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To: doug from upland
Their language was English/Gaelic but the Irish spoke it so differently back then that it might as well have been Chinese. LOL. If you think the Irish came here as welcomed “saints” who didn’t cause their share of disruption to muscle their way in then you don’t know many Irish!
127 posted on 06/04/2007 7:37:39 AM PDT by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: Earthdweller

There you go again. Of course they caused some legal problems, but it is infinitesimal compared to what has happened with this invasion. The Irish didn’t bring millions of dollars of marijuana and cocaine into the country and have organized murderous gangs in every single major city in this country. The Irish assimilated. This group of invaders, and invaders is the proper term, has no interest in assimilation. Comparing the language to Chinese is again preposterous by you.

I’m Irish/German. My grandfather from Ireland fcame here in the early 1900s. His English was just fine.

From your very first post, your comparison is foolish beyond belief. We


130 posted on 06/04/2007 7:47:02 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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