Your Name In The Language Of Your People

[darkless]

Paul Furey become Pól O'feibhra Or something like that i could never spell it but it's pronounce *Pole O'Fyo-ra*

 

[hippykiller]

"Tim Meyer"

or, as we Americans say,
"Tim Meyer"

too hard with Americans I guess..since we're a damn mixing pot.

Yeah I know, I'm american so my name is said in english anyway. My people if you go by my name is Irish so its the same as english.

your name in in Irish is "Aonas"

Really?

I thought the Irish spoke English, what do they speak then?

the Irish speak English becuase when the British ruled over the whole of the island there was a law stating that speaking Gaelic was illegal (to help stop uprisings against the empire) and if you were heard speaking you could be imprisoned,Flogged,killed. and this went on for about 600 hundred years. so its just now recently that Ireland has gone back to speaking the old language. known as "Gaelic"

Well we learn something new everyday... thank you for informing me.

anytime. Bealtaine an gaoth cad é atá tú a dhéanamh chuig cúl.

An bhfuil cead agam go dtí an leitheras?

sibh go líon damháin ionad ar dhóigh éigin ceart? hehehe

 

[Valentine82]

My name, Seana, is sadly an Irish name that means "God Is Gracious"

Ironic since I'm an atheist.

 

[IxionIndustries]

Umm.. Well, I don't know what "Damion" means in English, or any other language for that matter..
Although, when most people hear my name, they think that I'm this kid all grown up, even though my name is spelled with a fucking "O"!

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

My name in Geailge is Conan Sherlock as my first name already is and there is no irish for my second name that I know of.

 

[ConstantJoe]

"Tim Meyer"

or, as we Americans say,
"Tim Meyer"

too hard with Americans I guess..since we're a damn mixing pot.

Yeah I know, I'm american so my name is said in english anyway. My people if you go by my name is Irish so its the same as english.

your name in in Irish is "Aonas"

Really?

I thought the Irish spoke English, what do they speak then?

the Irish speak English becuase when the British ruled over the whole of the island there was a law stating that speaking Gaelic was illegal (to help stop uprisings against the empire) and if you were heard speaking you could be imprisoned,Flogged,killed. and this went on for about 600 hundred years. so its just now recently that Ireland has gone back to speaking the old language. known as "Gaelic"

Well we learn something new everyday... thank you for informing me.

anytime. Bealtaine an gaoth cad é atá tú a dhéanamh chuig cúl.

An bhfuil cead agam go dtí an leitheras?

sibh go líon damháin ionad ar dhóigh éigin ceart? hehehe

Dún an doras, mais é do thoil é!

 

[Go Fighting In The War Room]

Digging way back (great grandparents on my Grandma's side) in my family tree, It turns out that I'm part Welsh so Ryan Wright turns into... Ryan Saer.

Cool.

 

[historybuff]

This is a weird thing--cause, I'm American but...my 'people' are from Europe. Just like almost every other white person in this country. My family has roots in England, Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany and--Cherokee Indian and African (unfortunately, certain members of my family lived down south and owned slaves and...yeah).

So...I guess there's no sense of 'my people' except all the other mutts around here. Woo! Mutts! Melting pot of America.

But in English, my name is rather ordinary. Katie. Not a shortened form of Katherine. Just Katie.

 

[gigastrike]

I don't even know what language Checho-Slovakians speak.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

There is no English equivalent to my name. My name (I'm Swedish) is Magnus. In latin it means Great. My name is awesome.

 

[Voodoomancer]

I won't say my name, but it's derived from the word "beam" in my language.

 

[Basse]

Neil is my name which means champion. Nuff said

 

[rampantcreature]

My name actual name (Christine) is "English" even though I was born in Austria. But whenever my Czech family contacts me (letters from grandparents, parents yelling across house) it becomes the Czech spelling of my name: Kristýna.
Or Kristýna Ba?antová when it's my full name. I'm a...christian pheasant?

(I apologize if the accent marks don't show properly. Don't know how to fix that.)

 

[Rensenhito]

Let's see... Jonathan means "Gift from God" or "God's Grace." Edwards means "Guardian" or "Fortunate Guard."
So I guess I'm one of those random guards from the old NES RPGs... The guards that stand around castles and say the same lines over and over. God knows they're a gift.

 

[rampantcreature]

I don't even know what language Checho-Slovakians speak.

Czech...or Slovak. Different peoples, different languages (the two countries have been separate for 15+ years). Similar to a limited extent. I speak Czech if you want some help.

 

[R4ph]

"Tim Meyer"

or, as we Americans say,
"Tim Meyer"

too hard with Americans I guess..since we're a damn mixing pot.

Yeah I know, I'm american so my name is said in english anyway. My people if you go by my name is Irish so its the same as english.

your name in in Irish is "Aonas"

Really?

I thought the Irish spoke English, what do they speak then?

the Irish speak English becuase when the British ruled over the whole of the island there was a law stating that speaking Gaelic was illegal (to help stop uprisings against the empire) and if you were heard speaking you could be imprisoned,Flogged,killed. and this went on for about 600 hundred years. so its just now recently that Ireland has gone back to speaking the old language. known as "Gaelic"

Slight correction there mate.

1. The only people among whom it's known as "Gaelic" are ignorant Americans. In Ireland, we call it "Irish", or "Gaeilge" which is the Irish word for Irish. Gaelic is a dead language from which is derived Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, and whatever the hell it is they speak on the isle of man. Calling Irish Gaelic is as incorrect as calling Italian Latin, and it pisses people off about as much.

2. While Ireland was conquered by England a lot, the time that they got heavily oppressed was when they were invaded by Cromwell in 1649. That being 360 years ago. So I don't know where the fuck you're getting 600 years especially as I've never heard of a law making the speaking of Irish illegal. Teaching it, yes (though that happened in the 18th century[before that Irish natives weren't allowed to be taught at all]), speaking it, now. It was, however made not the language of government and commerce, which is what ACTUALLY caused it to die off. That and most of the population starving to death during the famine.

3. Irish is the primary language for 4% of the population. They live in small sections of the country where it's the primary language. of the remaining 96%, the majority have bugger all Irish, just what they learned when they were forced to learn it for 12 years of school, and subsequently (for the most part) forgot. Although I will say that it is on the rise, and is no longer a terminally ill language.



Apologies about going of on a rant, people having their facts so blatantly wrong pisses me off.

 

[Susano]

Alex O Conor
As Gailge it is Alastair O Chonchobhur.
EDIT: I'm quite surprised by the amount of Irish people on these forums, I thought there were less.

 

[IcyEvils]

Alex O Conor
As Gailge it is Alastair O Chonchobhur.
EDIT: I'm quite surprised by the amount of Irish people on these forums, I thought there were less.

Hehe.. are you counting we who can't speak Irish for shit as well?

 

[Susano]

Alex O Conor
As Gailge it is Alastair O Chonchobhur.
EDIT: I'm quite surprised by the amount of Irish people on these forums, I thought there were less.

Hehe.. are you counting we who can't speak Irish for shit as well?

Considering I can't speak Irish for shit, I guess I have to! =P