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Published · transcript-backedKatherine Rundell: belief
11 Jan 2023 Conversations with Tyler Katherine Rundell on the Art of Words
“Certainly, I think my Irish friends have a deep well of folk stories that they were given in a cohesive body in a way that perhaps English children are not, but I’m not sure about the linguistic portion.”
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- Katherine Rundell
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- 11 Jan 2023
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…Do you feel that the Irish still have an especially rich version of the English language, even today? I’m not sure I really have enough knowledge about that. Certainly, I think my Irish friends have a deep well of folk stories that they were given in a cohesive body in a way that perhaps English children are not, but I’m not sure about the linguistic portion. What do you think? It seems to me they are still more narrative, more engaged with longer trains of thought. The fact that, not too long ago, so many Irish people had to learn English as a second language, so to speak, I think still exercises an influence and makes people more self-conscious about language.…
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