Queen Elizabeth II spoke to Bono in Gaelic

He should have simply replied, "An cat dubh, Your Majesty!"

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/10755034/queen-u2-bono-speaking-irish-gaelic/

This was ten years ago...... It was bad form of the queens advisors to tell her to speak in Gaelic to an Irish person. Surely her aids would know that most Irish people don't speak the language.

Yeah strange The Sun just decided to write about it, the article was published last week.

An hospitable gesture on the part of Her Majesty.  How is she to know that some Irish folks are ignorant of their own culture.

God Save The Queen.

An hospitable gesture on the part of Her Majesty.  How is she to know that some Irish folks are ignorant of their own culture.

God Save The Queen.

Ha! Choosing not to learn a dead language is not ignorance of ones own culture.

Quote from: strudelwithcream on January 21, 2020, 08:32:10 PM

An hospitable gesture on the part of Her Majesty.  How is she to know that some Irish folks are ignorant of their own culture.

God Save The Queen.

Ha! Choosing not to learn a dead language is not ignorance of ones own culture.

Why's it dead?  Part of a globalist plot?

Quote from: Codeguy on January 21, 2020, 08:50:42 PM

Quote from: strudelwithcream on January 21, 2020, 08:32:10 PM

An hospitable gesture on the part of Her Majesty.  How is she to know that some Irish folks are ignorant of their own culture.

God Save The Queen.

Ha! Choosing not to learn a dead language is not ignorance of ones own culture.

Why's it dead?  Part of a globalist plot?

Well, yes actually. The Catholic church didn't like Irish, and Irish parents started to support English in schools in order to make their children able to compete in the UK as well as Australia, Canada and eventually America.  By the time of the famine, those who learned English tended to be the ones who lived and those who spoke Irish were more likely to die. By the late 19th century, Irish was mostly dead, save for a few intellectuals in Dublin who tried to halt the decline to no avail. Given that the decline of Irish was driven by the Roman Catholic Church, our British overlords and parents seeking to make their kids competitive in a global economy, I think it's part of a globalist plot   

Pretty sure Bono and Edge had Gaelic classes at St Fintan's and later Trinity College, but definitely not enough to hold a conversation with the Queen of England.

Quote from: strudelwithcream on January 21, 2020, 08:52:30 PM

Quote from: Codeguy on January 21, 2020, 08:50:42 PM

Quote from: strudelwithcream on January 21, 2020, 08:32:10 PM

An hospitable gesture on the part of Her Majesty.  How is she to know that some Irish folks are ignorant of their own culture.

God Save The Queen.

Ha! Choosing not to learn a dead language is not ignorance of ones own culture.

Why's it dead?  Part of a globalist plot?

Well, yes actually. The Catholic church didn't like Irish, and Irish parents started to support English in schools in order to make their children able to compete in the UK as well as Australia, Canada and eventually America.  By the time of the famine, those who learned English tended to be the ones who lived and those who spoke Irish were more likely to die. By the late 19th century, Irish was mostly dead, save for a few intellectuals in Dublin who tried to halt the decline to no avail. Given that the Roman Catholic Church, our British overlords and parents seeking to make their kids competitive in a global economy, I think it's part of a globalist plot   

No you understand why we English need to resist the EU.  There will be no English left if we let them have their way.

Pretty sure Bono and Edge had Gaelic classes at St Fintan's and later Trinity College, but definitely not enough to hold a conversation with the Queen of England.

If Her Majesty took the time and effort to learn Gaelic, at least conversational Gaelic, then there's no reason Bono couldn't have too.

Yeah how dare Bono assume the Queen of ENGLAND would speak English.

Pfft, the House of Windsor is half German anyway.

Pfft, the House of Windsor is half German anyway.

Not the good half.

Yeah how dare Bono assume the Queen of ENGLAND would speak English.

What's that got to do with Bono's ignorance of his own country's language? 

You haven't explained why it makes Bono ignorant of his Irish heritage.

Seriously, who the fuck would expect the Queen to spit out a "how ya doing nice to meet you" in Gaelic? It's not like Bono is the lead singer of Clannad.

So Strudel, do you say Ni Hao to every Asian you meet?

You haven't explained why it makes Bono ignorant of his Irish heritage.

Seriously, who the fuck would expect the Queen to spit out a "how ya doing nice to meet you" in Gaelic? It's not like Bono is the lead singer of Clannad.

So Strudel, do you say Ni Hao to every Asian you meet?

I have no Asian blood in me, although I do like the look of south east Asian women.

I think people should learn to speak the language of their country especially since it's still in use.  That goes for the Welsh as well as the Irish.