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where would you immigrate too; whee would you live ?
Topic Started: May 23 2010, 01:01 AM (3,256 Views)
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You know, so I can learn the weird brother language of English

Yeah, Welsh is actually mainly Celtic. Apart from words that it's stolen from English, such as "ambiwlans" for ambulance, there are practically no similarities.
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Other than words borrowed from Celtic languages.
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Welsh is not used as a spoke language by most people. It's just something they learn so they can hold onto their culture and past (read: so they can swear at English tourists without them knowing)

Well, the gaelic languages of both Scotland and Ireland are failing too - at least in Wales, we are holding onto our language better. Also, the future of Welsh is more secure, given that there are Welsh-speaking colonies in Argentina.
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The fact remains that English is the illegitimate son of German and Gaelic.
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Don't forget French/Latin mixed in after the Norman Invasion.
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May 23 2010, 05:39 PM
Says the guy who know the language of the sheepmen. Yes I've seen your conversations with Holben and Ddraig.
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I'd want to move to Africa, if it wasn't so politically unstable. Maybe somewhere like Morocco or South Africa. I also wouldn't mind living in Moscow.
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Yes, Ireland has its own gaelic language, just like Scotland.

English ~ "Hello, how are you?"
Irish ~ "Dia duit, conas atá tú?"
Welsh ~ "Helo, sut ydych chi?"

As you can see, the gaelic language of Ireland evolved seperately from English, unlike Welsh, which took words from English as it developed.
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Stick to Commonwealth Africa and you should be fine. Unless your albino, gay, or can't fend off a few Nigerian scoundrels. Then you might need to research the country you are going to carefully.

I'd like to move to Zimbabwe, if Mugabe hadn't ruined it. In a similar vein I'd like to live in Kashmir if the damned Hindus and Muslims would stop fighting over it.
Kerala in India also looks rather pleasant, though I'd probably have to live in a hill station as the climate would be rather warm.
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Vietnam looks pretty nice, but it's not a place I'd like to call home.
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Gaelic is far more like german than english.

English has taken greek, latin, etc. words too.
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Modern English has taken words from Latin, Greek, Roman, among others. Original English had none of those borrowed words.
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Anyone interested in seeing what English looked like in the old days, take a look at original, untranslated scripts of Beowulf. My teacher showed me a video of it once, but I'm having troubles finding it on YouTube. I'll keep trying...
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