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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J
Got myself a learn Irish program on the computer. Irish Gaelic that is.
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oh !!! dear spugs seek help ....
i think the reason why we are not keen to learn a foreign language is we have that island mentality we have no real neigbours who we have any difficulty understanding ,well theres maybe the scots and the northern irish ..unlike france who have close borders with holland ,germany even spain ..we just dont feel the need to learn which is a shame really ..
i give you an example some one living near the border between france and germany has a necessity to speak 2 languages were'as we are stuck on a rather large set of islands that all speak english to a certain extent ,so we are not really taxing our brains ,and we are missing out on an oppertunity of making some interesting new friends !!