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From Allan Armstrong, on the @rcfscotland@mastodon.scot website, an article looking at the language issue across these islands, and connections between Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, and Scots language struggles.
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The language struggle and the challenge to the UK state – Emancipation, Liberation & Self-determination
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From Irish Socialist, newspaper of the Communist Party of Ireland, in 1973:
"Béaloideas le Spailpín"
The article argues the derogatory use of spailpín arises from colonial English usage, and wage workers should see it as a noble term.