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Scots Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
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"Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gaidhlig. Tha mi beagan Gaidhlig. " Tha mi a’ feuchainn ach chan eil e furasta, nach eil? | |||
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"Can’t believe how much snp spent on Gaelic signs everywhere "Can’t believe how much time the British government spent trying to destroy the language. ‘Education’ Act of 1862 | |||
"Can’t believe how much snp spent on Gaelic signs everywhere "Always someone that has to bring politics into it, not the place for it | |||
"Can’t believe how much snp spent on Gaelic signs everywhere
Always someone that has to bring politics into it, not the place for it"Exactly, well said. Gaidhlig is a beautiful language especially in song. | |||
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"Waste of time in the majority of the country. We live in an English speaking country where the majority speak English as a first language. Sick of ambulances, police vehicles, road signs and anything else being plastered with letters that mean nothing to most. Waste of tax payers money" "...that mean nothing to most." That isn't "that means nothing to anyone." I'm from the West End of Glasgow and can't speak the language, unfortunately, but growing up, the mother of my mum's partner spoke the language and I'd occasionally hear her on the phone talking to family from the Highlands in Gaelic. I met some of them, from Elgin, Nairn, etc, up north and down here and would hear them flirting between the two languages. I can't remember where it was, but my mum took me to visit friends of her's that lived some where near Loch Lomond, and they spoke Gaelic at home. When I was wee, in the West End, the guy that lived up the stairs would play a bowron (not sure if that's how it spelled) while his pals played guitars and fiddles and sang, sometimes in Gaelic. My grandparents came from Scots-Irish backgrounds and I remember them watching BBC Alba without the need for subtitles. They weren't fluent, but they got the gist. My ex spent her childhood holidays in the Hebrides, in Gaelic-speaking communities, and sent her daughter to a Gaelic school. And I'm just one person. Admittedly, I'm a curious, studious type, but I am just one. There's signs of the language everywhere in the names of places, people's first names and surnames, the slang we use in our various local dialects of English. Even the accents have been influenced by ones that once spoke English as a second language. Why get so annoyed by signs being in English and Gaelic? Gaelic one of the native languages to our parts of these islands, is a link to our heritage. And I say that as a guy who's about 25% English 'cause of his dad (but I tend to keep that a secret) | |||
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"Waste of time in the majority of the country. We live in an English speaking country where the majority speak English as a first language. Sick of ambulances, police vehicles, road signs and anything else being plastered with letters that mean nothing to most. Waste of tax payers money" This thread is about Scottish Gaelic, not political views, I think there’s a political thread on the UK forum where you can vent that. Individually, Angus, or Aberdeenshire or Fife have more Gaidhlig place names than the western isles. So if you’re a Scot, it is unfortunately part of your heritage. | |||
"Waste of time in the majority of the country. We live in an English speaking country where the majority speak English as a first language. Sick of ambulances, police vehicles, road signs and anything else being plastered with letters that mean nothing to most. Waste of tax payers money" Another triggered angry wee guy 🚩 | |||
"Waste of time in the majority of the country. We live in an English speaking country where the majority speak English as a first language. Sick of ambulances, police vehicles, road signs and anything else being plastered with letters that mean nothing to most. Waste of tax payers money" We do indeed live in an English speaking country, but I believe there are now 7 gaelic primary schools in Glasgow & the surrounding areas currently, with another due to open. There's clearly some interest in it. | |||
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"I know bits and bobs of Gàidhlig but nowhere near fluent unfortunately. Love to see it used more though." It was once spoken all over Scotland, including Dunedin. | |||
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"Waste of time in the majority of the country. We live in an English speaking country where the majority speak English as a first language. Sick of ambulances, police vehicles, road signs and anything else being plastered with letters that mean nothing to most. Waste of tax payers money" To be fair, blue light vehicles don't really need anything written in any language..... It's not a fucking ice cream van! | |||
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