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From: "Muiris Mag Ualghairg" <>
Subject: Re: [ULLANS] Aer Lingus
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:16:19 +0000
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This is just ridiculous - language is not politics and Aer Lingus is a
national carrier, why on earth shouldn't they use the native language of the
country. I think that it would have been possible to use Scots as well - it
would only have taken a couple of seconds to add it on to a taped message,
in Irish and Scots.

I suspect that some of the anti-Irish language lobby in the south are just
using 'political sensitivities' in the north as a way of jettison Irish,
which they have always wanted to do but couldn't find an excuse to do
before. This helps the status of no language other than English.

M


On 14/12/2007, Gavin Falconer <> wrote:
>
> Interesting article about Aer Lingus's use of Irish. Evidence of
> levelling down because of Ulster Scots?
>
>
> http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_news/arts2007/dec13_Aer_Lingus_Irish.php
>
>
> --
> Best,
>
>
> Gavin
>
> Gavin Falconer
>
> "Oh, fat's come owre the Mitherlan'?
> I wyte the anti-Scots."
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