Dáil Éireann sessions in Gaelic should it not be German.

patwicklow

After the big Yes vote will be a matter of time!

deise go deo

No thanks, Gaeilge will do just fine.

number10a

So here's this hour's "The Germans are taking over" thread. Do you actually take this shìt seriously, or are you messing?

hooradiation

patwicklow wrote: »

After the big Yes vote will be a matter of time!

...What the fuck am I reading?

I Heart Internet

Gaelic?

Where in Wicklow are you from Pat?

jester77

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoMgnJDXd3k

Crann na Beatha

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patwicklow

I Heart Internet wrote: »

Gaelic?

Where in Wicklow are you from Pat?

(Irish (Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic)

Wile E. Coyote

Good god. Is it now mandatory on Boards the every second thread has to relate to our Government or the bloody Germans? Have we nothing better to talk about?

I Heart Internet

patwicklow wrote: »

(Irish (Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic)

I know of no Irish person who calls that language Gaelic.

BTW, No, we shouldn't use German....that would just be pointless.

CardBordWindow

Vielliecht

I Heart Internet

Wile E. Coyote wrote: »

Good god. Is it now mandatory on Boards the every second thread has to relate to our Government or the bloody Germans? Have we nothing better to talk about?

We have! The Gaeilge, Gaelic, Gallic, irish debate.

I Heart Internet

I Heart Internet wrote: »

I know of no Irish person who calls that language Gaelic.

It's referred to as Gaelic on Inis Mór, one of the final fortresses of the language in Ireland.

El Guapo!

Worst. Thread. Ever.

conor.hogan.2

It might be referred to Gaelic by some of the older people influenced by a northern dialect, possibly, but I have never heard anyone use Gaelic except referring to Scottish Gaelic ("gallic" not "gaylick").

I Heart Internet

Dean09 wrote: »

Worst. Thread. Ever.

ta ceart agat.

Morag

So when the business in the Dail is being broadcast finally on the web and reported on http://www.kildarestreet.com/ and being tweeted about suddenly there is the need to have sessions in a language that most of the population can't follow.
How democratic.

patwicklow

Sharrow wrote: »

So when the business in the Dail is being broadcast finally on the web and reported on http://www.kildarestreet.com/ and being tweeted about suddenly there is the need to have sessions in a language that most of the population can't follow.
How democratic.

That is what i mean it may as well be in German be done with it!

conor.hogan.2

Sharrow wrote: »

How democratic.

Learn the language or wait for the 95% of the other broadcasts in English.

Wibbs

It may as well be in Martian for all the good it would do. We rarely listen to them as they talk shíte in any language and when they talk of important things they don't listen to the people who voted for them so "meh".

mikemac1

Gaelic is what the nordies speak

I learned Irish

Gummy Panda

Yes they should like out of 'Allo 'Allo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvT8dMHqqVY

Nothingbetter2d

Ich begrüße unsere Deutsch Überlastungen

ejmaztec

Dean09 wrote: »

Wurst. Thread. Ever.

fyp

AeoNGriM

Wile E. Coyote wrote: »

Good god. Is it now mandatory on Boards the every second thread has to relate to our Government or the bloody Germans? Have we nothing better to talk about?

Post alternative to Germans/recession/government threads or GTFO!

Doesn't have quite the same ring to it as Tits or GTFO but meh.

ejmaztec

AeoNGriM wrote: »

Post alternative to Germans/recession/government threads or GTFO!

Doesn't have quite the same ring to it as Tits or GTFO but meh.

I look forward to the trolls starting whacko threads to break the monotony of 4 years of recession threads.

Morag

mikemac1 wrote: »

Gaelic is what the nordies speak

I learned Irish

Actually you learned gaeilge.

deise go deo

Sharrow wrote: »

Actually you learned gaeilge.

Irish and Gaeilge are the same thing;)

conor.hogan.2

Irish in English, Gaeilge as Gaeilge.

blow69

Boards should seriously consider having a 'retarded thread of the day'


Just sayin'

token101

I still feel my idea of selling Leitrim, gas and all, to the Saudis could work.....

Archeron

Eigall leigegeigal eigand geigoveigernmeigent ceigonveigersaeigateigion sheigould beige eigin heigy peigy.

But of course, thats just my opinion.

Ellis Dee

patwicklow wrote: »

After the big Yes vote will be a matter of time!

My answer to that is an unequivocal jein, Du Trottel!:):):)

lividduck

patwicklow wrote: »

After the big Yes vote will be a matter of time!

