XPost: soc.culture.irish, ie.general, soc.culture.scottish   
   From: ciaran@ciaran.com   
      
   Gentile wrote:   
   > The best thing the English did for the Irish was to teach them the   
   > English Language, how long are we going to flog this dead horse? Are   
   > they going to get more Tourists in An Daingean or Dingle?   
   >   
   > I can think of better uses for my tax money than translating Spongebob   
   > Squarepants or the Muppets into a language that died years ago. I'm   
   > surprised the EU could waste our money like that.   
   >   
   > We would still have pigs in the Parlour and "Comely Maidens dancing at   
   > the Crossroads" today if the English didn't have the good sense to   
   > teach us the English Language.   
   >   
   Ya gotta teach 'em savages to be sivileyezed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)