tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200060786761508433.post8335324042883529944..comments2023-07-08T08:02:17.679-07:00Comments on Am Ghobsmacht!: Santa Isn't Real and Other Hard TruthsAm Ghobsmachthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15333693607785579136noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200060786761508433.post-80550402535119066952020-01-12T11:41:24.683-08:002020-01-12T11:41:24.683-08:00"You are also lamentably wrong in saying that..."You are also lamentably wrong in saying that Scottish Gaelic is not viewed negatively, to say the very least of it, by people who imagine themselves to be Loyalist in both Northern Ireland AND Scotland as well as by "Yoons" in general, as they are called by Scottish Nationalists. Look up what those who love and speak Scottish Gaelic say - as I have - if you should have the time."<br /><br />As someone who has lived in Scotland for over a quarter of his life, spent a fair deal of time in the Outer Hebrides, was engaged to a Gael and spent some time learning Scottish Gaelic (not very well admittedly) I am quite sure that I am not wrong on this matter.<br /><br />I seem to recall a Rangers flag in Gaelic back in the day. <br /><br />I am aware of the various definitions of Gaelic but in this context it is appropriate that I employ them in the manner in which I do.Am Ghobsmachthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333693607785579136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200060786761508433.post-17649158109656595912016-07-23T15:02:07.206-07:002016-07-23T15:02:07.206-07:00We who speak and love the Irish language are, and ...We who speak and love the Irish language are, and forever will be, grateful to those great scholars who laboured to preserve it. To give their names and then to label them as Protestant or Unionist - as so many were - or Catholic and Nationalist is to insult them by suggesting that their religious and/or political affiliations - if any - were, in some way, a factor influencing their scholarship.<br />Shakespeare wrote "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose"; but no sane person could cite this as a reason for hatred and suspicion of Scripture.<br />No sir. I suspect that even if Sinn Féin did NOT press the cause of the Irish language, it would still be viewed with (let's say) asperity by northern unionists across all parts of that spectrum, simply because they are negative to anything connected with Irishness across the full spectrum of negativity, from indifference to murderous hatred.<br />You are also lamentably wrong in saying that Scottish Gaelic is not viewed negatively, to say the very least of it, by people who imagine themselves to be Loyalist in both Northern Ireland AND Scotland as well as by "Yoons" in general, as they are called by Scottish Nationalists. Look up what those who love and speak Scottish Gaelic say - as I have - if you should have the time. <br />Finally, in the interests of clarity, the term "Gaelic" is the English word for the Scottish Gaelic Language, or "Gàidhlig", and "Irish" is the English word for the Irish Language, or "Gaeilge". This is all very confusing to be sure, but there you have it. We must not forget "Gaelg" of course - the almost-moribund Manx Language, the last native speakers of which were recorded by the Irish Folklore Commission on the instructions of the late Mr Eamon de Valera. I am very proud of this simple deed of his. We who think of ourselves as the Gael should be proud of it, as it had nothing whatever to do with nationality, or religion, or political affiliation at all.<br /> http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/isleofman/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8483000/8483578.stmAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559436448475769618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200060786761508433.post-724175971861071182015-05-05T18:47:11.408-07:002015-05-05T18:47:11.408-07:00FDM
(Dunno how I missed yer comment, sorry for th...FDM<br /><br />(Dunno how I missed yer comment, sorry for the delay).<br /><br />Your point is perfectly valid when applied to the extremes of unionism, the anti-social vampires so to speak.<br /><br />But you know fine and well that there is a spectrum of unionists with Poots and the fundaMENTALISTS at one end and people like Linda Ervine (and yours truly) at the other.<br /><br />Now, whether the remainder of the unionist spectrum leans towards fundamentalism or Ervine-ism is another thing but it's not unfair to say that there will be a number worthy of consideration at the more Gaelic-tolerant end of the spectrum (if not enthusiastically pro-Gaelic as shown by the numerous classes that have sprouted up all over the Belfast area).<br /><br />So knowing that there are unionists who are pro-Gaelic then it stands to reason that there will be more (or a similar number) who are willing to tolerate it.<br /><br />How many unionists do we need to be on board for a language act to be brought in?<br /><br />If the perception between the Provos and the Irish language can be broken then surely the fundaMENTALists will have to find other wickermen to burn and placate the mob rather than picking on a SF hobby horse?<br /><br />Am Ghobsmachthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333693607785579136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200060786761508433.post-35809024095605919252015-01-28T04:52:45.172-08:002015-01-28T04:52:45.172-08:00WARNING! WARNING!
"This poster is about to su...WARNING! WARNING!<br />"This poster is about to subvert the English language and write seditious republican comments that could seriously damage your mental health".<br />Unionist parental guidance is advised...<br /><br />Therein lies your major, if not only, issue.<br /><br />Of course you can use any language to your purposes. That is sort of the point of our major means of human communication, language. A political party having the audacity to use A language/ANY language to further their aims? Now there is a shock.<br /><br />I am using English at present to pick at one of the serious neuroses of the "Unionist" psyche, the Irish language. A language that the "British" tried desperately to destroy, but not to digress...<br /><br />Irish nationalists/republicans use Irish/English/whatever communication means necessary to further their aims. I am sure at Brussels they might even stoop to some broken French or guttural German to grease the wheels with their colleagues there. Nationalists will of course wrap themselves in the clothing of an-Irish-nationalist; flags, music, sports and of course language (with all its literary out-workings) as they see that as synonymous with presenting themselves, in this instance, as Irish-nationalists. Duh.<br /><br />"Unionists" just hate anything associated with being Irish. When you dissect your opening quote by Poots, it completely underlines that assertion of mine.<br />Lets look at it by putting it across two lines:<br />"burying the Irish"<br />(Mr. Poots is deeply in favour of burying the Irish)<br />"language act"<br />(in this instance by subverting a language act that they, the Irish types, wanted)<br /><br />The language itself in this instance is irrelevant. For Poots and the wider "Unionist" community it is all about suppressing the Irish/ Irish Nationalists/ Republicans. Attacking the language is just another means to the continuation of those aims.<br /><br />Tell me this, would "Unionist" aims be in any way diluted if they were presented in the Irish language? Of course they wouldn't.<br /><br />Using, promoting and advocating the growth of A LANGUAGE is a positive act which a normal person shouldn't have a problem with, since the language may be used to express ANY point of view, including your own.<br /><br />Waving anything Irish in front of "Unionists" is like waving crucifixes at vampires. Watch them recoil back into the shadows from whence they came. The problem isn’t the crucifixes or the scared villagers waving them. The issue is the anti-social bloody vampires.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com