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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-19-06 08:38 PM
Response to Reply #9
13. my Irish co-worker has his university diploma over his desk -- in Gaelic
Edited on Fri May-19-06 08:39 PM by Lisa
I believe he went to UC Cork.

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  -Is Scotch/Irish Gaelic a offical language? RedXIII  May-19-06 08:10 PM   #0 
  - That's Galic in Scotland and yes  supernova   May-19-06 08:12 PM   #1 
  - We should make Gaelic mandortory in american schools.  RedXIII   May-19-06 08:13 PM   #2 
     - S'ea  GreenPartyVoter   May-19-06 08:23 PM   #5 
     - Just out of curiosity,  LiberalEsto   May-19-06 09:28 PM   #18 
        - Or Sine or ceilidh or uisge...  LostinVA   May-19-06 10:03 PM   #20 
  - In unoccupied Ireland, Gaelic is taught  tmfun   May-19-06 08:18 PM   #3 
  - And, I believe, all official documents are printed in both  dflprincess   May-19-06 08:27 PM   #9 
     - my Irish co-worker has his university diploma over his desk -- in Gaelic  Lisa   May-19-06 08:38 PM   #13 
     - West Galway is Gaeltacht  Gormy Cuss   May-19-06 08:40 PM   #14 
  - If a language is in active use,  evlbstrd   May-19-06 08:19 PM   #4 
  - Yes, they are 'official' languages, as are Russian, Bantu, Catalan...  Swamp Rat   May-19-06 08:24 PM   #6 
  - Yes.  im10ashus   May-19-06 08:25 PM   #7 
  - There are  H2O Man   May-19-06 08:26 PM   #8 
  - Scotch is a whiskey, not a language. Maybe there's a Scottish  valerief   May-19-06 08:31 PM   #10 
  - Actually, it's a WHISKY....  Spider Jerusalem   May-19-06 08:33 PM   #11 
     - My American Heritage dictionary gives the preferred  valerief   May-19-06 08:37 PM   #12 
     - Because it's Scotch.  Spider Jerusalem   May-19-06 08:41 PM   #16 
        - I'm a Maker's Mark gal myself. n/t  valerief   May-19-06 08:42 PM   #17 
     - Actually, it's a "uisge beatha"  LostinVA   May-19-06 10:05 PM   #21 
        - Or phonetically  RagingInMiami   May-20-06 06:52 AM   #23 
           - Those English didn't know a real language -- or drink -- when they saw  LostinVA   May-20-06 07:54 AM   #24 
  - Here's some BBC radio links including Gaelic and Welsh programming:  Ilsa   May-19-06 08:41 PM   #15 
  - Irish is a required class in Ireland  LostinVA   May-19-06 10:02 PM   #19 
     - Welsh is pretty close  muriel_volestrangler   May-20-06 06:01 AM   #22 
        - Thanks for the info -- very interesting!  LostinVA   May-20-06 07:55 AM   #25 
 

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