i was accused of

[micko and jack]

CHAIRDE Irish  (FRIENDS)

this morning on the  "what are the nipa at???????" thread

I was accused of

"what's this gibberish"

"you nationalists are always try to ram Irish down our throats"

now I wont get into all the ins and outs of it as the mods removed the posts from the thread but I did say in reply that we have members on this site from all over and not everyone speaks English and asked that if a German or South African member came on site spoke in their native tongue and provided a translation should we all jump on the bandwagon and hound them of site ??

NOT A VERY GOOD WAY TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP

in reply I was told "this is an English sitespeak English"

I don't think that I'm ramming Irish down anyones throat and pointed out that this member was the first to complain I have been on this site a long time now I joined looking birds and FRIENDSHIP (check my first posts) I would like to think I have contributed well to this site and HOPE I HAVE MADE MANY MANY FRIENDS I pointed out there was nothing in the rules saying I couldn't write in Irish and said that if the member wanted to post in Ulster Scots AND PROVIDE TRANSLATION I WOULD SUPPORT HIM 100%

I also pointed out that fancier call to my home and are made welcome I don't ask their religion politics or anything else WHY because I'm not interested they are in my home as FRIENDS AND PIGEON FANCIERS and I pointed out that some members had avatars of the pope with a sash northern Ireland flag with home of the Billy boys to pick just a few did I get upset haha like water of a ducks back I have even PMed these guys joked and winded them no later than last night AND NOT ONE OF THEM COMPLAINED ABOUT MY USE OF MY NATIVE TONGUE

I don't think my use of my native tongue is a threat to anyone and unless there is a rule change I will continue to use Irish like wise I would support the rights of Scottish or welsh fancier or anyone else to speak their native tongue so long as they provide translation

at the end of the mail I posted in reply I apologised to the mods and TO THE NIPA FANCIER who were checking the thread for liberation times for the thread going of topic mick

ps

the only Irish I have used that I never provided translation for is under jacks photo in our avatar have a look no one has ever asked what it said so let me provide translation now

 

Beagán a rá agus é a rá go maith.        

 

Say little but say it well.

 

food for thought mick

[Guest peter.j]

take no notice micko im from liverpool england and half the time the bloody english cant understand me and as far as im concerned if you wish to call me friend in english ,gaelic or swahili doesnt bother me ;)its the meaning that counts

[blaz]

ach laddie yer no daing that .as for it being an English site well i diny ken about that.i think the man that made the site happen is a scotts man.

[Guest strapper]

i do believe that anyone trying to stop you speak in your chosen tongue is breaking your human rights.

i do believe if you want to chat in irish/scottish/welsh or english as long as your not doing it to make mischief i dont think theres a problem.

[Guest Owen]

I can not see any reason why anyone would want to stop you speaking in whatever tongue you want. It does restrict you as far as the number of people who can actually understand what you say. But that is up to you. If I wanted to speak Welsh I know that I could because, I have that right legally. However, I choose not to, because I would prefer to be understood by the many and not the few. There is one small point however,  I think it is bad manners for you to speak Irish and me to speak Welsh when we know that the majority will not understand what we say. If we want to do that, apart from greetings, we should do it on a predominately Welsh or Irish site. Sorry mate, you are not wrong but your manners want looking at.

[Fair Play]

North East of England are honorary Scots ;D ;D ;D

[Guest gladdo]

conas ata tu ?????? he he he he

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

if you want to speak irish on your post mate feel free it's up to us to learn your language if we want to know what your saying.

 

some of the guys on here that are english make no sense so dont worry about it you talk how you want to

[Roland]

Great, you listen to the English and can't understand a ord... so they write in in stead.... same thing you don't understand ablumming word lol ;D ;D ;D

Be better if he remembered Speach is silver ... Silence is Goldern lol. :P

[green monster]

ask 50 % of the people on here that post to read there own post and they wont be able to cuz they wont nw wot they have typed loll

[Fair Play]

There was a Frenchman on today re pigeon rings I think clockman done the translation for all the non French speaking members must have to do with the "Auld Alliance" ;D

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

 

Not making sense has got nothing to do with where they come from  ;D

 

as in there spelling mistakes you would think it was a foreign language they where talking me being 1 of them   :P

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

 

Plenty down here cant spell i never had any problem understanding anyone i know up where you are  ;D

 

because we r scottish lol  ;D

[Guest Glen]

I find it very educational Micko. P.S. I,m still looking for those bands to send you. Glen.

[micko and jack]

Sorry mate, you are not wrong but your manners want looking at.

 

Owen mo chara (my friend) I have perfect manners

as stated in the above post

I DO TRANSLATE

now if you or anyone else think that is bad manners

well I don't know

not everyone speaks English

if a German or Dutch fancier put up a post in German or Dutch and provided THE TRANSLATION would that be bad manners ??

I FOR ONE DON'T THINK SO  

the only Irish I never translated as I stated above is on our avatar and I have translated now

Beagán a rá agus é a rá go maith.        

 

Say little but say it well.

 

 

[Guest]

In the past I've posted in Gaelic and I don't know a word of it but I wanted to 'connect'. I don't give a jot what you are; you cry the same, bleed the same and laugh the same and I'm willing to be your friend or enemy (friend hopefully) based on how you treat me, not on what you are or what side of the road you live or how you communicate, I know many illiterate Welsh men but I think no less of them, one of the cleverest men I ever met, a miner, couldn't read or write!.

sonas ort!

[BLACK W F]

hold on you guys this site  is a SCOTTISH site  but is open to all and  micko can speak his native tongue if he wants thats his right under a democracy the only thing that should not be aloud is folk speaking crap i hope you understand that Vallance mate  lol

[BLACK W F]

well Rose  it was set up by a scotsman who resides in st Andrews  wich is on the east coast of Scotland for pigeon fanciers that makes it Scottish in my book what do you think its French

[rembrant2coo]

 

Clockie got hidden talents or he found the translator  ;D ;D ;D

 

where has he got hidden talents

[BLACK W F]

i know a guy comes from france but he is not french lol

[NW USA]

YAWN! A very pigeon oriented topic.....probably had a wife run off with a foreigner....

[Guest]

Mick, my friend, rise above the few who think the rules of this forum, and indeed the hobby of pigeon keeping/racing, were not put in place for them. This hobby/forum does not disassociate people because of colour, creed, nationality or tongue.

[celtic]

You keep posting Micko, if the person does'nt like your posts then don't read them simple as that.

More power to you.

[cheeseman]

im a geordie living in scotland and nobody understands me ;D ; ;D and apparently haggis originated in england, :P ;D ;D ;D

[Guest Hjaltland]

Keep it up Micko.. this is a great site and the wider the spread of membership the better.

 

Aa da best fae da far nort.

 

 

Kenny