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5th October 10, 07:28 AM
#6
 Originally Posted by paulhenry
I'm a bit perlexed as well, it's great that you could understand him, but the accents and indeed the languages of Ireland and Wales are not even related.
Not related? Well that is certainly incorrect. Both are on the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language tree. Obviously, Welsh is on the Brythonic sub-branch, while Irish is on the Godelic, but saying they aren't related is a massive overstatement...
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Last edited by castledangerous; 5th October 10 at 07:30 AM.
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