Where in Ireland to go?

Namibia takes the biscuit with this one. Until 1990 they had two
official languages, German and Afrikaans. At independence they chose
English. Quoth the repository of all fact:

"Afrikaans is spoken by 60% of the white community, German is spoken by
32%, English is spoken by 7% and Portuguese by 1%"

Why they didn't just say **** it and pick Portugese I don't know.

 

That's nearly as good as the current IBM training material I'm
reading...

"An interaction diagram is a diagram showing interactions."

No shit.

 

Phonetic it may be, but if so someone wants shooting for using the
same character set as everyone else but inventing a whole new set of
phonetics based on it.

Awkward cunts.

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<Ding>

Phil.

 

...and you are not trying to ride roads consisting of mass potholes
interspersed with gravel on a fireblade with minimal suspension
damping..

Actually - I think Donegal was one of the few days we were riding round
Ireland when it *didn't* rain. Ring of Kerry was more like "River of
Kerry".

Phil.

 

How quickly do you expect such a switch to be made?

 

Indeed. SWMBO still relates tales of her trip to Dingle with her usual
suspects. Choosing a cottage to rent that meant negotiating Connor's
Pass every night certainly made it memorable.
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How quickly did Canada manage it?

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In Irish, it is called `Gaeilge'; in English, `Irish'.

 

A few months apparently.

 

Whereas it took about 10 years in Ireland (if not longer - I
definitely remember a mix of km and mile distance signs in the mid
'90s and apparently they finished covertion in 2005)

 

The white community are not the majority.
YTC

 

wrote:

Doh. You're right, of course, only 6% are white. It's what happens when
I flick between two different sources and lose track.

Wikipedia reckons half of all Namibians speak Oshiwambo as their first
language, whereas the CIA World Factbook reckons "English 7% (official),
Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the
white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes
Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)"

I suspect the Wikipedia stats are a poor-quality rip-off of the CIA's
stats and lost something in translation.

 

<hard stare>

 

Yep, there was a big push a couple of years ago. Hastened on by the
thousands of rural mile signs that were being stolen by pikeys and sold
for scrap, and more lucratively on the American market to suckers who
wanted a souvenir.

 

Kearorarosareasereasdereasdfeséine, shirely?

 

I am reminded of my first bike tour around Ireland sometime about 1978
I think. Stopped for a beer in a pub off the road and it was a Sunday
so I asked all innocently "when are you closing"[1]. To which the
barman got up, shut and bolted the door and then said, "I am closed
now and what would you be wanting?"


[1] IIRC Ireland at the time the pubs closed 2 - 6 on a Sunday.

 

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