Irish language signs in the north

arbitron said:
"Tiocfaidh" is an example of weaponisation. Giving council speeches in Irish with no English translation is politicisation and weaponisation. Having Irish-only street signs would be provocation and weaponisation.

A resident of an area using a transparent process (based on an independent international recommendation for minority languages) approved by a democratically elected council to add Irish as a 2nd language to a street sign in their neighbourhood is not weaponisation. Minority language visibility is a sign of normal civic maturity, not a threat.

The Irish language existed long before the IRA, the tricolour, the UK, the British monarchy, or indeed the English language. Framing it primarily through the prism of "the Troubles" is historically illiterate, bolstering extremist nationalist and unionist narratives.
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Okay, I took it that you meant the accusation generally of SF/IRA weaponising the language was BS.

I don't think anyone disputed the fact that the Irish Language predates the emergence of the two main tribes in Northern Ireland. The proposition is that the Nationalist tribe weaponised the Irish language and so now what should be rather innocuous things like bilingual street signs are, to some, an assertion of tribal dominance.
 
If the Swiss can manage their signage with their 3 official languages and various dialects within different regions, why can't NI?
 
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