Comments on: YaILP: Yet another Irish language poll http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621 Níl ann ach raiméis : It's nothing but nonsense Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:45:18 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621#comment-860 maca Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:47:12 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621#comment-860 Domhnall, it depends how you define success :) Personally I believe that Irish being compulsory had helped the language so far. If it wasn't compulsory I think the language would be a lot worse off today and I think if it is made optional in schools it will die a fast death. That's my opinion anyway. Yes it's not doing well as a community language but where Irish, Scottish Gaelic etc can do well is as a second language. I think it's important therefore that kids learn the language in school from as early an age as possible. If kids become fluent early on (thro. Irish medium education) then it won't need to be compulsory. IMO. Domhnall, it depends how you define success :)
Personally I believe that Irish being compulsory had helped the language so far. If it wasn’t compulsory I think the language would be a lot worse off today and I think if it is made optional in schools it will die a fast death. That’s my opinion anyway.

Yes it’s not doing well as a community language but where Irish, Scottish Gaelic etc can do well is as a second language. I think it’s important therefore that kids learn the language in school from as early an age as possible. If kids become fluent early on (thro. Irish medium education) then it won’t need to be compulsory. IMO.

]]> By: Domhnall http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621#comment-859 Domhnall Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:31:06 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621#comment-859 How succesful is this compulsory education though? I was reading in a Scottish paper this week that despite the official figure of over a million Irish speakers the number of people who actually use it on a regular basis as a community language could be as low as 10/20,000. Thats probably very similar (or maybe even lower than) to Scottish Gaelic which isnt compulsary here. How succesful is this compulsory education though? I was reading in a Scottish paper this week that despite the official figure of over a million Irish speakers the number of people who actually use it on a regular basis as a community language could be as low as 10/20,000. Thats probably very similar (or maybe even lower than) to Scottish Gaelic which isnt compulsary here.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621#comment-818 Nicole Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:56:47 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621#comment-818 Thanks for the tag...that way it shows up in my feed reader(which I have look for anything technorati-tagged-gaeilge)... Thanks for the tag…that way it shows up in my feed reader(which I have look for anything technorati-tagged-gaeilge)…

]]> By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621#comment-805 maca Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:07:25 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621#comment-805 Hi Nicole, I think attitudes have become more positive in general in recent years, less politics involved perhaps. Wrt tags, all Irish related blogs are put under the category of "gaeilge" but I don't know how to give them a technorati tag. I'll check it out though and see if I can do it. Edit: never mind, a simple plugin was the answer. Hi Nicole,

I think attitudes have become more positive in general in recent years, less politics involved perhaps.

Wrt tags, all Irish related blogs are put under the category of “gaeilge” but I don’t know how to give them a technorati tag. I’ll check it out though and see if I can do it. Edit: never mind, a simple plugin was the answer.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621#comment-804 Nicole Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:49:02 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=621#comment-804 Perhaps the over-34s feel less positive about the Irish language education they received than the younger crowd? Or, perhaps, the younger folk want their slightly-younger peers to suffer just like they did? :) (In the US, when the topic of school uniforms comes up, it seems like those who just graduated school are always the ones who are the most vocal supports. I suspect they'd have been singing a different tune if they were still in school...) (On a completely unrelated note, could you give your posts about the Irish language the technorati tag "gaeilge"? grma) Perhaps the over-34s feel less positive about the Irish language education they received than the younger crowd?

Or, perhaps, the younger folk want their slightly-younger peers to suffer just like they did? :) (In the US, when the topic of school uniforms comes up, it seems like those who just graduated school are always the ones who are the most vocal supports. I suspect they’d have been singing a different tune if they were still in school…)

(On a completely unrelated note, could you give your posts about the Irish language the technorati tag “gaeilge”? grma)

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