Reply to post: Re: "English is the native language of the invaders"

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Re: "English is the native language of the invaders"

"Even in England... they didn't speak English before the Anglo-Saxon and Norman invasions..."
The inhabitants of England, southern and eastern Scotland most certainly spoke English prior to the Norman invasion. It's called Old English. After the Norman invasion, the court language was Norman French, but the vernacular was Middle English.

There's no argument that the most common spoken language in Ireland is English and it's vanishingly unlikely to change. The problem arises when the claim is made that English is the native language of Ireland. Likely it will become so, but that time is not now when you can get a split lip and two black eyes for making such a claim.

Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Béarla clíste.

Oh, and

Is minic a bhris béal duine a shrón.

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