In case anyone is (further) confused by this thread, I can only
reaffirm that the normal name of our language in English, as every
Irish person will confirm, is "Irish". (Interestingly, in Michael's
previous response, which arrived before mine, he writes, "the rule in
Irish is ..." which shows his spontaneous, as distinct from contrived,
usage.)


It is a mystery to me why Michael and his partner promote this hybrid
term, which is both baffling and offensive to those Irish people who
are aware of it.


As this discussion is now seriously "off topic", and as Michael is a
decent man, I have no intention of pursuing it further here.


Séamas Ó Brógáin 


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