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Is Irish a Dead Language?

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    #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?


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    #33
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,919 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #34
    deise go deo
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    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


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    #35
    orourkeda
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    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.


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    #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: 17,919 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #38
    deise go deo
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    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.;)


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    #39
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,919 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #40
    Mr Benevolent
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    OP, you wrote your question in English. We replied in English.

    QED.


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


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    #43
    deise go deo
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    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.


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    #44
    Monsieur Folie
    Registered Users 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..


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    #45
    we'llallhavetea_old
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    fcuking hell.. define dead then?! all these emoticons are highly irritating, winkedy fcukin wink :mad:


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    #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


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    #47
    orourkeda
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    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


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    #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.:)


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    #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.;)


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    #50
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,919 ✭✭✭✭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


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    #51
    we'llallhavetea_old
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    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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    #52
    orourkeda
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    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.:)

    and hundreds of thousands of non speakers


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    #53
    Monsieur Folie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Monsieur Folie


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

    This is conclusive proof imo.


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    #54
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


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

    Thats nice, has nothing to do with the Irish language being dead though.:P


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    #55
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    orourkeda wrote: »
    and hundreds of thousands of non speakers

    And? Its not a question of ratio. :rolleyes:


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    #56
    Big Pussy Bonpensiero
    Registered Users Posts: 7,776 ✭✭✭Big Pussy Bonpensiero


    2 things not worth discussing on Boards anymore:
    Religion and Irish. Done. To. Death.


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    #57
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    we'llallhavetea wrote: »
    well if you knew that then why start a thread on it? :confused:

    To see how many people will claim that Irish is dead despite the fact that it isent


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    #58
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,919 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    deise go deo wrote: »
    Thats nice, has nothing to do with the Irish language being dead though.:P

    Yes its a book cover.


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    #59
    we'llallhavetea_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭we'llallhavetea_old


    deise go deo wrote: »
    To see how many people will claim that Irish is dead despite the fact that it isent

    ok, so, you started a thread to tell people they were wrong? er... ok


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    #60
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,919 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Monsieur Folie wrote: »
    This is conclusive proof imo.

    Its the unabridged version too.


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    #61
    deise go deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭deise go deo


    we'llallhavetea wrote: »
    ok, so, you started a thread to tell people they were wrong? er... ok

    Not specifically, Just to see how many would vote yes, then someone said that I had nothing to back up my argument so I responded.


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