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The Daltaí Boards » Archive: 1999-2004 » 2004 (October-December) » Archive through December 12, 2004 » An interesting site re survival of the language « Previous Next »

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Aonghus
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Post Number: 473
Registered: 08-2004
Posted on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 10:38 am:   Edit Post Print Post

A bit pessismistic, and I don't think the Gaeltacht needs a town, but there is a lot of information here

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/r.a.mccartney/baile_nua/support.html

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Antaine
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Post Number: 68
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 02:27 pm:   Edit Post Print Post

At first I was all like "yeah, sign me up!"...but the more I read...the more Orwellian it seemed...

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Jonas
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Post Number: 539
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Posted on Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 08:00 am:   Edit Post Print Post

That site has been around for long and it's a complete hoax. It has been discussed extensively some years ago.

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Maidhc Ó G. (Unregistered Guest)
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Posted on Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 11:40 am:   Edit Post Print Post

Yes, Orwellian. It made me think of a bad made-for-tv movie. "The Stepford Gaeltacht".

-Maidhc.

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Antaine
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Post Number: 70
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Posted on Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 12:59 pm:   Edit Post Print Post

theres' just something about monitoring telephone communication, outlawing books etc that is highly unsettling...

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Aonghus
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Post Number: 474
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Posted on Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 01:04 pm:   Edit Post Print Post

I confess to have not looked at the plans for the new town. But it seemed to have a good collection of links to original, oft mis quoted statistics and sources. Which is why I linked to it.

Jonas: is there a critique of it online somewhere? How is it a hoax?



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