Is the Irish Language Sectarian

[daftbrush]

Irish speakers use phrases such as Dia Guit and It gets worse Dia Agus Marie Guit and worse again Dia Agus Marie agus Marie agus Padraig Guit. Slan Agus Bennacht is constantly used on RTE
Is it time now to dispense with these phrases and secularise the Irish Language or will there be resistance to change.

 

[TheEarlofPearl]

Irish speakers use phrases such as Dia Guit and It gets worse Dia Agus Marie Guit and worse again Dia Agus Marie agus Marie agus Padraig Guit. Slan Agus Bennacht is constantly used on RTE
Is it time now to dispense with these phrases and secularise the Irish Language or will there be resistance to change.

Dia duit
Dia is Muire duit
Slán agus beannacht
Dia is Mhuire agus Pádraig duit

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Tá fáilte romhat, amadan

 

[Coach and Six]

Irish speakers use phrases such as Dia Guit and It gets worse Dia Agus Marie Guit and worse again Dia Agus Marie agus Marie agus Padraig Guit. Slan Agus Bennacht is constantly used on RTE
Is it time now to dispense with these phrases and secularise the Irish Language or will there be resistance to change.

What do you mean by resistance to change?

Ive hardly ever heard Irish speakers using the second two phrases. Most people say 'hi' or 'conas 'tá tú?' or 'conas 'tá cursaí?' when they meet each other.

For those who want Irish to survive religious phrases in the language are the least of their worries.

 

[Pooman]

Irish speakers use phrases such as Dia Guit and It gets worse Dia Agus Marie Guit and worse again Dia Agus Marie agus Marie agus Padraig Guit. Slan Agus Bennacht is constantly used on RTE
Is it time now to dispense with these phrases and secularise the Irish Language or will there be resistance to change.

The link between the Irish language and Catholicism is an issue worth discussing.
Another good thread from dafty. Keep up the good work.

 

[doppellanger]

If you want to play it safe you can always say Dia agus Mohammed agus Buddha duit.

 

[daftbrush]

The link between the Irish language and Catholicism is an issue worth discussing.
Another good thread from dafty. Keep up the good work.

I agree well worth pursuing as most of our European countrymen view is as still unde contract of the bishops

conas ta tu. Is not the same as helo ( Mc Greal 1948)
Regarding including Mohammed and Budda we should also include people like Joseph Smith ( Mormon) and Ron Hubbard of Scientology?

 

[Gregory_Mike]

well worth pursuing as most of our

Not from Tigers Bay then? Steady on old chap, one lie at a time.

 

[Crankycorner]

ah lads this is a completely pointless thread. Many people still say god bless in English, is this sectarian too?

 

[Hank Scorpio]

A dead language that should have been made optional on the leaving cert syllabus decades ago.

 

[rebel bike]

ah lads this is a completely pointless thread. Many people still say god bless in English, is this sectarian too?

Most people that use such a phrase would have very little or no religious affiliation.