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Article: Smashing linguistic heritage; We're all speaking Irish, says word expert Alexander Tulloch.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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Byline: Alexander Tulloch
Irish Gaelic is not every Englishman's first choice when it comes to deciding which foreign language to learn. In many ways this is unfortunate because Irish, and the other Celtic languages which form part of this country's linguistic heritage, offers a fascinating insight into a branch of the Indo-European group of languages which is largely neglected among linguists in this country.
But this is not the same as saying no Englishman ever uses an Irish word or expresses himself in a way which any native of ...