The dumb inciting the even dumber!

Seanchai

I Heart Internet wrote: »

I know of no Irish person who calls that language Gaelic.

I do and they're, well, British of a nationalistic bent. I suppose that was your point. In the English language, the French have French, the Germans, German, the Italians, Italian but the Irish can't have Irish, just "Gaelic".

Ironically, calling Irish "Gaelic" in English is a recent phenomenon from British people. It was always referred to as Irish by English speakers but now for nationalistic reasons British nationalists have started calling it "Gaelic" when speaking English. Quelle surprise.

mikemac1

Are they the same people who call us Éire?

Actually, I do know all the pedantic points so possibly they are correct too but it's unusual and they always make a point of doing it

Strange, thats all

lividduck

mikemac1 wrote: »

Are they the same people who call us Éire?

Actually, I do know all the pedantic points so possibly they are correct too but it's unusual and they always make a point of doing it

Strange, thats all

Why shouldn't they call us Éire, that what is says on our Passports and stamps.

charlemont

patwicklow wrote: »

After the big Yes vote will be a matter of time!

Would you place a bet on it ?

Seanchai

lividduck wrote: »

Why shouldn't they call us Éire, that what is says on our Passports and stamps.

Unless they are writing/speaking in Irish, the name of this state is most explicitly not Éire when writing/speaking in English:

'Article 4

The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland.'

Bunreacht na hÉireann

lividduck

Seanchai wrote: »

Unless they are writing/speaking in Irish, the name of this state is most explicitly not Éire when writing/speaking in English:

'Article 4

The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland.'

Bunreacht na hÉireann

Well I address my letters in English as I don't speak dead languages, and when my mail reaches the UK it claims to be from Éire, now when the English try to show respect by calling the country by what it appears to them is it's official title the "little Irelanders" have a pop!

KTRIC

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

Ich begrüße unsere Deutsch Überlastungen

:-D

lividduck

Seanchai wrote: »

Unless they are writing/speaking in Irish, the name of this state is most explicitly not Éire when writing/speaking in English:

'Article 4

The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland.'

Bunreacht na hÉireann

By the way, you should buy an atlas, Belfast is in Northern Ireland, not Ireland!

Sir Gallagher

Sharrow wrote: »

So when the business in the Dail is being broadcast finally on the web and reported on http://www.kildarestreet.com/ and being tweeted about suddenly there is the need to have sessions in a language that most of the population can't follow.
How democratic.

Irish politicians speaking Irish in the Dail, disgraceful!!!

lividduck

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Irish politicians speaking Irish in the Dail, disgraceful!!!

Agreed, they should speak a language that their constituents understand, like English

The King of Moo

*ties in welfare fraud and the price of petrol somehow*

AngryBollix

deise go deo wrote: »

No thanks, Gaeilge will do just fine.

Yeah. We still wont be able to understand what they're saying

The King of Moo

AngryBollix wrote: »

Yeah. We still wont be able to understand what they're saying

Speak for yourself.

sgb

What percentage of the voters of Ireland understood what they were saying

10% ?

lividduck

sgb wrote: »

What percentage of the voters of Ireland understood what they were saying

10% ?

Of voters? .2%

Seanchai

lividduck wrote: »

By the way, you should buy an atlas, Belfast is in Northern Ireland, not Ireland!

And I need to buy an atlas? :rolleyes: You seem to have missed the meaning of the word 'Ireland' in the name 'Northern Ireland', but I suppose English wasn't your strong point either.

Last I looked not even the Orange Order in Belfast was denying that they are in Ireland. Perhaps you could contact the The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland for clarification?

Any more idiosyncratically rightwing British ideas about Ireland and the Irish to share with us?

Seanchai

lividduck wrote: »

Well I address my letters in English as I don't speak dead languages

Oh, one of the chip-on-shoulder brigade. Given the poor standard of your English, I'm not surprised you need some scapegoat for your inability to speak Irish.

lividduck wrote: »

when my mail reaches the UK it claims to be from Éire

That might have something to do with another reality that you're evidently oblivious to: Irish is the first official language of the state known in English as Ireland. Ergo, it's quite natural that the state's name on stamps is in the first official language of this state.


Seeing, however, that you and your like-minded British are writing in English, the name of the state is Ireland, and nothing else. This is not disputed by any authority on Irish law. Anyway, what an interesting parallel universe you inhabit.