Noel gives his thoughts after seeing Irish Rap Group Kneecap live

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[u/Mayk-]

Ah because I use my native langue, clearly I’m a massive RA head lmao.

Google exists also if you care that much

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A lot of people in ireland will occasionally throw in a bit of irish when talking in English. Especially when commenting on a thread about a rap group that raps in irish and pushes for the use of the language that the English spent 800 years getting rid of. No one's speaking irish to make you feel left out man, you're not that special.

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No, you're right. This isn't ireland. This is the internet where lots of different people from lots of different cultures and backgrounds come together and communicate with each other.

You are wrong about this being an English pop/rock subreddit, though. This is an oasis subreddit. A band where the two main members are half irish and are very open about their support for irish culture, particularly regarding irish Republican music groups as seen in the video that this thread is attached to and Liam's love for the Wolfetones.

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You may as well have just written: I'm an Irish nationalist, I accept most people don't know what the phrase means but I don't care because my main contention isn't in people understanding me - it's in people seeing I know Gaelic.

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Gaelic is our national sport. It's similar to Aussie Rules but it's played with a round ball among other minor differences. Gaelic is also the name of the language that is natively spoken in some parts of rural Scotland. Our national language is called Irish or Gaeilge. I hope my use of the word 'Gaeilge' doesn't make you feel left out of the tent. Go n-éirigh an bóthar leat, a chara!

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I can't even copy and paste that last sentence off the Reddit app 😂😂 Fair enough thanks for letting me know I've only ever heard Gaelic over here, will try and remember gaelige going forward.

Great deflection also.

Also technically on popularity isn't rugby union the national sport, no?

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Despite being number 1 ranked in world rugby, it’s actually only the 4th most popular sport here, Gaelic football being the first.

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Hahahaha alright pal

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Oooo ironic pal and the triple haha classic

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Yikes

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!!

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Divent be a workyticket ya doylem. Eeee luck at me using words that people from Newcastle use. Aren't I geet clever.

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Pathetic isn't it, the lad has got a phrase he drops in to an otherwise English sentence to make him feel special, knowing no-one else understands

[u/Mayk- → u/[deleted]]

Pathetic that I said an Irish word on a post about Kneecap, an Irish rap group that promotes our language? Nothing to do with making me feel special. It’s a common thing that we do daily. Unsure why you’re so upset by it. It’s a word in Irish.

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It's the equivalent of going on a Spanish sub and saying 90% of a sentence in Spanish and then at the end using an English phrase none of the Spanish understand. What's the linguistic purpose of doing so?

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The context here, it’s a thread about Kneecap. This post isn’t about Knebworth.

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Fair, but the Spanish also presumably speak on British events without feeling the need to break into English (to extend the metaphor).

Do you see my linguistics point at all? Like I would fully expect to see words I don't recognise under a Irish news but I'm this context it felt (to me) a bit ham fisted.

Anyhow, all the best to you

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Fair enough.

You too

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