Posted on 08/18/2017 4:51:37 AM PDT by Mechanicos
Young Irish immigrants in Canada have expressed their annoyance at being forced to undertake an English-proficiency test, despite English being their first language, when applying for Canadian permanent resident status.
(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...
Well eye beef hooked !
I took a bunch of Boy Scouts to Blair Athol. A great Jamborette. I could not understand the Scots. I paid careful attention, and listened for the word 'f*ckin' It was always followed by a noun.
Oh, I suspect Ireland's low corporate taxes had more to do with that. Though, I'm certainly not disparaging the Irish people's command of the English language.
Try going to A Scottish Gathering and Games!
152nd Scottish Highland Gathering & Games!
www.thescottishgames.com/
The 152nd Scottish Highland Gathering and Games take place at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton on Labor Day Weekend (September 2 - 3, 2017).
Financial services companies began moving some back-office operations over there decades ago. Corporate tax rates weren’t applicable. What mattered most to these companies was that the workers cost less than their American counterparts, and spoke/read English perfectly.
Have you ever been to Ireland? They speak Gaelic, it’s taught in school and there’s several TV channels that are in Gaelic, including a children’s cartoon channel. People spoke Gaelic to me and when they realized that I didn’t understand what they were saying, they switched to English.
They’ve gone pagan, unfortunately... Still, a lovely place.
It’s pretty, no doubt about it.
Everybody in Ireland speaks English except the Aran Islands.
I suspect Trudeau has a double-standard when it comes to immigration: Muslims are refugees and asylum seekers and eveyone else has to jump over the usual and reasonable hurdles to become a Canadian resident.
Indeed dey are darlin , sure ‘n’ begorrah! I was sayin’ dat to me brother Shamus just yesterday! “Shamus ‘’ says I ‘’Ya big ijit sure ‘n’ yer an upitty bastard ye are!’’. How are you doing Miss marmelsstein?
Shouldn’t be too difficult...as long as they remember that all sentences end in “eh?”.
Yes, the Daley’s, especially Richard the First, were good examples of that.
Maybe the immigration people are going through the motions with the English requirement, doing it because they have to letting in a lot of people who are not proficient. And they apply it to the English-speaking Irish too, to make it appear there is no discrimination going on.
All you need to know is what poutine is.
That must be french for the Italian putana?
Reminds me of Mexican Anchor Babies taking Spanish 101 in High School, getting a C- Grade and blaming the Teacher.
Speak Irish. What they sound like after drinking....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoKCYxf1lnU
English? Those hosers should be learning to speak Canadian, eh.
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