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  • From: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] kevin on irish
  • Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:02:49 -0300

On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:45:19 -0800, K Randolph wrote
> Nir:

> You may not have caught it, being an Israeli living in Brazil, but the
> Irish have adopted English. The native Gaelic survives in only a few
> isolated corners of the land, and even there its survival is tenuous.

thanks karl. i knew the general trend, and joyce, but did not have exact data.

> As for when Orthodox Jews started thinking that Hebrew was too holy to
> speak in daily affaires, that I don’t know.
>
> Karl W. Randolph. 

this question may have bearing on some of the issues being discussed.

nir cohen

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