Re: The Survey ^_^

Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...> wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:46:38 GMT
> Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@EIRCOM.NETwrote:
>
> > Sarah Marie Parker-Allen <lloannna@SURFSIDE.NETwrote:
> >
> > > No, not yet. I keep meaning to sit down and actually LEARN Irish Gaelic;
> > > if I'm ever to become a licensed Irish Dance teacher it'd be a good idea
> > > (though you only have to pass the language exam if you want to teach in
> > > the Republic itself).
> >
> > There's some moves to get rid of that requirement on the grounds that
> > it's unfair to teachers from abroad, particularly the UK. Personally, I
> > see nothing wrong with the requirement myself.
>
> Why particularly from the UK, BTW.
Because they're our nearest neighbours. I'm especially talking about the
North. The primary reason for getting rid of the requirement is so that
it's easier for teachers from the North to come down to teach here.

> BTW, today in work I saw a letter addressed to "... Northampton, The
> UK of GB and NI", a curious mixture of unnecessary elaboration and
> abbreviation.
>
> > Stephen and I are the token Irish people on the list, BTW. :-)
>
> Aye, but I'm a fortnight behind :). I read conlang everywhere I have
> a spare moment, on my palm device:
Feck! I could do with one of those yokes! What I do is I download my mail
in college (CIT) and then attempt to read it. I'm four days behind at this
point due to all the work I've been doing on my fourth year project. Dog in
His Kennel on High, I'm tired!

> on the bus, on lunchbreaks, while
> cooking, while my harddrive is going swap-crazy, but I still can't keep
> up - I've currently over a thousand unread messages. How do ye do it?
I've wondered that myself! I've no idea how other people manage to keep
up with the deluge of messages. I'm at 406 right now.

Still, since I've got Mail Warrior things have been so much easier. I
*despise* the awful webmail interface Eircom.net use. Now I don't have
to stay in college all day to read the list and I can just sit in my
bedroom with my finger hovering over the delete key. Nowt like it. :-)

K.

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