User talk:Runnerbeansix

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Hi. That is the term used in Irish. Gaeilge is of course "Gaelic", not Irish (Éireannach), which when applied to the language is an exonym. All Gaelic speakers in all three countries call their language variations of "Gaelic". Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 17:48, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * That's just a linguistic thing. It is usually called Irish in English, and for hundreds of years has been called that in English, as you say. But "Irish", in the sense of "of Ireland", has never been used in the Irish language to denote the language. Likewise, in Scottish Gaelic, Gàidhlig does not literally mean Scottish (Albannach), although it was called that in English until the 16th century, and Gàidhlig na h-Éireann (Irish) does not mean "Scottish of Ireland". Goidelic na hÉireann is a neologism, importing an archaic Irish word for Irish/Gaelic because English speakers call Irish Gaelic "Irish". This would be similar to saying Ingis of Britain and Inglis of America. The problem results in the modern effort to fix all languages to particular nations, whereas languages exist independently of nations. Regards, Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 18:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I honestly don't care too much what words are in the first paragraph, but I doubt listing the other common name for the language in the first sentence (as common on wiki, and as done on the Irish wiki), will tax people's brains too much. :) Regards, Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 18:15, 17 March 2007 (UTC)