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Fri May-19-06 08:25 PM
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| -Is Scotch/Irish Gaelic a offical language? |
RedXIII |
May-19-06 08:10 PM |
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That's Galic in Scotland and yes |
supernova |
May-19-06 08:12 PM |
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We should make Gaelic mandortory in american schools. |
RedXIII |
May-19-06 08:13 PM |
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S'ea |
GreenPartyVoter |
May-19-06 08:23 PM |
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Just out of curiosity, |
LiberalEsto |
May-19-06 09:28 PM |
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Or Sine or ceilidh or uisge... |
LostinVA |
May-19-06 10:03 PM |
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In unoccupied Ireland, Gaelic is taught |
tmfun |
May-19-06 08:18 PM |
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And, I believe, all official documents are printed in both |
dflprincess |
May-19-06 08:27 PM |
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my Irish co-worker has his university diploma over his desk -- in Gaelic |
Lisa |
May-19-06 08:38 PM |
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West Galway is Gaeltacht |
Gormy Cuss |
May-19-06 08:40 PM |
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If a language is in active use, |
evlbstrd |
May-19-06 08:19 PM |
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Yes, they are 'official' languages, as are Russian, Bantu, Catalan... |
Swamp Rat |
May-19-06 08:24 PM |
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Yes. |
im10ashus |
May-19-06 08:25 PM |
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There are |
H2O Man |
May-19-06 08:26 PM |
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Scotch is a whiskey, not a language. Maybe there's a Scottish |
valerief |
May-19-06 08:31 PM |
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Actually, it's a WHISKY.... |
Spider Jerusalem |
May-19-06 08:33 PM |
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My American Heritage dictionary gives the preferred |
valerief |
May-19-06 08:37 PM |
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Because it's Scotch. |
Spider Jerusalem |
May-19-06 08:41 PM |
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I'm a Maker's Mark gal myself. n/t |
valerief |
May-19-06 08:42 PM |
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Actually, it's a "uisge beatha" |
LostinVA |
May-19-06 10:05 PM |
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Or phonetically |
RagingInMiami |
May-20-06 06:52 AM |
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Those English didn't know a real language -- or drink -- when they saw |
LostinVA |
May-20-06 07:54 AM |
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Here's some BBC radio links including Gaelic and Welsh programming: |
Ilsa |
May-19-06 08:41 PM |
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Irish is a required class in Ireland |
LostinVA |
May-19-06 10:02 PM |
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Welsh is pretty close |
muriel_volestrangler |
May-20-06 06:01 AM |
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Thanks for the info -- very interesting! |
LostinVA |
May-20-06 07:55 AM |
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