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Imagine if we all spoke Irish

karlog

In my opinion it would be a disaster.

English being the most widely spoken language in the world it's lucky we have it as our first language agree?:D

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DubMedic

karlog wrote: »

Our first language is irish and hardly anyone speaks it:rolleyes:

At least there are some people in certain areas who are still willing to speak it.
Don't forget the Irish Military , The Irish Defence Forces, use it on a very regular basis.

As well as the fact that the majority of government documentation & roadsigns are printed bi-lingually with Gaeilge , not to mention that our registration plates here in the Republic are in our Native tongue.

If you are stopped by a member of An Garda Síochána , you have the right to conduct business with them As Gaeilge.
I could go out my front door today or tomorrow and have a thorough conversation as Gaeilge with many people.

Don't forget the crest on the old Ambulance Service uniforms, the crest had 'Seirbhís Otharcharr Na hEireann' stitched onto it.

Now that would suggest that maybe some places actually do know Gaeilge, but yet nobody speaks it , right?. :rolleyes:

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conchubhar1

karlog wrote: »

Well comparing 5% of people to the rest of ireland is hardly anyone;)

well its 5% or 1/20th

population wise and size wize ireland is vastly smaller than the UK - so comparing irish to english isnt fair no is it?

jill_valentine

Latchy wrote: »

The irish army has being using the language as codespeak for years ,specialy out on UN duties .Perhaps why the Israelies had to learn it to

What's the Irish for "Please stop shelling our HQ, we've asked you in two languages now?"

Dinter

Being abroad and talking about the foreign women in pigeon Irish.

Was worth having to rote learn ****ty Cathal O' whatever poems!!

karlog

conchubhar1 wrote: »

61 million population in relation to irelands 4 million

15 times more population, do the math!

What the F*** does that even mean you trying to make a point?

karlog

conchubhar1 wrote: »

if you count all of ireland - roughly 5 million say without the, roughly 900,000, unionist voters who on the whole do not speak irish - then we would have 250,000 who would use irish weekly.

that is 5% of the population - no one, ah ye you are right!

Well comparing 5% of people to the rest of ireland is hardly anyone;)

conchubhar1

karlog wrote: »

Yet over 115 countries use english do the math:P

61 million population in relation to irelands 4 million

15 times more population, do the math!

we have our sports, music and literature

still language is the strongest (despite its relatively weak support/usage)

plus we all can speak irish - most of the population choose not to though!

Takk

karlog wrote: »

In my opinion it would be a disaster.

English being the most widely spoken language in the world it's lucky we have it as our first language agree?:D

FEALL

Somnus

I think it would be great if Irish was our primary language, we don't really have many distinctive traits to our country in my opinion, I mean in terms of heritage etc.

It'd be great if we could all speak our native language. We'd learn English as a second in school and, as most poeple have said, the majority of the country would then be fluent in that too.

I really got into Irish in 5th and 6th year in secondary school. Bit disappointed I'm forgetting it a bit now. I'll attempt to speak it more as a result of this thread though

conchubhar1

karlog wrote: »

Our first language is irish and hardly anyone speaks it:rolleyes:

if you count all of ireland - roughly 5 million say without the, roughly 900,000, unionist voters who on the whole do not speak irish - then we would have 250,000 who would use irish weekly.

that is 5% of the population - no one, ah ye you are right!

karlog

conchubhar1 wrote: »

america - canada (gaeltacht there) - belgium (publication in brussels - not the parliment alone) - australia - the UK (along with scotland and isle of man, and their similar languages)

there is only a few - but the main

we have a dutch journalist who speaks and writes in irish
panu, who does a huge blog in irish, is finnish!

Yet over 115 countries use english do the math:P

karlog

DubMedic wrote: »

Irish is the first official language of the Republic Of Ireland.

Our first language would therefore be Irish, if you are an Irish Citizen , born in the ROI.

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Our first language is irish and hardly anyone speaks it:rolleyes:

Latchy

mikemac wrote: »

I'm pretty sure the Israelies sent military staff and agents to Ireland to study the language.
And then used Irish for codewords for military operations.

Pretty interesting story I reckon
This was back in the 1950's & 60's

The irish army has being using the language as codespeak for years ,specialy out on UN duties .Perhaps why the Israelies had to learn it to

DubMedic

karlog wrote: »

In my opinion it would be a disaster.

English being the most widely spoken language in the world it's lucky we have it as our first language agree?:D

Irish is the first official language of the Republic Of Ireland.

Our first language would therefore be Irish, if you are an Irish Citizen , born in the ROI.

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brummytom

Wazdakka wrote: »

:eek: there's more??

I'm afraid so... they're just distractions from the porn and youtube though.

conchubhar1

america - canada (gaeltacht there) - belgium (publication in brussels - not the parliment alone) - australia - the UK (along with scotland and isle of man, and their similar languages)

there is only a few - but the main

we have a dutch journalist who speaks and writes in irish
panu, who does a huge blog in irish, is finnish!

mikemac

I'm pretty sure the Israelies sent military staff and agents to Ireland to study the language.
And then used Irish for codewords for military operations.

Pretty interesting story I reckon
This was back in the 1950's & 60's

Wazdakka

brummytom wrote: »

If you all spoke Irish, all I'd have left on the internet would be youtube and porn

:eek: there's more??

Latchy

Im kinda fond of the little bit I learned at school and stil remember .......the little bit .

karlog

conchubhar1 wrote: »

irish is spoken in other countries by the way

name them

Abi

brummytom wrote: »

Is that some kind of euphamism for Lesbians?

No, you are thinking of the carpet / rug variety.

Abi wrote:

It is impossible to speak Irish without sounding like a bogger

Try again

conchubhar1

karlog wrote: »

No clearly we can speak more than one language but having english as are primary would be better than having irish no?

our! not are

im not one to comment on peoples english - but your point is we have fluent english and you dont by the looks of it

anyway - no but you dont see the vast majority of the worlds languages being used in other countries (as a second or third language)

irish is spoken in other countries by the way

karlog

No clearly we can speak more than one language but having english as are primary would be better than having irish no? you dont see any other countries that would consider having irish as a secondary language do you?

conchubhar1

karlog wrote: »

In my opinion it would be a disaster.

English being the most widely spoken language in the world it's lucky we have it as our first language agree?:D

Because we can only possibly use one language?

ah the ignorance is bliss:rolleyes:

karlog

No there are more speakers of chinese and spanish than english but english is the most widely spoken language across the globe.

sofia11

I think the large population in China mean more people speak Mandarin Chinese. Spanish seems to be spoken in more countries ie South America and North America as well as Spain and then English spoken in many countries around the world including India where Dell has some call centres It must have helped encourage American companies to come here. I think English is the third most widely spoken language, we've made it our own with our Irish accent! Useful to have English if you were lucky enough now at present to get a job in another English speaking country. I'm sure Irish speakers make sure their children can speak English all the same.

brummytom

Abigayle wrote: »

It is impossible to speak Irish without sounding like a cabbage muncher, so yes.

Is that some kind of euphamism for Lesbians?

Abi

karlog wrote: »

In my opinion it would be a disaster.

English being the most widely spoken language in the world it's lucky we have it as our first language agree?:D

It is impossible to speak Irish without sounding like a cabbage muncher, so yes.

mikemac

karlog wrote: »

English being the most widely spoken language in the world it's lucky we have it as our first language agree?:D

I'm pretty sure it's isn't.

Surely Chineese and Spanish are more widely spoken.
And whatever language they have in India & Pakistan would be up there

hardcore

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Would the Celtic Tiger have happened?

Probably would have been better, no money-no celtic tiger- no recession.