XPost: soc.culture.welsh, soc.culture.cornish, soc.culture.irish   
   XPost: soc.culture.scottish   
   From: coryvreckan@NO_SPAM.verizon.net   
      
   Robert Peffers. wrote:   
   > "Cory Bhreckan"  wrote in message   
   > news:nqeIh.5975$kh.5359@trnddc06...   
   >> scally wrote:   
   >>> On 6 Mar, 13:58, Cory Bhreckan    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>> scally wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 5 Mar, 19:43, The Highlander  wrote:   
   >>>>>> The Irish of course, far from establishing a Celtic nation, have   
   >>>>>> simply caved in to England by using English instead of Gaeilge.   
   >>>>> 'Caved into England' I think not. We do no longer promote English   
   >>>>> unlike France that encourages French worldwide and pays a handsome   
   >>>>> price for the privilege. The Irish have embraced the English language   
   >>>>> for valid reasons, is a much better description. You are a language   
   >>>>> Luddite and as always history will repeat itself, you can swim against   
   >>>>> the tide but you will not stop it. English is no longer the property   
   >>>>> of England but that of anyone who wishes to speak it, and all will   
   >>>>> decide its future changes, unlike French which is modified only by the   
   >>>>> Académie Française. English being the language of 'the pay packet' is   
   >>>>> now threatening the Indian caste system:-   
   >>>>> 'For centuries Dalits could not marry outside their caste to maintain   
   >>>>> caste purity. But if a Dalit knows English then there is no way he   
   >>>>> will be climbing a toddy tree and end up doing a manual job.   
   >>>>> The English-speaking Dalit will not be made a sweeper or a cleaner of   
   >>>>> toilets.   
   >>>> Wonderful, who cleans the toilets then?   
   >>> I would recommend Mr Blu and his indentured sidekick Toilet Duck,   
   >>> although if you are suffering from affluenza you may opt for Aleski   
   >>> Bazyli (A.K.A. a Polish bloke).   
   >> He'll probably learn *nglish too.   
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   >> --   
   >> "For the stronger we our houses do build,   
   >> The less chance we have of being killed." - William Topaz McGonagall   
   > So if that polish bloke became a toilet bloke, (block), then who does the   
   > polishing?   
      
   Certainly no the Dalit chap. He speaks *nglish.   
      
   --   
   "For the stronger we our houses do build,   
   The less chance we have of being killed." - William Topaz McGonagall   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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