Re: Ms. Gunn
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 15:03 |
Keith Gaughan scripsit:
> Gaelic is dying in Ireland because there's no fostering of a love of
> the language. That's the plain and simple truth. No Unified Gaelic
> would help to rectify its decline.
The original intention of the UG project was to provide a means for
inter-Gaelic communication, a restricted IAL, not to replace the national
languages or their dialects.
> The only thing that could possibly
> help the language is do what was done in Israel [...]
What, have lots and lots of immigrants from all parts of the world, and
give them instant citizenship but make them learn Irish?
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