tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7947757505254506820.post8147606753386547427..comments2024-03-27T08:35:55.978+00:00Comments on Tocasaid: #FearOfAGaelicRoadsignUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7947757505254506820.post-64878934214657077502016-08-04T17:04:35.219+01:002016-08-04T17:04:35.219+01:00¨spoken by a minority¨
Depends how you define the...¨spoken by a minority¨ <br />Depends how you define the group. In the world as a whole English may well be a minority language. In a household or gathering of five, if three speak Gàidhlig then it´s the majority language. I.e. it´s all relative.<br />The real question here is whether enough people speak/write G. often enough for it to be sustained and developed as a viable continuing everyday medium of discourse. I´d say ´yes´, but it was a close call. <br /><br /><br />¨Gaelic is ancient¨ <br />A language that has been passed down the generations is bound to be ´ancient´, the alternative is a ´made-up´ language like Tolkien´s Elvish langs. or possibly some contact languages etc. <br />Again, the real question lurking here is whether G. has adapted and continues to adept to the changing needs of its speakers as opposed to being ´stuck in the past´. Again, I´d say ´yes´, but it had a close call.<br /><br />¨Gaels are bilingual¨<br />´S math sin, nach e? He is simply stating that he envies their linguistic superiority.<br /><br />¨I don't understand it¨<br />Nach truagh sin? Implying he somehow thinks it important but is unwilling to learn ... out of some kind of false pride? Highland cringe? Mi-rùn mór nan Gall internalised?<br /><br />¨it's the indigenous tongue of the Scots¨ <br />No more or less than Inglis. Both arrived at around the same time, and anyway go back far enough and ¨Everybody came from somewhere else¨. <br /><br />----<br /><br />*B´fheàrr leinn aon choinneal a lasadh na´n dorchadas a tharcaiseachadh*Marconatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199367986122142971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7947757505254506820.post-38769297817255036302016-05-31T10:58:26.269+01:002016-05-31T10:58:26.269+01:00Hi Anon,
You need to be patient. In case you hadn&...Hi Anon,<br />You need to be patient. In case you hadn't noticed, posts on this blog are few and far between at the moment. Plus there are other reasons for moderating comments other than 'disagreement'.<br /><br />As to bullying and bigotry - I don't need you learn/ speak Gaelic. That's your choice and therefore I don't mind your disagreement/ different choice. I do however have little or no tolerance for those who oppose diversity and the rights of others. Who's the bully - the person demanding rights for his/ her tongue and culture or the person who mocks it and denies those rights?<br /><br />Anyway, sorry you sound so, er, aggrieved and angry. Have a dram.MacNaBrachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01585663680725464839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7947757505254506820.post-55035073561922704452016-05-31T09:22:22.763+01:002016-05-31T09:22:22.763+01:00Comment visible after approval, ha. Should have gu...Comment visible after approval, ha. Should have guessed you'd only accept comments which meet your approval. Echo chamber preferred I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7947757505254506820.post-78710605601241093952016-05-31T09:20:25.367+01:002016-05-31T09:20:25.367+01:00Not everyone who doesn't agree with your point...Not everyone who doesn't agree with your point of view is right wing, a fascist, a bigot or full of hatred or any other overused term we hear today. Sometimes people just have a different opinion. Why do some people feel the need to bully in order to get their own way? Your attitude is sadly rather typical of a section of society which is permanentlt agrieved about one thing or another. Can you make a point without sounding angry and calling people names I wonder. Grow up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7947757505254506820.post-33457802028878427942015-09-02T12:58:05.632+01:002015-09-02T12:58:05.632+01:00This line from the Rev in particular is baffling: ...This line from the Rev in particular is baffling: '...to the vast majority of the population, who are made to feel like uncultured aliens in their own land...'<br /><br />If there are people out there who feel like this, that a language spoken by this '0.9%' has that effect, then they really ought to think long and hard about where this attitude comes from. It's incredible to think that a couple of Gaelic words could have that effect. So much for tolerance. I remember seeing a post from Scottish Police on Facebook, in the Gaelic, something about "Happy Holidays" or to that effect, and immediately came the snarky replies: "Well I live in the highlands and I don't speak Gaelic, so why are you discriminating against me?" And of course, if they had only waited 60 seconds, they would have seen the English translation being posted, as these things always are. Incredible. Behold the oppressed ultra-majority.<br /><br />A thuilleadh air a sin, saoil an urrainn dhuibh innse dhomh cò às a fhuair sibh an rabhadh? Glè inntinneach feumar ràdh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019074898067417639noreply@blogger.com