Re: The word "Gaelic"

Correct, but Irish people seldom use the word Gaelic, unless they are
dismissive of the language. They call it Irish. Linguists call it Irish
Gaelic as it and Scots Gaelic come from middle Irish. They had the same
literary form until about 1750 or so. If you speak one language it is
very easy to learn the other, but they are not mutually intellligible
in about 50% of sentences, due to some word which are different, and
much more idioms etc. Both languages will be as good as dead in about
30 years I reckon, something that's a crying shame as they're older
than most spoken languages in Europe.

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