Question:
I walk in the north of England(every week), and the west of Ireland (twice a
year), I would like to learn more Irish, can anyone help,I reckon that
spending a day walking with someone who knows the language, would be of
great benefit.
Answer:
With regard to your unwise decision to attempt to learn the "Irish"
language, allow me ( as a half Irish sophisticate) to enlighten you on one
or two points.
Firstly, it is quite unnecessary for you to learn the language of the locals
as they are all certainly likely to speak English.
Secondly, consider the following statement well, then ponder on the meaning
behind it, then forget the whole business.
I have absolute proof that there is no such language as Gaelic or Irish, if
you will, and in fact the Irish peoples have always spoken perfect English
since year dot. The mutterings and stutterings that the local populace would
have you believe to be a native language is nothing more than a complete
fraud.
The purpose of said impostor speak is simply that "they" would like you to
believe that "they" are saying something to each other that only "they" can
understand. In fact the complete opposite is true, they do not understand
anything that they are saying to each other and are merely inventing a
language in "real time" as it were, in order to place you in a position
later that will almost certainly result in you paying for all the drinks
that they will consume.
I repeat, take my advise and forget the whole business.
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