Hey there from Ireland

Thats an interesting story Zen,thank you for sharing it!

Yes Ireland is beautiful


Welcome to the site Elizabeth!!

 

helo

 

I just saw your avatar and u are beautiful

 

I've not noticed that similarity. The Cork/West Cork accents are very distinctive from the others. There's at least three accents in Dublin - and more if speed of speech and the different tones are included. And Belfast is quite distinct too, even those there's two or three there.

Ireland also has it's little used native language, largely derived from French.
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In which parts of the Island can that accent be heard?

 

Liz does indeed look beautiful.
I'm happy she's openly lesbian because she is able to life a life true to herself. So many guys and girls can't or feel that they can't. I can't imagine what it's like to be so constrained.
But, yeh, Grogy, I know what you meant.

 

I meant that this is sad for me that i don't have a chance and someone block meand i think i deserved this,sorry and thanks for unblocking me

 

You probably bent the rules a bit too far on one of your comments. LOL
If in doubt in the future, have a word with Zen or Toker, before you hit the post button.

 

30 years ago, their were entire villages on the west coast, where the older generation were entirely Irish spoken. This was because in their younger days, teachers in their schools would have used Irish as their language while teaching all subjects.
These days, it is taught as a second language, so people using Irish in their everyday life has become fairly rare.

 

OK, I understand now. I thought you were referring to another language they used; a language other than Gaelic.
I have read that there is a Gaeltacht region (sp?) around County Galway where the language is preserver/protected and I think, there, it's the primary language.
Apparently they dislike speaking English but will do so for outsiders, eg tourists.

 

I believe they still use English as the basic teaching language in those parts, to ensure that the student can move on into major universities and medical college.
But I am sure that those who use Irish as their everyday language around town have plenty of fun with the tourists.
I still remember the time when I was talking about an oscillator to a guy. He asked Jane why I kept talking about guy who only eats Donkeys.

 

Yes, I think so too and they are, generally, well educated and very wordly aware.

 

Hello and welcome.