Ireland goes medieval (2 Viewers)

[IrishZebra]

It deserves to die, pathetic usless language.

 

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[Alen]

It deserves to die, pathetic usless language.

Idiot

 

[The Curr]

Once you told me that you speak a little Gaeilge, but still more than your parents do. Then you promised to me that you'll learn to speak better and not let it die.
Do you keep your promise?

Yes, I remember that. Ehm, not yet. Learning it properly is something that I really want to do sometime though.

 

[Alen]

Yes, I remember that. Ehm, not yet. Learning it properly is something that I really want to do sometime though.

Are your grandparents alive and do they live close to you? If yes, then don't waste time. Ask them to speak to you only in Gaeilge and not to reply to you if you speak English.

 

[IrishZebra]

Idiot

What do you expect, it was my ancestors that killed the language.

 

[The Curr]

Are your grandparents alive and do they live close to you? If yes, then don't waste time. Ask them to speak to you only in Gaeilge and not to reply to you if you speak English.

One set of them are alive and live quite close by. Neither of them are fluent though.

 

[The Curr]

What do you expect, it was my ancestors that killed the language.

You're a Sasanach?

 

[Alen]

Wow, that bad eh? I hoped that at least the older generation is fluently speaking the language. I'm afraid there is almost zero hope for Gaeilge then.

There is one language in the southern Balkans that is still fluently spoken by the +50 year olds but the younger people rarely speak the language, even though most of them understand it. I'm strongly working for the cause to save that language because there is still a little hope, but in your case it looks like there is no hope.

 

[The Curr]

Wow, that bad eh? I hoped that at least the older generation is fluently speaking the language. I'm afraid there is almost zero hope for Gaeilge then.

There is one language in the southern Balkans that is still fluently spoken by the +50 year olds but the younger people rarely speak the language, even though most of them understand it. I'm strongly working for the cause to save that language because there is still a little hope, but in your case it looks like there is no hope.

There are very, very few people left who speak it fluently and use it daily.

 

[IrishZebra]

Wow, that bad eh? I hoped that at least the older generation is fluently speaking the language. I'm afraid there is almost zero hope for Gaeilge then.

There is one language in the southern Balkans that is still fluently spoken by the +50 year olds but the younger people rarely speak the language, even though most of them understand it. I'm strongly working for the cause to save that language because there is still a little hope, but in your case it looks like there is no hope.

Ireland use English for 700 years under the British. I dare say it has more claim than Modern Gaelige to our national language considering it's been in use for nearly 800 years now.

You're a Sasanach?

Germanic Planters - Laois/Offaly

 

[mikhail]

Wow, that bad eh? I hoped that at least the older generation is fluently speaking the language. I'm afraid there is almost zero hope for Gaeilge then.

My mother's great-grandfather spoke only broken English. That's how far back you have to go for Irish to be the dominant spoken language. It's gone.

 

[IrishZebra]

There are very, very few people left who speak it fluently and use it daily.

>30,000

 

[Ford Prefect]

talking about freedom of speech, Ireland is doing wonders for the cause!

 

[The Curr]

My mother's great-grandfather spoke only broken English. That's how far back you have to go for Irish to be the dominant spoken language. It's gone.

There's no way it's going to be revived but I'm still determined to learn it.

>30,000

That many? Is that going by the census? I'd say it's really less.

 

[Ford Prefect]

There's no way it's going to be revived but I'm still determined to learn it.



That many? Is that going by the census? I'd say it's really less.

Wales only has about 20k that use Welsh as a first language, its a dead language due to globalisation. I view it as child abuse that children are forced to speak it untill the age of 10 in all school education.

 

[mikhail]

There's no way it's going to be revived by I'm still determined to learn it.

It's taught badly in schools. If it was taught right, and if there was a bit of national will behind it, it could rally significantly, as Welsh has. It'll never be the majority language again though.

That many? Is that going by the census? I'd say it's really less.

All of those people speak fluent English and more than a few are telling porky pies about their daily usage. Those who live in the Gaeltacht areas are wary of losing their areas' status.

 

[The Curr]

All of those people speak fluent English and more than a few are telling porky pies about their daily usage. Those who live in the Gaeltacht areas are wary of losing their areas' status.

That's what I was getting at.