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Post by phantas on Jan 20, 2011 16:58:35 GMT -5
I've given up on trying to learn Gaelic Not in the first because some of the English explanations go straight over my head and I can't make heads nor tails at times! As a non-native speaker it makes it double as hard.
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Post by jpanarese on Jan 21, 2011 14:42:02 GMT -5
A very good friend of mine has actually been and will be continuing to take Gaelic as a college course or, should I say, courses, over the next few months. Her parents spoke Gaelic while she was growing up and she is "familiar" with it. However, even for her, it has been a challenging process. She has sort of let me in on the materials and I have been trying to pick things up when we are together. It is, though, to me, Extremely Difficult to learn.
John
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Post by Moe on Jan 21, 2011 18:15:21 GMT -5
I've given up on trying to learn Gaelic Not in the first because some of the English explanations go straight over my head and I can't make heads nor tails at times! As a non-native speaker it makes it double as hard. Same here. I got books and tapes and tried for a long time, but eventually decided I didn't have the drive nor the time to learn the language. But I still love listening to it.
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Post by ardens on Jan 22, 2011 8:31:43 GMT -5
The interest in the Irish language at my uni is not as big as it used to be some time ago, but about 30 people starting to learn per semester is still quite a good number. Especially considering that all of them do it for fun and not because Irish will be so helpful in a later career.
In general, I would describe Irish as an endangered language. There are many enthusiasts in Ireland and all over the world but the number of people speaking Irish in their everyday life is small. Native speakers are dying out and some of their knowledge gets lost with them because it has never been written down and because not all features of a living language can be written down.
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Post by phantas on Jan 24, 2011 8:53:55 GMT -5
Just for a heads up : Yesterday (Sunday 23-01-2011) on BBC 2 "Terry Wogan's Ireland". Part of which was about the Gaeltacht. Second half will be about Northern parts of Ireland (hopefully Donegal too!!) and is on next Sunday 30-01-2011. I love Terry's sense of humour, and he make sit a very personalized journey through all of Ireland. Last night's showing was settled in Cork (and Cobh), Limerick, the Ring of Kerry and a few shots of a very beautifully haunting lighthouse on Fastnet Rock, also known as Ireland's Teardrop IIRC. It was a nice show to watch and I will definitely check out the second part. Methinks it will be available on the BBC Iplayer but I haven't checked yet. Recommended!!
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