it wud b so much eesier
letters and words have been divorced from spoken sounds since middle English (thank you Normans) if we decided to fix our language we'd have to create an entirely new alphabet and spelling/grammar rules. Essentially we'd have to build a new language from the ground up.
Quote from: Trojanlord on August 05, 2014, 11:17:00 AMletters and words have been divorced from spoken sounds since middle English (thank you Normans) if we decided to fix our language we'd have to create an entirely new alphabet and spelling/grammar rules. Essentially we'd have to build a new language from the ground up.If J.R. Tolkien could make up the entire elven language for his books, I'm sure a bunch of labcoats could as well. However, the real problem would be teaching everybody.
Blame the French for fucking up the English language.
Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on August 05, 2014, 12:17:25 PMBlame the French for fucking up the English language.Sure thing pal.
Quote from: Sandtrap on August 05, 2014, 12:22:00 PMQuote from: DAS B00T x2 on August 05, 2014, 12:17:25 PMBlame the French for fucking up the English language.Sure thing pal.Everyone else is dumb. That's totally a fucking apple that looks like a pine cone, so it's a pineapple!
Quote from: Sandtrap on August 05, 2014, 12:22:00 PMQuote from: DAS B00T x2 on August 05, 2014, 12:17:25 PMBlame the French for fucking up the English language.Sure thing pal.Also, "anann" in Irish.
Quote from: Sprungli on August 05, 2014, 03:46:39 PMQuote from: Zizzy on August 05, 2014, 12:26:41 PMQuote from: Sandtrap on August 05, 2014, 12:22:00 PMQuote from: DAS B00T x2 on August 05, 2014, 12:17:25 PMBlame the French for fucking up the English language.Sure thing pal.Also, "anann" in Irish.*GaelicIt's like saying Israelis speak Israeli, rather than Hebrew I've always heard it referred to as Irish, even by Irish people. It's the same thing, there's no wrong terminology.
Quote from: Zizzy on August 05, 2014, 12:26:41 PMQuote from: Sandtrap on August 05, 2014, 12:22:00 PMQuote from: DAS B00T x2 on August 05, 2014, 12:17:25 PMBlame the French for fucking up the English language.Sure thing pal.Also, "anann" in Irish.*GaelicIt's like saying Israelis speak Israeli, rather than Hebrew
Sure thing pal.Also, "anann" in Irish.*GaelicIt's like saying Israelis speak Israeli, rather than Hebrew
True, but it is Gaelic, a lot of Irish people just refer to it as Irish to save confusion, especially as areas of Scotland speak Gaelic as well
I live in Ireland, I speak Irish, and literally no one I know refers to it as "Gaelic". Sure, if someone said " I speak Gaelic", you'd know what they're talking about, but it's not used in that context often. Everyone uses "Irish" or "Gaeilge" when referring to it, "Gaelic" is almost always used to denote the sport of Gaelic Football.
I do know, and I was just saying that the official name is Gaelic, whilst I am English I spend a lot of time in Ireland. In fact, i'm heading over Tuesday for two weeks
Both are correct, the main difference being that "Irish" is far more commonly used in conversation (and that it is more accurate, given that Gaelic isn't specific to the Irish language). Your correction was kinda pointless.
That was my point, calling Gaelic Irish is a little off as Gaelic is spoken in parts of Scotland and even places in the West of Wales