From: cu072@FreeNet.Carleton.CA   
      
   "hacedeca" (hacedeca@zedat.fu-berlin.de) writes:   
   > "Féachadóir"  schrieb im Newsbeitrag   
   > news:ce9re3l2s0i90msj0p03ssml1tuemfivnl@4ax.com...   
   >> Finn in Old Irish means blonde, fair, clear. It does not mean noble.   
   >   
   > How old is Old Irish? Was it not spoken in the early middle ages? The Irish   
   > were christians already back then (not to speak about the legends that their   
   > kings were descendants of Mary Magdalene's and Jesus' child). Nietzsche   
   > would have something funny to say about that.   
   >   
   > The problem here is: Nietzsche is talking about Gaelic and means for sure a   
   > language that was spoken before Christ or at least before the Celts became   
   > christians.   
   >   
   >> Nietzsche was talking through his arse, at least as far as Irish goes.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I do not want to irritate you, but he was already at the age of 24 a   
   > Professor of Classical Philology - an expert on old languages. And we are   
   > not talking about Irish here but Gaelic.   
      
      
   To be clear you'd have to say Scottish Gaelic or Irish Gaelic   
   although these days "Irish" suffices for Irish Gaelic.   
      
   But, both Gaelics derive from Old Irish.   
      
   Elaine   
      
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