No, the Buddha was not a Vedic Suicide Hotline

galaxyrocker · 17分前

But, gaiz, I don't like the idea of reincarnation so it can't be true Buddhism.

galaxyrocker · 50分前

They cannot be dowloaded.

Why should they be allowed to be? That's more an issue of morality than anything. Also, there are ways around it. I've downloaded several things from there, actually.

Shitful situation with literature, too.

There's a strong short story tradition, and there's some good modern novel writers. Sure, it can be hard for an American to get access, but there's things like Scribd and all websites ship overseas.

So. there is literally nothing to get free access to - and therefore there is no stimuli, no reason to learn the language for.

Basically you're saying that languages will only survive if you can pirate in that language. That's a moral question, and one I don't necessarily agree with.

A one single fucking site filled with a lot of various Irish torrents would have boosted the popularity of the language immensely, because it would have brought a meaning to studying this language

I disagree with this too. How would a torrenting site encourage people to learn Irish? Or, even more pressing, create content in Irish?

galaxyrocker · 6時間前

It's all online.

galaxyrocker · 13時間前

The Cherokee nation offers free classes, which are likely better than Duolingo could do.

galaxyrocker · 13時間前

There's a lot more to classifying a language as dying besides number of speakers, and it's definitely considered a threatened language, and the stats don't look good.

galaxyrocker · 14時間前

It's harder to add them than you think. Besides, fluency percentage is a joke and shouldn't be taken serious, as is words imo (I mean, are como and come really separate words? Duo thinks so). And immersion is also being taken away since they no longer use that model for monetization.

galaxyrocker · 14時間前

For me?

galaxyrocker · 14時間前

How can you not wave back?

galaxyrocker · 14時間前

Best Pandas.

Trash panda best panda.

galaxyrocker · 19時間前

Drugs are frowned upon in Buddhism as it breaks the 5th precept, full stop.

But we all know Buddha only meant alcohol man. C'mon!

But seriously, don't you dare tell /r/buddhism that. They might lose their shit.

galaxyrocker · 19時間前

Ar fhoghlaim tú do chuid Gaeilge ar scoil nó ar cainteoir dúchais thú?

galaxyrocker · 19時間前

How many problems does the lack of Irish translations actually cause?

Absolutely none. Yet you see a lot of the pro-Irish people talk about how it was a degradation to the language that they weren't translated for so long (only started translating this year).

Personally, I think that the money Ireland is spending on the translations in the EU could be better spent in areas where it could actually make a difference to Irish, such as the Gaeltachts. Instead, the government brags about how documents nobody will read in a language nobody uses (not Irish, but Legalese Irish) are being translated, at the cost of both money and speakers in the areas where Irish is slowly dying (it takes away educated native speakers from the Gaeltacht regions and puts them in Brussels... if they even choose a native speaker to do it).

galaxyrocker · 22時間前

or are there genuinely places where Irish is a living language?

There are actually places where Irish is a community language still, and where it's spoken by greater that 65% of the community. Now, research shows that it's even likely to be gone in those places within 10 years, but they do exist.

galaxyrocker · 22時間前

H: Yeah. Pretty sure that's not true at all. And that Buddhism, at least under some interpretations of the 5th Precept, kinda frowns on drugs (but don't tell that to /r/buddhism!)

galaxyrocker · 1日前

The Irish need subtitles when their native language is spoken

Because it isn't the native language of most the country?

There are stories of people using Irish in some leprechaun-populated fringe along the west coast, but nobody's ever heard them speak.

Ah, téigh suas ort féin. There's still Gaeltacht areas, and people do still speak it. Quit acting like it's already extinct.

galaxyrocker · 1日前

The referendum was a vote. The vote is counted.

The referendum wasn't binding. Technically it's still being considered and no official word has gone to the EU.

Also, this is probably the last place you want to be prescriptivist at.

galaxyrocker · 1日前

Whoops! Thanks for that!

galaxyrocker · 1日前

I think this is a very important distinction that I wish more people realized. It's especially common in Irish for a lot of people to say their mispronunciation is just an 'accent' (or worse 'dialect'), rather than realizing that they're actually not pronouncing the language correctly and instead using English phonemes. I wish it were stressed more in language learning!

galaxyrocker · 1日前

Don't forget to include Southerners in there, as they're often grouped with it as well.

galaxyrocker · 2日前

Ruin by John Gwynne.

Glad to see someone else read this. Definitely one of my favorite books of the year so far. Looking forward to Wrath.

galaxyrocker · 2日前

Here's the link to the thread

galaxyrocker · 3日前

They do, but the family must pay for it (or get a scholarship). But the issues are the same once they leave the Gaeltacht: nowhere to really use it. And it's only a month (max), I believe, instruction once a year (max) to try and fix years worth of bad teaching.

Personally, though, my solution would be to stop making it mandatory. Put the extra money from lower classes into hiring teachers with quality Irish and sending those kids who are interested to the Gaeltacht quite often. Like, once a month for a weekend if possible, with a longer stay during the summer. And keep the teachers going to the Gaeltachts as well.

galaxyrocker · 3日前

Their 'very strong' program has actually dome very little, outside giving very basic Irish to everyone when they leave school. Which they soon promptly forget. They do nothing to encourage people to use Irish, and you certainly can't get services you need through it.

And the government would rather spend money translating documents nobody will read (because all the lawyers will use the English versions) in a standard nobody even speaks. All while creating jobs in Brussels. Because that makes a lot of sense.

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