Irish language gains popularity among US students

BBC News ^ | March 15, 2012 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

(it's mostly a link to a streaming vid when you visit the original)

[freedumb2003]

It is a beautiful language and the language of my ancestors.

When I hear it spoken or sung I have a deep emotional reaction.

[SunkenCiv]

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[GiovannaNicoletta]

How cool!!

Here is a song from the 11th century, sung in the original 11th century Irish:

I Am Eve

[Jack Hydrazine]

But will it help me learn to talk like a pirate?

[proxy_user]

These Celtic languages are really tough. It’s a bunch of difficult sounds and complicated grammar.

Only Irish, Manx, and Scots Gaelic are close to each other, Welsh, Breton, and Cornish are off on a different tree.

[Jaidyn]

My husband, Pat, passed away Feb. 11. St. Patrick's Day is his favorite day of the year, and he always went all out to celebrate. For his birthday one year, I had a friend do a caricature of him. The picture is a perfect caricature.

[Little Bill]

The language that was spoken by my Irish ancestors was Low Land Scots, driven from Ireland by the Rack Rents in 1703.

[skinkinthegrass]

is international-talk-like-a-pirate-day, still on Sept. 19?
iirc, it wasn't posted last year...or i must've missed it. :-\

[JohnG45]

I am sorry for your loss.

I am sure it was because of the “luck of the Irish” he found you.

[skinkinthegrass]

*cue-up/*
theme to Last of the Mohicans...otherwise known as "the Gael"
*/cue-up*
beautiful rendition on u-tube keywords "last of the Mohicans;felixps0000"

[Jack Hydrazine]

I think so!
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

[tumblindice]

“Erin go braugh” (Gaelic sex talk/foreplay: “Brace yourself lass.”)

[skinkinthegrass]

arghhh... so it is!! *LOL* :-D
that fist-puppet (a-la-cartman...classic :-)

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[Jaidyn]

I am sure it was because of the “luck of the Irish” he found you.

Thank you! I'd like to think it is the luck of the Irish! We sure had a lot of fun!

[Squantos]

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Shona le mo chairde ar saor in aisce poblacht !

¡ ɔıןqndǝɹ ǝǝɹɟ uo spuǝıɹɟ ʎɯ oʇ ʎɐp sʞɔıɹʇɐd ʇs ʎddɐɥ

[pineybill]

The University where I work introduced Irish as a language option four years ago. The class typically fills to a capacity of 20, by the time the last day comes to ‘drop without a grade” half the class is out. Come second semester, only 5-6 typically continue. Looks difficult but one of these years I am going to give it a shot.

[Mmogamer]

wouldn’t it be more proper to call it Gaelic? There is no “Irish” language. Irish Gaels maybe?

[Revolting cat!]

IBIJ (In Before Irish Jokes!)