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Irish language recognised by EU
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| June 13, 2005
Posted on 06/13/2005 1:45:27 PM PDT by RWR8189
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posted on
06/13/2005 1:45:27 PM PDT
by
RWR8189
To: RWR8189
Irish language recognised by EU Everyone has always recognized the Irish language, it's just that we don't understand it.
Or particularly want to.
SO9
To: RWR8189
Is the language known as "Gaelic"? It is only mentioned in the article as the "Irish Language".
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posted on
06/13/2005 1:51:29 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.")
To: Servant of the 9
At this stage , to get someone to recognise the EU, The EU would recognise Gobbledygook as an official language.
To: sgtbono2002
At this stage , to get someone to recognise the EU, The EU would recognise Gobbledygook as an official language. It's probably an attempt to screw over Britain.
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posted on
06/13/2005 1:54:51 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.")
To: RWR8189
More than a quarter of those said they spoke it on a daily basis. I didn't know "I'll have a Guiness" wasn't English!! :-)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
The Irish language has been officially recognised as a working language by the European Union.
Next thing you know, they'll want to be recognized as white.
Owl_Eagle(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)
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posted on
06/13/2005 2:02:10 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: Bluegrass Conservative
"I didn't know "I'll have a Guiness" wasn't English!!"Wow, to think I have been sprechen Irish for several years now and did not know it!! Erin go Bragh!!
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posted on
06/13/2005 2:03:15 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
To: RWR8189
Cool!
I have a dual citizenship with Ireland which is a nice EU work permit...
To: SIDENET
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posted on
06/13/2005 2:10:43 PM PDT
by
Ruadh
(Liberty is not a means to a political end. It is itself the highest political end. — LORD ACTON)
To: RWR8189
"In the country's 2002 census, 1.4 million of the four million population said they had "an ability" to speak Irish.
More than a quarter of those said they spoke it on a daily basis."
That's like 350,000 people, less than 10% of the Republic of Ireland's population. And I assume that close to 100% of the country's population speaks English on a daily basis.
If Irish Gaelic is the EU's 21st official language, can Arabic be far behind? I betcha far more than 350,000 EU residents speak Arabic on a daily basis. By allowing languages other than the dominant language in a country be one of the official languages, the EU is setting the ground for the recognition of Arabic as an official language of the EU.
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posted on
06/13/2005 2:14:00 PM PDT
by
AuH2ORepublican
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: SIDENET
Is the language known as "Gaelic"?Gaelic, as a language, has several different, almost mutually unintelligible dialects. Welsh, or Cymric, is also a form of Gaelic, but is quite different from the form of Gaelic, known as Erse, which is spoken in Ireland...
the infowarrior
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posted on
06/13/2005 2:15:01 PM PDT
by
infowarrior
(TANSTAAFL)
To: SIDENET
And they deserve to get screwed over.
Great Britain is the one thing standing in the way of a unified Emerald Isle. It's funny how all the liberals have their pet causes like Tibet (which granted, horrible situation) or Guantanamo (not horrible) but when it comes to Ireland, no one wants to defend the Green, White and Orange.
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posted on
06/13/2005 2:15:30 PM PDT
by
AzaleaCity5691
(Farragut got lucky, if we had been on our game, we would have blasted him off Dauphin Island)
To: AuH2ORepublican
By allowing languages other than the dominant language in a country be one of the official languages...English, as a language, is only dominant in Ireland due to policies of the British crown to stamp out "Irishness" in Ireland throughout its occupation of the isle. These policies were enforced by force, at times lethal force. This is not an attempt to foist off acceptance of a language of incoming immigrants as a working language of the people, but a recognition of a language which had been spoken there, by native inhabitants for numerous millenia. Surely you can see the difference...
the infowarrior
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posted on
06/13/2005 2:23:29 PM PDT
by
infowarrior
(TANSTAAFL)
To: SIDENET
Yes, Irish language == Gaelic.
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posted on
06/13/2005 2:28:31 PM PDT
by
Bosco
(Remember how you felt on September 11?)
To: SIDENET
Is the language known as "Gaelic"? It is only mentioned in the article as the "Irish Language". There are actually 4 different Gaelic dialects, so this would refer to specifically the Irish one. I am told that native speakers have a very difficult time understanding each other from Welsh to Scottish to Irish.
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posted on
06/13/2005 2:32:23 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(I'm sick and tired of being sicked and tired!)
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To: Central Scrutiniser
Me too! And according to a treaty from the 1800 somethings- I also can claim British citizenship- and you probably can too!
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posted on
06/13/2005 2:37:49 PM PDT
by
LauraleeBraswell
(I will never again read another thing by Christopher Hitchens !)
To: Owl_Eagle
Next thing you know, they'll want to be recognized as white. Over my dog's dead body.
So9
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