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Being a prick? Not at all, thought you were just interested! In case you want a recap on what was said there it went something like:
kinross: Hello (or actually 'God be With You')
me: hello (response, or 'God and Mary with you')
me: Can I go to the toilet?
vincasey13: Sit Down
kinross: goodbye
me: Do you like sweets?A very strange (and on my part pathetic) conversation, but no insults!
It is official (recognised by the EU) but only really spoken in the west in Gaeltacht areas. Unless you live in or visit these areas and or go to an Irish speaking school, you have very little opportunity to speak Irish in your everyday life and as such it just gets left by the wayside as we mostly speak English, even if it is with our own lexicon.
I found it easier to learn French in secondary school than to keep up with Irish but I never really had a head for languages, so even that went when I left school. But imo it's the way it's taught that doesn't engage with pupils and so instead of being proud of having our own language we tend to hate it until years after leaving school.
That was my experience of it anyways!
- I thought it was a great conversation, even if we were clearly not conversing with each other...:) Plus its weird to see what Dia Duit literally means because I never really think about it when I say it.********
- whatdia duit actually means because I never think about that when I say it.********
- Yeah it was a good conversation, I just meant it made no sense!ian
- Saw an american comedian who learned Irish do a routine on the actual meanings, it was really funny, to see it afresh.ian
- I thought it was a great conversation, even if we were clearly not conversing with each other...:) Plus its weird to see what Dia Duit literally means because I never really think about it when I say it.