XPost: soc.culture.welsh, soc.culture.cornish, soc.culture.irish
XPost: soc.culture.scottish
From: micheil@shaw.ca
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:47:49 +0100, "Westprog"
wrote:
>Féachadóir wrote:
>...
>>> I can see it being useful if it's necessary to represent how people
>>> are speaking, but I don't see it as important when processing a
>>> planning application for a gazebo.
>
>> Of course not. You speak a majority language, you take it for granted.
>
>The reason that I don't see it as important when planning a gazebo, in the
>case of Scots, is that the planning application is already valid Scots, if
>it's valid English.
My God, are you ever out to lunch! There are many older Scots who
really can't speak "pure" English with any degree of success.
>The same doesn't apply to Irish. The stacks of unread
>forms provided in every government agency in Ireland are clearly an
>essential part of ensuring the good health of the language.
That really is a venomous remark and unworthy of you, Westprog, as I
battle to retain some degree of respect for your opinions!
Would you rather that we all spoke American English? Language is the
very root of any culture, and as the language dies, so does the
culture. Surely you don't want to see Ireland become a country of cute
American or English clones who think that "begorrah" is the beginning
and end of the Irish language?
To me, your statements are heresy. You might as well call up Downing
Street or the White House and ask if Ireland can be taken over as a
dependency like Gibraltar or Puerto Rico.
Dear God, spare me from Brit clones! We have enough of those in
Scotland, mangling the English language in their social-climbing
attempts to be mistaken for the residents of Belgravia!
The Highlander
Tilgibh smucaid air do làmhan,
togaibh a' bhratach dhubh agus
toisichibh a' geàrradh na sgòrnanan!
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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