From: David Neary (dneary at domain wanadoo.fr)
Date: Wed 31 Jul 2002 - 11:40:45 IST
Satelle, StevenX wrote:
> When I was in school they pushed Irish down my throat. I developed a hatred
> for Irish. I did French for 3 years and German for 6 months, I could
> (almost) hold a basic conversation. I am proud of the fact that I don't know
> one word of Irish.
Well, I'm hardly a Gaeilgoir, but in general I wouldn't consider
either ability or inability in a language something to be proud
of... maybe it's just me, but I'm not proud that I can't speak
Italian, no more than I'm proud that I can speak French or
English.
Cheers,
Dave.
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David Neary,
Marseille, France
E-Mail: bolsh at domain gimp.org
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