.:D


    Anyway, Dosent look dead to me.:cool:

    Defending the Irish language is fine and all but it simply isn't that noble a cause. Nobody cares about your stupid hobby. I say this as a native speaker btw.


  • #15
    the untitled user
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,334 ✭✭✭the untitled user


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Yes. It's a language that's dead

    does that mean everyone who speaks it is a zombie?


  • #16
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Yes. It's a language that's dead

    IF you think Irish is dead then its a safe bet you dont know what a dead language is,

    Hint* Its not just a language you don't know;)


  • #17
    Fortune_Cookie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Fortune_Cookie


    Honestly, It's a dead language. I haven't used it since school and don't remember any of it anymore.


  • #18
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    the untitled user wrote: »
    does that mean everyone who speaks it is a zombie?

    I said the LANGUAGE is dead.

    I didnt say irish speakers are zombies


  • #19
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    all the information you require for this arguement is here


  • #20
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    IF you think Irish is dead then its a safe bet you dont know what a dead language is,

    Hint* Its not just a language you don't know;)

    Irish is a DEAD LANGUAGE.

    If you want to get into childish wordplay go right ahead.


  • #21
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Irish is a DEAD LANGUAGE.

    Saying it dosent make it true.:rolleyes:


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  • #22
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    Saying it dosent make it true.:rolleyes:

    What makes it true is the fact that it's true.


  • #23
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    What makes it true is the fact that it's true.

    Why Do you Insist that Irish is dead. Its not.


  • #24
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Irish is for D4 heads, wanker politicians and teachers. End of story.


  • #25
    123balltv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭123balltv


    Irish language is dead and buried this is a English speaking Country
    not by our choice but hey we all know the English language and love it :)


  • #26
    WolfForager
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,532 ✭✭✭WolfForager


    Dunno really, i would have preferred being thought French/German or even Chinese, languages which more than 100,000 people speak, for 14 years rather than Irish. Couldn't care less about the language itself, if people want to learn it, each to their own i suppose.


  • #27
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    Why Do you Insist that Irish is dead. Its not.

    I insist Irish is dead because Irish is dead. I havent spoke one single word of the language since i got it shoved up my arse during the leaving cert.

    Not one single person I've ever met in this time has ever spoken the language in my presence or even made an attempt to initiate a conversation in irish in my company.

    Is this because irish is widely spoken?


  • #28
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    deise go deo wrote: »
    Why Do you Insist that Irish is dead. Its not.

    why do you hate america


  • #29
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    I insist Irish is dead because Irish is dead. I havent spoke one single word of the language since i got it shoved up my arse during the leaving cert.

    Not one single person I've ever met in this time has ever spoken the language in my presence or even made an attempt to initiate a conversation in irish in my company.

    Is this because irish is widely spoken?

    You not speaking Irish dosent make it Dead.

    You not realizing that people you meet from time to time are Irish speakers also dose not make it dead.


  • #30
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    Saila wrote: »
    why do you hate america

    I Don't:confused:


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  • #31
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    You not speaking Irish dosent make it Dead.

    You not realizing that people you meet from time to time are Irish speakers also dose not make it dead.

    It's on life support at best.

    Dead in real terms


  • #32
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    It's on life support at best.

    Dead in real terms

    Real terms? Such as you not speaking it?


  • #33
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    Real terms? Such as you not speaking it?

    Perhaps it's the fact that a thread about the irish language has to be conducted in english for anyone to participate. Start one in irish there so everyone else can ignore you as they'll neither care nor understand. We'll soon see how ALIVE the irish language is.


  • #34
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Perhaps it's the fact that a thread about the irish language has to be conducted in english for anyone to participate. Start one in irish there so everyone else can ignore you as they'll neither care nor understand. We'll soon see how ALIVE the irish language is.

    Why would I do that, there is an all Irish forum, its a sub-forum of AH, But I already know that they know Irish is not dead, hence this thread, find out if everyone else can stare facts in the face, Facts like Irish being alive and well.


