How does and athiest say 'hello' in Irish?

Liam1000 · 24-05-2011 02:12PM #1

Hi Gang,

The usual Irish greeting is 'Dia duit' or 'God be with you'.

So what should we say? Or should we maintain a sullen silence?

Cheers.

dlofnep · 24-05-2011 02:12PM

I say "bhuel".

24-05-2011 02:13PM

gruss gott

I duno what's wrong with dia dhuit, it's just a greeting

chin_grin · 24-05-2011 02:13PM

Conas atá tú? (Just "How are you").

Turtwig · 24-05-2011 02:14PM

Caide mar atá thú?

or Dhia Dhuit. Couldn't really give ****e tbh.:D

dlofnep · 24-05-2011 02:15PM

bluewolf wrote: »

gruss gott

I duno what's wrong with dia dhuit, it's just a greeting

Yes, but an outdated one to many people. Languages evolve all the time. There's no reason why Gaeilge can't either. "Haigh" or "Bhuel" work just fine.

Turtwig · 24-05-2011 02:16PM

dlofnep wrote: »

Yes, but an outdated one to many people. Languages evolve all the time. There's no reason why Gaeilge can't either. "Haigh" or "Bhuel" work just fine.

Irish is outdated.

sensibleken · 24-05-2011 02:19PM

A arracht spagetti ag eitilt duit

HavingCrack · 24-05-2011 02:21PM

It's pretty common just to say Hello in Gaeilge these days. Not many people use Dia Dhuit much any more.

dlofnep · 24-05-2011 02:22PM

Malty_T wrote: »

Irish is outdated.

You're certainly entitled to that view. It doesn't make it correct, nor is this forum the one to discuss the social relevance of the Irish language. I use it weekly - it's very much in date for me.

MagicMarker · 24-05-2011 02:22PM

''Story''.

latenia · 24-05-2011 02:22PM

dlofnep wrote: »

"Haigh" or "Bhuel" work just fine.

ie By speaking in English

Lustrum · 24-05-2011 02:26PM

What's an english athiest's national anthem?

Is it just "Save the Queen"?

dlofnep · 24-05-2011 02:27PM

latenia wrote: »

ie By speaking in English

So are Bosnians speaking English when they say halo, or Germans when they say hallo, or Faroese when they say hey, or Icelanders when they say halló, or Norweigan's when they say hei, or Scots gaelic speakers when they say hallo, or Welsh when they say hylo?

What a narrow view you have of the world.

mikhail · 24-05-2011 02:28PM

Liam1000 wrote: »

Hi Gang,

The usual Irish greeting is 'Dia duit' or 'God be with you'.

So what should we say? Or should we maintain a sullen silence?

Cheers.

How does an atheist say goodbye in English? Does he act like an idiot, or accept that it lost the meaning of God be with ye centuries ago?

Paparazzo · 24-05-2011 02:33PM

I don't believe in Irish. After spending another week in a gaeltacht I still haven't seen any evidence that it exists in spoken form.

Max Power1 · 24-05-2011 02:35PM

mikhail wrote: »

How does an atheist say goodbye in English? Does he act like an idiot, or accept that it lost the meaning of God be with ye centuries ago?

God Almighty, thats told him!

sensibleken · 24-05-2011 02:38PM

If i ever have a son I'll definetely give him an irish name.

I was thinking 'Timpiste'

gene_tunney · 24-05-2011 02:41PM

This is pointless. If you want to eliminate any trace of religion from language you will have a long way to go. The English "Goodbye" is a shortening of "God be with you". Will you stop saying that as well?

Everything we say is peppered with religious references, but the fact that we use them doesn't make us religious.