A Little Pony wrote: » Sinn Fein talk about equality with the one side of the mouth while praising terrorists on the other side. So it isn't a surprise that the DUP isn't buckling for them and why should they.
end of the road wrote: » A Little Pony wrote: » Sinn Fein talk about equality with the one side of the mouth while praising terrorists on the other side. So it isn't a surprise that the DUP isn't buckling for them and why should they. they wouldn't be buckling for sinn fein. they would be recognising that irish citizens live in the territory and that they have to insure that the culture of those people is given the same treatment as the culture of the unionists. they are supposed to be democratic after all, but as we know they are as undemocratic as it gets. sectarianism and hatred is the undemocratic unionist party's mantra. but that's okay because sinn fein or some other rabel.
A Little Pony wrote: » They don't want equality. It's a shame some people believe the propaganda nonsense from Adams and his goons. Maybe one day people will see the truth. If they wanted it they would have accepted it in a language act as proposed by the DUP. The power sharing executive is over and no sign of it returning.
A Little Pony wrote: » They don't want equality. It's a shame some people believe the propaganda nonsense from Adams and his goons. Maybe one day people will see the truth. If they wanted it they would have accepted it in a language act as proposed by the DUP.
A Little Pony wrote: » The power sharing executive is over and no sign of it returning.
end of the road wrote: » A Little Pony wrote: » They don't want equality. It's a shame some people believe the propaganda nonsense from Adams and his goons. Maybe one day people will see the truth. If they wanted it they would have accepted it in a language act as proposed by the DUP. they did accept the language act proposed by the undemocratic unionist party. in exchange for that, they wanted the undemocratic unionist party to accept a language act as well, an act which the undemocratic unionist party refused to accept. sinn fein do want equality, the undemocratic unionist party don't. they only want unionism, orangism and loyalism and nothing else. A Little Pony wrote: » The power sharing executive is over and no sign of it returning. exactly, and direct rule is now an inevitability, which means the undemocratic unionist party are now in full charge of northern ireland, which is dangerous for all it's citizens.
tomwaterford wrote: » A Little Pony wrote: » They don't want equality. It's a shame some people believe the propaganda nonsense from Adams and his goons. Maybe one day people will see the truth. If they wanted it they would have accepted it in a language act as proposed by the DUP. The power sharing executive is over and no sign of it returning. Why should they just have to accept any oul sop of a language act thrown out by the dup??? In an Ireland of equals and the parity of esteem under the gfa they have as much right to word the language act as anyone else,I would've taught?
A Little Pony wrote: » If they don't have Ulster Scots with it then they won't be getting it. Pretty much as simple as that.
steddyeddy wrote: » A Little Pony wrote: » If they don't have Ulster Scots with it then they won't be getting it. Pretty much as simple as that. Ulster Scotts isn't a language. It's quite simple.
Red_Wake wrote: » And the nose should be cut off to spite the face?
tomwaterford wrote: » That's words literally wrote with an accent It's not a language,it's an accent Where I'm from has an accent and we don't try blag ourselves a language out of it,deise-irish :rolleyes: (Words pronounced slightly different/different meanings etc) It's like it was made up and ran with to take the piss out of the Irish language tbh....when was the first time it appeared as a language option on the cencus??
steddyeddy wrote: » Red_Wake wrote: » And the nose should be cut off to spite the face? What are you talking about? We should pretend that Ulster Scotts is a language? How about we try to leave behind tit for tat politics and stop screaming "I want a language act too" because the other side got something.
Red_Wake wrote: » It would be superb if both sides were capable of this, rather than insisting only the other side should. Why is it so offensive that Ulster Scots is considered on par with Irish? Both are spoken only by an extreme minority.
Red_Wake wrote: » Why is it so offensive that Ulster Scots is considered on par with Irish?
Junkyard Tom wrote: » It's not offensive - it's just wrong. Ulster Scots is not a langauge, it's little more than strong-accented English. I'd have no problem understanding a person speaking Ulster Scots, I haven't a word of Irish and wouldn't have a clue what people speaking it are saying, never mind reading it.
LeinsterDub wrote: » Did you understand the entire video I posted?
FrancieBrady wrote: » There are words in cockney I don't understand or Kerry or even the south of the county I live in. It doesn't make them an important and distinct language.
LeinsterDub wrote: » Many linguist would disagree with you.
Jep Gambardella wrote: » According to the 2011 census, Irish was the main language of 0.238% of Northern Irish residents, while Ulster Scots was the main language of 0.004%. In other words, a grand total of 0.242% of the population of Northern Ireland speaks either as their primary language Both the DUP and Sinn Fein should get their Language Act (or Acts) provided their assembly members agree to finance all the additional costs, including translation, signage, etc. out of their own pockets.
Professor Moriarty wrote: » Which linguists have said that Ulster Scots is a language?
Junkyard Tom wrote: » Bad link. Could you post it again please. Edit just watched this. Yes, easily understood it. I grew up in the north west. My Grandmother lived in the countryside where I spent a lot of time and the way they're speaking in that vid is not unlike a thick country accent there.
