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How simple words and phrases can hinder or help us to communicate
Professor Jennifer Jenkins, Chair of Global Englishes at the University of Southampton, says that people who speak English as a first language are bad at changing their speech to suit non-native speakers, meaning they struggle to be understood.
She argues those who speak English as a second language speak it very differently to native speakers – and the two groups are increasingly unable to understand each other,.
Native speakers are also unwilling to make allowances for others by changing their speech patterns or slowing them down – meaning they struggle to socialise with non-native speakers who are better able to communicate with each other in English than they are with the British.
This argument equally applies here in Ireland. It also applies in other situations such as giving directions. Remember that the non native won’t know who lives in each house at the cross roads (saying “turn right at Joe Murphy’s house and then go as far as Bridie Gallagher’s house” means nothing to someone born outside the parish or in Edgeworthstown the names “The Park House Hotel” or “Curio Corner” are no longer there and a newcomer to the parish (whether English is their first language or not) will not recognise these names.
(The original artice “Idiomatic English means Brits struggle to communicate with the world” by Olivia Rudgard appeared in The Telegraph newspaper on 14/12/2017 and has been modified and added to here) – J.C.
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Matthew 9:37–38
Then he said to his disciples
“The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few;
therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.”“No one can do everything
But everyone can do something”Help our parishes run smoothly – Ministers of the Eucharist, Readers, Altar Servers, Collectors/Counters, Church Upkeep, Altar Society, Eucharistic Adorers, Funeral Service Ushers and Choir Members are always needed.
Do you have experience from another parish? Or no experience yet? English not your first language? We will help.
New to our parishes or born and bred here? We would love to hear from you.
Contact Fr. Tom or Fr. Nigel or talk to any volunteer in our churches and pick up a volunteer application form.
Volunteer application form – click here.
Did I volunteer for this way back in 1982 or ’83 in my home parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, in Ballinlough, Cork City?
No, it resulted from a tap on the shoulder one day from our Parish Priest at the time, Fr. Jim Nyhan and he asking if I would like to join a new group he was forming. I said yes and 35 or so years later here I am still a Minister of the Eucharist. I served first in Ballinlough, then in Lucan Co. Dublin for some years and now in Edgeworthstown where I will eventually hang up my boots.What does this ministry mean to me? Firstly it is a huge privilege and a very deep joy to handle and to hold the Blessed Sacrament and to assist Father distribute the Eucharist among the congregation. It gives me a much greater sense of participation in the Mass. I am not just attanding Mass but have an active role, one for which I hope and pray that I am worthy of and that I carry out my duties with due reverence and decorum. On the occassions that I am asked to bring Holy Communion to someone confined to home due to age or illness, the anticipation of the person and the obvious joy when I come into their home with the Pix containing the Eucharist tells me that this ministry is needed and is so very worthwhile.
One change over the years concerns First Holy Communicants. Twenty, thirty years ago for some weeks after their First Holy Communion at each Sunday Mass these youngsters would come for Holy Communion, many still wearing their best clothes and with medals on their lapels. Nowadays they are mostly not visible. Also, sometimes a young child will accompany their parent but when they reach the priest or the minister of the eucharist they are steered away. Why not let the child receive a blessing? The occassional time a child comes before me I will very gently lay a hand on their shoulder and with a smile simply say “Jesus loves you”.
Lastly we need to be mindful that the number of priests available to us will reduce substantially over the coming years and more and more parish duties will fall to the laity.
John C. (67)
Census 2016
How the population of Ireland and Edgeworthstown (Meathas Truim electoral division) is changing (hover over the graph for details):
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Year<
Population of Edgeworthstown
Population of Ireland
1841 2,092 6,528,799
1851 1,474 5,111,577
1871 1,591 4,053,187
1901 948 3,221,823
1911 1,013 3,139,688
1926 861 2,971,992
1951 963 2,960,593
1971 828 2,978,248
1991 1,130 3,525,719
2002 1,098 3,917,203
2006 1,221 4,239,848
2011 2.335 4,588,252
2016 2,335 4,757,976
2040 2,685 5,709,571
Projections to 2040 are for a national increase in population of 1,000,000 or 15% and are contained in the draft National Planning Framework 2040 published in September ’17 by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and may be accessed in www.npf.ie
Some local population facts and trends from Census 2016:
Persons born in County Longford: 832 = 35.63%
Persons born in a county other than Longford: 704 (196 Dublin) = 30.15%
Persons born outside the State: 786 (488 EU 69 UK 229 Other) = 33.66%
Percentage of owner occupied households: 41.8% (46.1% 2011, 55.5% 2006, 73.3% 2002)
Rented 441
Owned (outright) 199
Owned (with mortgage or loan) 143
Not stated 37
Persons with stated religion Catholic:
Edgeworthstown 1,547 = 63.1%
County Longford 34,472 of total 40,873 = 84.34%
Check www.census.ie and http://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie for more data and analysis of Census 2016