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[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 79 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I hope she's left wing in the "tax the fuck out of corps who've been using our Bonnie Island as a tax avoidance scheme" sense

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 67 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The president in Ireland is more of a head of state than a policy maker. The head of the government is the Taoiseach which is basically the PM.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

fuck if I ever make a country the head of the government will be called the prumen dowekk kumquat

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It’s Irish, they have their own language that the Brits tried to stomp out but thankfully is still here. Regardless, good luck on your new state

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

language is harder to steal than physical relics

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I dunno, English is pretty good at stealing bits of other languages.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One of Britain's most commonly used political words is of Irish origin: Tory.

When you look into the etymology, and consider the historical relationship between Britain and Ireland, it makes sense that that would be the one we (Britain) heard often enough to copy.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I've been using the term "Tory" as a pejorative. I was gleefully happy when I found out tory (tóraí) in Irish means "outlaw", which the Tories imho.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But it's more of copying, isn't it? The peoples that the British "take" words from still keep those words.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

English is actually 3 proto-languages in a trenchcoat that hides in a back alley and shivs other languages when they walk by, then rummages around in their pockets for some spare words.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Israel stole many Arabic words

[–] torch_and_blanket@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 days ago

Borrowed, because the language they were reconstructing was missing a lot of vocabulary. But yes.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Didn't they rebuild the language from scholarly texts after declaring the Free State in 1918?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not to my knowledge. Irish never stopped being the language of daily life in parts of west Ireland and as far as I know the resurgence of the language started in the 1800’s with the Gaelic League and the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language. I wouldn’t be surprised if the latter did some work on codifying certain things into a conventional framework but I’m definitely over my skis at this point.

My mistake, I was thinking of proto indo european

[–] Agosagror@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Ireland has always had a tiny population of Irish speakers some are even first language speakers

I believe they are trying to grow it with little success? I'm sure someone with boots on the ground can tell you whats actually going on

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are you thinking of Hebrew?

No I never got into homebrewing, too much setup. What even is a mashtun, anyway?

[–] EccTM@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

There's nothing stopping you, just establish your own micro-nation and take it from there. Global recognition will probably take a bit longer though.

[–] EccTM@lemmy.ml 48 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm gonna miss seeing Miggeldy represent us so gracefully as a nation. Absolute legend.

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely, I've never heard anyone say a bad word about him.

I'm also so very glad that cunt McGregor got nowhere with his bid.

[–] EccTM@lemmy.ml 32 points 3 days ago

I honestly didn't realize McGregor was as serious about his candidacy as he was, I just assumed it was the cocaine tweeting.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

What's her pet situation? It's going to be hard to top Sioda and Brod. But it's the most important question.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Finns? Is it 1086 in Ireland these days?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It was a hopeful James Joyce joke, no Ireland has not timetraveled.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Fair enough. My joke was based on my poor memory of vikings raiding and settling in Ireland at some point.