From: Féach@d.óir   
      
   Scríobh cu072@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Elaine Stutt):   
   >"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   
      
   Or Manx..   
      
   >although these days "Irish" suffices for Irish Gaelic.   
      
   It always did.   
      
   >But, both Gaelics derive from Old Irish.   
   >   
   >Elaine   
      
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