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  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    oftenreading said:

    jennycoyle said:

    ldent42 said:

    ldent42 said:

    jennycoyle said:

    whispering hands said:

    jennycoyle said:

    Sad how little respect Irish people have for our language. A report today claims that it's dying out in the Gaeltacht areas (areas populated by native speakers where it has traditionally been the first language) and there are people actually saying that this is good news and that it's a waste of time anyway. The ignorance and complete lack of respect for our culture and heritage is thoroughly depressing :(

    This makes me very sad. I have always loved the sound of Gaelic ( I believe that is what the language is called correct?) and thought it would be awesome to learn it. ( I made myself learn Latin when I was 13-16 cause I wanted to know the deeper meanings of OUR language) . But I'm a weirdo like that too! Just really sad.
    Ours is Gaeilge, the Scots is usually called Gaelic though and they're very similar :) Never too late to learn you know, lots of places to learn it in America! Irish is still spoken throughout Ireland but it's worrying that the Gaeltacht areas are shrinking
    I saw a thing on NY1 that one of the youth soccer leagues in an Irish American community is now getting Gaelic (I swear thats what they call it. I don't doubt that it's actually Gaeilge) lessons from the community center or whatever.
    Edit: the one by my hood does classes for adults too.I am surprised they are even still there. (Gentrification hit that block HARD)

    http://www.newyorkirishcenter.org/events_item.cfm?itemid=50754&catid=14443
    That's brilliant! You should try it out ;) We've always known the Americans call it Gaelic, so we don't really mind, easy to confuse it with Scots Gaelic :)
    When I lived in Scotland I tried to learn Scots Gaelic. Of course, native speakers were rare where I lived (in a small town in central Scotland) but when you traveled to the Western Isles and some places in the Highlands there were still quite a few people who spoke the Gaelic by preference - mostly older people, of course. You could sit in a pub and hear it spoken all around you. It's a really difficult language to learn and I didn't get too far but there are a few words I still remember :smile:
    That's great :) I keep saying I must visit Scotland. It's very like Ireland and the highlands and islands look beautiful. I studied Scots Gaelic as part of my degree in Irish, it's closest to our Ulster dialect but would take a while to get used to!
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
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  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    Justin Gatlin running PB's only fans the flames of scepticism regarding doping in athletics...
  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    hmmm...
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
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  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    I was a total bitch in message form to a friend I hardly see but she so deserved it---years of repressed anger came out. And now she won't talk to me. The old me thinks everyone just needs to get along. The new me doesn't care if I ever hear from her again.
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    pickupyourwill said:

    I was a total bitch in message form to a friend I hardly see but she so deserved it---years of repressed anger came out. And now she won't talk to me. The old me thinks everyone just needs to get along. The new me doesn't care if I ever hear from her again.

    Happened to me too, but I figure, I really don't need them in my life anyway if they are going to be like that. :)
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    RKCNDY said:

    pickupyourwill said:

    I was a total bitch in message form to a friend I hardly see but she so deserved it---years of repressed anger came out. And now she won't talk to me. The old me thinks everyone just needs to get along. The new me doesn't care if I ever hear from her again.

    Happened to me too, but I figure, I really don't need them in my life anyway if they are going to be like that. :)
    Same here!
  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    edited June 2015
    whispering hands said:

    RKCNDY said:

    pickupyourwill said:

    I was a total bitch in message form to a friend I hardly see but she so deserved it---years of repressed anger came out. And now she won't talk to me. The old me thinks everyone just needs to get along. The new me doesn't care if I ever hear from her again.

    Happened to me too, but I figure, I really don't need them in my life anyway if they are going to be like that. :)
    Same here!
    Thank you. You're both right. I just need to stay strong.

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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    I we to a free eye clinic today, and got free glasses. Which was really cool, cause they're used glasses; and whatta YA know?? There's another one eyed Moho out there that once needed the very script I need now! Was a very unique experience!
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    whispering hands said:

    I we to a free eye clinic today, and got free glasses. Which was really cool, cause they're used glasses; and whatta YA know?? There's another one eyed Moho out there that once needed the very script I need now! Was a very unique experience!

    whoa that's trippy!
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    RKCNDY said:

    whispering hands said:

    I we to a free eye clinic today, and got free glasses. Which was really cool, cause they're used glasses; and whatta YA know?? There's another one eyed Moho out there that once needed the very script I need now! Was a very unique experience!

    whoa that's trippy!
    How do I donate my old glasses to a free eye clinic? Is that what happens to them when I give them to Lenscrafters? Thanks for reminding me I gotta find a "check for glaucoma" eye doctor.
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  • PJSiren
    PJSiren Salem, OR Posts: 5,863
    LUNCH! I wanna go, but I have to wait for Lili to get back....RAWR....
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  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Concerts Tuesday through Friday for me this week...my happy place!
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    ldent42 said:

    RKCNDY said:

    whispering hands said:

    I we to a free eye clinic today, and got free glasses. Which was really cool, cause they're used glasses; and whatta YA know?? There's another one eyed Moho out there that once needed the very script I need now! Was a very unique experience!

    whoa that's trippy!
    How do I donate my old glasses to a free eye clinic? Is that what happens to them when I give them to Lenscrafters? Thanks for reminding me I gotta find a "check for glaucoma" eye doctor.
    I just donated my old ones today when I left. So I
    Would check to see where there are free clinics in your area, and see if they support that program. And Ian guessing that's where they get them?? It was just really cool. Have never done that before.

    And further, I joined a hiking group not long ago online, and finally we to hiking with one of them
    Today.. Turns out she's a huge PJ fan too! And she lives HERE where I do!! Omg!! FINALLLY!! A fellow fan to hang out with in this town!!!
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    edited June 2015
    whispering hands said:

    ldent42 said:

    RKCNDY said:

    whispering hands said:

    I we to a free eye clinic today, and got free glasses. Which was really cool, cause they're used glasses; and whatta YA know?? There's another one eyed Moho out there that once needed the very script I need now! Was a very unique experience!

    whoa that's trippy!
    How do I donate my old glasses to a free eye clinic? Is that what happens to them when I give them to Lenscrafters? Thanks for reminding me I gotta find a "check for glaucoma" eye doctor.
    I just donated my old ones today when I left. So I
    Would check to see where there are free clinics in your area, and see if they support that program. And Ian guessing that's where they get them?? It was just really cool. Have never done that before.

    And further, I joined a hiking group not long ago online, and finally we to hiking with one of them
    Today.. Turns out she's a huge PJ fan too! And she lives HERE where I do!! Omg!! FINALLLY!! A fellow fan to hang out with in this town!!!
    Wow - what are the odds? (Maybe pretty good - we're everywhere!)
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    samjam said:

    Concerts Tuesday through Friday for me this week...my happy place!

    Whoa, nice!
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,998
    Pap said:

    23scidoo said:

    pizza or something else??

    Pita gyro all inclusive
    no onion please..
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,975
    23scidoo said:

    Pap said:

    23scidoo said:

    pizza or something else??

    Pita gyro all inclusive
    no onion please..
    the ''bison'' has arrive..
    :lol: Why? Are you going to kiss somebody? :wink:

    It's my mother's birthday today! :bee:
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,998
    Pap said:

    23scidoo said:

    Pap said:

    23scidoo said:

    pizza or something else??

    Pita gyro all inclusive
    no onion please..
    the ''bison'' has arrive..
    :lol: Why? Are you going to kiss somebody? :wink:

    It's my mother's birthday today! :bee:
    Happy birthday Pap's mother..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..

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