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CSflim · 08-30-2003, 03:42 PM

I speak English and Irish.
Talk about a pointless language! There are about a thousand people alive today that speak it exclusively.
I mean if you learn French you can go to France, if you learn German, you can go to Germany!
But Irish......?

Well, I guess it's kinda cool to have a language that is unique to our country, you know...culture and all that ballocks...

Either way, we don't get a choice about learning irish. Irish is a compulsory subject from the very start of your schooling, right up until you leave secondary school (high school).

I also studied French, but I majorly suck at it. Couldn't string a sentance together, despite having studied it for five years!
Bonnnnnjoer!

Oh yeah, and I have dreamnt in Irish, while staying in a Gaeltacht, which are areas of the country which have Irish as the primary language...very rare...and very isolated! However, they are often used for students studing Irish to go on an "Irish Summer Camp", to help learn the language.

08-30-2003, 03:42 PM	#38 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	I speak English and Irish. Talk about a pointless language! There are about a thousand people alive today that speak it exclusively. I mean if you learn French you can go to France, if you learn German, you can go to Germany! But Irish......? Well, I guess it's kinda cool to have a language that is unique to our country, you know...culture and all that ballocks... Either way, we don't get a choice about learning irish. Irish is a compulsory subject from the very start of your schooling, right up until you leave secondary school (high school). I also studied French, but I majorly suck at it. Couldn't string a sentance together, despite having studied it for five years! Bonnnnnjoer! Oh yeah, and I have dreamnt in Irish, while staying in a Gaeltacht, which are areas of the country which have Irish as the primary language...very rare...and very isolated! However, they are often used for students studing Irish to go on an "Irish Summer Camp", to help learn the language. __________________ Last edited by CSflim; 08-30-2003 at 03:45 PM..