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Peig Sayers

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  • #272
    An Coilean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭An Coilean


    mariaalice wrote: »
    Really you don't think the Irish language ever had any connection to xenophobic Irish nationalism?

    I like the Irish language and would manage a conversation in Irish if I was stuck, it has a great way of expressing meaning for example there is an Irish saying for a child born late in life to an older father that translate as..the last spark from the fire..I like that.

    I don't think Irish nationalism was ever all that xenophobic, indeed those involved in just about every atempt at rebellion saught help from other countries.

    But the question is wider than that, if historical baggage is a relevent issue, then surely it is for every language, you realise you are reading the language of Cromwell and the men who dropped the Nuclear bomb, not to mention that English is also the language of the KKK. If a language has historical baggage, then the baggage of Irish is nothing compared to the baggage of English, wouldent you agree?


  • #273
    [Deleted User]
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    We are talking about the Irish language so talking about the baggage or not of the English language is not relevant, comparing Irish to Basque or Breton would be more relevant as both those languages have become suffused with nationalism in the same way Irish did.


  • #274
    An Coilean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭An Coilean


    mariaalice wrote: »
    We are talking about the Irish language so talking about the baggage or not of the English language is not relevant, comparing Irish to Basque or Breton would be more relevant as both those languages have become suffused with nationalism in the same way Irish did.

    Think your just trying to dodge the question tbh, the comparrision is relevant, you are claiming that a language can have 'baggage' if it can then English is just as capable of this as Irish.


  • #275
    Bozo Skeleton
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    dj jarvis wrote: »
    so AH - describe what you feel in one word when you hear the name
    PEIG SAYERS !!!

    Fúcksake.


  • #276
    nialler39
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭nialler39


    I visited the basket center yesterday. I found it quite interesting. Shes described as a prolific story teller. There were far better and more Interesting writer's on the island all the same. I don't know why they chose her for the curriculum? Why not cover a few writers works on the island as a whole? As opposed to one?


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  • #277
    Boom__Boom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭Boom__Boom


    nialler39 wrote: »
    I visited the basket center yesterday. I found it quite interesting. Shes described as a prolific story teller. There were far better and more Interesting writer's on the island all the same. I don't know why they chose her for the curriculum? Why not cover a few writers works on the island as a whole? As opposed to one?

    Blasket Centre maybe?


  • #278
    nialler39
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭nialler39


    Yes.Sorry have been traveling around for a week. Heads not with it today. Still a fascinating place though.And the point still stands. They Could have made it so much more Interesting. That thin book with her on the front, filled many with dread. Man she was the most defaced woman in Ireland for many years.


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