What next from these Idiots!!

warmhands.coldheart

An odd statement considering it was the Protestant Presbyterians who saved the language......
Let people learn whatever the heck they like...

I do agree though that calling yourself an "Irish" speaker (or any other language for that matter) just because you now a handful of words/sentences is a bit much......

.......and certainly it is NOT justification to start spending a sh.1t load more of tax payers money doubling up on the paperwork in the public sector just to cover all these languages..... I mean !!!!!!. I saw some leaflet recently and on top of the Polish, Chinese and other "foreign" languages on it, it also had Irish and Ulster Scots...... Now Polish, Chinese et al. I can understand as chances are those who speak these languages may have some issues with English which wouldn't be their first language, but Irish and Ulster Scots, like they would be a first language in Northern Ireland!!......

BigAl94

motorguy wrote: »

Hes expressing his opinion.

Hes not forcing his opinion on others by actively banning them from doing something.

He professes loyalty to the Queen and she spoke in which tongue on her state visit to Dublin?

tommie

BigAl94 wrote: »

He professes loyalty to the Queen and she spoke in which tongue on her state visit to Dublin?

99% of the time it was English Al,

just a few words in irish to pat the natives on the head

(majority of which hadn`t a clue what she said)

BigAl94

He was described on Radio Ulster this evening as a fool - sounds about right.

suki1964

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

An odd statement considering it was the Protestant Presbyterians who saved the language......
Let people learn whatever the heck they like...

I do agree though that calling yourself an "Irish" speaker (or any other language for that matter) just because you now a handful of words/sentences is a bit much......

.......and certainly it is NOT justification to start spending a sh.1t load more of tax payers money doubling up on the paperwork in the public sector just to cover all these languages..... I mean !!!!!!. I saw some leaflet recently and on top of the Polish, Chinese and other "foreign" languages on it, it also had Irish and Ulster Scots...... Now Polish, Chinese et al. I can understand as chances are those who speak these languages may have some issues with English which wouldn't be their first language, but Irish and Ulster Scots, like they would be a first language in Northern Ireland!!......

Didn't the Ulster Scots only make it a recognisable language on the back of the Good Friday agreement? Before then it was just slang?

BigAl94

Ulster Scots is a dialect - not a language.

warmhands.coldheart

suki1964 wrote: »

Didn't the Ulster Scots only make it a recognisable language on the back of the Good Friday agreement? Before then it was just slang?

Down to money. The Irish language was going to get funding so the "Unionists" needed a language to fund to "even things up"

BigAl94 wrote: »

Ulster Scots is a dialect - not a language.

It's more like as speech impediment !!!!!:rotfl:

BigAl94

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Down to money. The Irish language was going to get funding so the "Unionists" needed a language to fund to "even things up"



It's more like as speech impediment !!!!!:rotfl:

Here's an example (and this is meant to be serious")

http://www.psni.police.uk/ulster_scots.pdf

qwert_yuiop

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Down to money. The Irish language was going to get funding so the "Unionists" needed a language to fund to "even things up"



It's more like as speech impediment !!!!!:rotfl:

Smart move on the part of the government. In a few years, they'll simply decide there's no funding for anyone's language hobby any more than there should be for any other pastime, and that'll be the end of largesse for both languages, without any room for calling it sectarianism. Cute.

highrisklowreturn

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Down to money. The Irish language was going to get funding so the "Unionists" needed a language to fund to "even things up"

It's more like as speech impediment !!!!!:rotfl:

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You would understand it is descended from low lands Scottish, is a mixture of old norse and german, where these retained their ascendancy over latin by not being subject to the norman invasions.

It was the administrative language of Scotland for 12 centuries, is the language, albeit diluted, of Robert Burns amongst others, and as people have voted for it they have every right to see it employed.

Now go back to apologising for the pan-republican and left wing front.