http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16215589 Does anyone see a problem with a sign wishing people a Merry Christmas in Irish? That is what Unionist politicians are complaining about which is ridiculous. If it was a sectarian slogan in Irish I would understand the complaints and agree with them but it is a simple good cheer message from Belfast City.
Not really but I bet as English person you might be upset if I did, do you object to Irish language signs in Ireland?
I don't object, I just ask the important questions. Presumably the native language of Scotland was Welsh or whatever the Picts spoke.
"David Browne, UUP, who has described Irish as "gobbledegook"" The ignorance we have to deal with Ulster-scots maybe as it isnt a language at all, just a culchie dialect spoken in a scottish accent
Only reason they spoke it in the first place was because they were unable to learn 2 languages. This is also the reason no ****er speaks Irish there anymore - so that sign will only be understood by a couple of people
To be fair I probably wouldn't have put the Irish sign up because it's such a typically boring Northern Irish thing to do - while there is famine in Africa, civil uprisings in the Middle East and Europe is in financial meltdown we've got Mary and William in Belfast fighting over a Christmas sign which only represents one of the two cultures.
There are not many people who have Irish as their first language but half of us did do about two years of basic Irish in school, and would understand how to say "hi", "bye", "Merry Christmas" and "**** Off" in Gaeilge.
If I had a pound for the number of times you've mentioned Ulster-Scots.... I'd have about a tenner. But you seem to mention it a lot Jacky.