    Anyway there is alot more Irish in the OP than English:D


  • #35
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    Why would I do that, there is an all Irish forum, its a sub-forum of AH, But I already know that they know Irish is not dead, hence this thread, find out if everyone else can stare facts in the face, Facts like Irish being alive and well

    Anyway there is alot more Irish in the OP than English:D

    Talk about the dead language in there then.


  • #36
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Talk about the dead language in there then.

    Why? What has you so up tight about Irish anyway?
    Your funny, you insist that Irish is dead despite the fact that it clearly is not.:D


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  • #37
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    Why? What has you so up tight about Irish anyway?
    Your funny, you insist that Irish is dead despite the fact that it clearly is not.:D

    I hate the irish language. It's a language that is poorly taught, not widely spoken, is a waste of resources and is utterly irrelevant to the lives of the majority of irish citizens.


  • #38
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    I hate the irish language. It's a language that is poorly taught, not widely spoken, is a waste of resources and is utterly irrelevant to the lives of the majority of irish citizens.

    Do you hate many irrelevant things? Like Fluff?
    I agree, it is badly taught, that dosent make it dead though.;)


  • #39
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    Do you hate many irrelevant things? Like Fluff?
    I agree, it is badly taught, that dosent make it dead though.;)

    I didnt get fluff rammed down my throat in school for 13 years and emerge with no working knowledge of it.


  • #40
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    OP, you wrote your question in English. We replied in English.

    QED.


  • #41
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    Confab wrote: »
    OP, you wrote your question in English. We replied in English.

    QED.

    Your point being? Boards members not speaking Irish dose not make Irish a dead language dose it? :rolleyes:


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  • #42
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    No it's not dead. It just smells funny.


  • #43
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    I didnt get fluff rammed down my throat in school for 13 years and emerge with no working knowledge of it.

    Ok, But that still dosent make Irish a dead language, and no matter how many times you say Irish is dead it dosent make it true, or any closer to being true.


  • #44
    Monsieur Folie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Monsieur Folie


    Deise, you have no argument. You have presented nothing worthwhile besides the few links at the beginning of the thread to try and say Irish isn't dead.

    It is very dead. I never use Irish outside of school. 99% of Irish citizens will agree with me and attest to that. It's dead. It has no remaining use and the sooner the better we let it slip away and start concentrating on teaching the youth something that might actually be of use..


  • #45
    we'llallhavetea_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭we'llallhavetea_old


    fcuking hell.. define dead then?! all these emoticons are highly irritating, winkedy fcukin wink :mad:


  • #46
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    humberklog wrote: »
    No it's not dead. It just smells funny.

    It dident until you came along. So now, Did you shower this morning?:p


  • #47
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    Ok, But that still dosent make Irish a dead language, and no matter how many times you say Irish is dead it dosent make it true, or any closer to being true.

    Irish is as dead as a doornail.

    Quite simple. As I've mentioned the Irish language has no impact on or relevance to the vast majority of irish peoples lives


  • #48
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    Monsieur Folie wrote: »
    Deise, you have no argument. You have presented nothing worthwhile besides the few links at the beginning of the thread to try and say Irish isn't dead.


    Oh, Ok.


    The accepted definition of a dead language is a language with no remaining native speakers, Ie people who grew up speaking the language, Irish has tens of thousands of native speakers so is therefore not dead.:)


  • #49
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Irish is as dead as a doornail.

    Quite simple. As I've mentioned the Irish language has no impact on or relevance to the vast majority of irish peoples lives

    Not true, and even if it was that dosent make it dead.;)


  • #50
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    It dident until you came along. So now, Did you shower this morning?:p

    http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-200/0857-1/%7BF64E8638-B204-413D-BCBE-7BAAD94633C2%7DImg200.jpg


  • #51
    we'llallhavetea_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭we'llallhavetea_old


    deise go deo wrote: »
    Oh, Ok.


    The accepted definition of a dead language is a language with no remaining native speakers, Ie people who grew up speaking the language, Irish has tens of thousands of native speakers so is therefore not dead.:)

    well if you knew that then why start a thread on it? :confused:


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