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Sinn Fein MEP scolds the European parliament for not providing interpreters to let her speak in Irish. She's told that the Irish interpreters are present. She flubs for a moment and then continues in English, because she doesn't actually speak Irish (twitter.com)
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– Lurker404 21 points 1 day ago +21 / -0

Most Irish don't even speak it, let alone fluently. Doesn't help that they're further fractured into multiple rather distinct dialects. Only like 2% use it daily. Flooding the country with 3rd worlders who sure as shit won't learn it doesn't exactly help either.

She probably would have to hire a translator to write her speech. Then hire another translator to translate it back to English in parliament.

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– ParadigmShift2070 11 points 22 hours ago +11 / -0

Then hire a BBC pidgin English translator for the new Irish audience

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– RoulerBleu 8 points 19 hours ago +8 / -0

40% claim they speak Irish. If you poke them about it further, 4% say they speak it very well, which lines up with another stat, 4% who say they speak Irish daily outside of the education system.

The percentage of fluent children and teenagers is higher because Gaelic-medium education is relatively popular (~10% of primary school students ), plus all those who are fluent because Irish is a second language taught in all other schools, but yeah probably fewer than 2% use it at home as their main language.

Expect the invaders to start complaining that speaking Irish in Ireland is racist.

Personally, I wouldn't even date someone who dosen't speak my native language. A shame the Irish largely gave-up theirs.

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– MargarineMongoose 1 point 16 hours ago +1 / -0

Most Irish don't even speak it, let alone fluently.

Gonna take this opportunity to plug a project that I think represents a positive effort to correct that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A6__HssHW8

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– SimplyPlatonic 16 points 1 day ago +16 / -0

Hook nose

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– whatlike_withacloth 5 points 21 hours ago +5 / -0

Looks like the villain from Tangled (Rapunzel story). Who looks like a quintessential yenta.

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– SocraticMethod1 15 points 1 day ago +15 / -0

So she tried to start a bitch fit, failed when they called her bluff..

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– Casimir 4 points 22 hours ago +4 / -0

What an easy job those translators have. Probably have to do nothing everyday. Maybe occasionally translate documents.

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– Wizardslayer 1 point 19 hours ago +1 / -0

And signs. All the signs there are in irish first and then English.

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– Belenus 7 points 1 day ago +7 / -0

Victim card; denied.

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– BigWhiteWorld 6 points 1 day ago +6 / -0

yikes thats quite the f ace

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– KyleIsThisTall 1 point 17 hours ago +1 / -0

kikes*

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– Cyberguy64 4 points 20 hours ago +4 / -0

That's right! A girl wants to play football!

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– Dfalt 2 points 18 hours ago +2 / -0

FYI for those that don't know, Sinn Fein is the political wing of the IRA

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– KeeperOfTheGate 3 points 17 hours ago +3 / -0

Sinn Fein is also a socialist party.

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– OnceMore 1 point 16 hours ago +1 / -0

Joo

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– KyleIsThisTall 1 point 17 hours ago +1 / -0

Nice nose, so-called irish woman

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