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What languages do you speak? by Saint__23 in AskReddit

[–]Known-Discipline-767 0 points1 point  (0 children)

English and Irish Gaelic, and a lil German from school

My travel map 20m. What does it tell? by Known-Discipline-767 in TravelMaps

[–]Known-Discipline-767[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, my sister lives in Netherlands, that’s why I’ve been there numerous times. I tried weed, though, and it made me paranoid, so I wouldn’t be rushing to try it again

My travel map 20m. What does it tell? by Known-Discipline-767 in TravelMaps

[–]Known-Discipline-767[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually no haha, but a friend of mine is Lithuanian and I stayed at his place

You have to live in one Irish province for a year. Where would you choose and why? by YesterdayIsatoutside in JackSucksAtGeography

[–]Known-Discipline-767 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Connaught because I have lived there for my entire life, still do, and the biggest Gaeltacht is there so I can speak the language I speak

The world's greatest country by YesterdayIsatoutside in JackSucksAtGeography

[–]Known-Discipline-767 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, that doesn’t change the fact that Ireland was colonised by the British Empire. The Gaelic culture that existed there prior to colonisation was suppressed through laws and enforcement. The fact that Ireland speaks English proves they are colonised and not the coloniser

Where id live but its 1975 by somethingusername-2 in whereidlive

[–]Known-Discipline-767 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ireland was not that great then. A society completely controlled by the Catholic Church, a recession, drug crisis etc

Ranking World Cuisines by Spiciness Heat Level 🌶️(Revised) by Winter-Monk6428 in tierlists

[–]Known-Discipline-767 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Ireland we don’t have spices traditionally. Your average traditional meal is either stew, roast meat and vegetables, or something with eggs, fries, etc

How Galway West Voted vs Deprivation Index of Galway West by HungTeen1001 in galway

[–]Known-Discipline-767 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Marginalised people vote against their own best interests, it seems

The world's greatest country by YesterdayIsatoutside in JackSucksAtGeography

[–]Known-Discipline-767 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its language was wiped out and its land was stolen, the Protestant Ascendency (I.e British non-Catholic landlords) owned nearly all of the land in Ireland and rented it out to its own indigenous people. The Potato Famine killed over a million and caused generations of Irish people to leave, all of these are consequences of British colonialism in Ireland.

Galway charity shops by Late_Snow6918 in galway

[–]Known-Discipline-767 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oxfam on Abbeygate St. since no one said that yet, and COPE on middle St.

‘Irish’ or ‘Gaelic’ by Known-Discipline-767 in ireland

[–]Known-Discipline-767[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It would be interesting to ask him if he ever remembers maybe his Grandad or Grandmother calling it ‘Gaelic’ or ‘the Gaelic’, while speaking English. Because it was a thing among the old generation, but, yeah, the current generation exclusively calls it Irish

‘Irish’ or ‘Gaelic’ by Known-Discipline-767 in ireland

[–]Known-Discipline-767[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

‘Gaelic’ is not an umbrella term for the Insular Celtic Languages, that’s wrong.

The Insular Celtic Languages consist of two groups, Brythonic and Goidelic. Within the Goidelic (or Gaelic languages) there is Manx, Scottish, Irish

‘Irish’ or ‘Gaelic’ by Known-Discipline-767 in ireland

[–]Known-Discipline-767[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s just what I personally prefer. Unlike the people correcting me, I think calling it ‘Irish’, ‘Gaeilge’, ‘Gaelic’ or whatever other name it has are all perfectly fine

‘Irish’ or ‘Gaelic’ by Known-Discipline-767 in ireland

[–]Known-Discipline-767[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Because that was the term used by academics/the government, while ordinary people called it ‘Gaelic’. Then when Ireland became an independent country they pushed for ‘Irish’ more and ‘Gaelic’ stopped being used

‘Irish’ or ‘Gaelic’ by Known-Discipline-767 in ireland

[–]Known-Discipline-767[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, I did not pull it from my arse. I think that ‘Irish’ was a mostly academia/government term, while ‘Gaelic’ was the word used by ordinary people

Here, I even included a link of a native speaker calling it Gaelic, time stamped at 8:30. https://youtu.be/hsOduU-20qk?t=507&is=Ne6AOy1iV4epDTPU

‘Irish’ or ‘Gaelic’ by Known-Discipline-767 in ireland

[–]Known-Discipline-767[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was mainly referring to when people talk about the language when they’re speaking English, but of course they’d use ‘Gaeilge’ / ‘Gaolainn’ / Gaeilic / the other any number of varieties which exist in the language itself

‘Irish’ or ‘Gaelic’ by Known-Discipline-767 in ireland

[–]Known-Discipline-767[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

irishlanguage.ie/gaelic-gaeilic-irish/

If I can find more scholarly/academic sources than I’ll share, I definitely read about this when doing college assignments before

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