tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7947757505254506820.post7205229786019243155..comments2024-03-27T08:35:55.978+00:00Comments on Tocasaid: Signs of Lowland Gaelic in Gleann IuchaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7947757505254506820.post-89718137556345175362015-11-17T12:06:40.221+00:002015-11-17T12:06:40.221+00:00evening Gaelic classes in Glasgow are full of non ...evening Gaelic classes in Glasgow are full of non Scots, along with Scots. If you look here, for example http://www.hie.co.uk/about-hie/news-and-media/archive/research-reveals-value-of-gaelic-to-businesses-and-communities-in-scotland.html, it shows that economically (if people don't care about the cultural aspect) its not bad business to invest in.<br /><br />Then there's the huge success of the Gaelic schools. I plan to send my son (if he can get in!). Sadly growing up in the 1980s I didn't get the chance to learn Gaelic that my Great Grandmother (and presumably other ancestors) spoke. Even if I had no genetic connection, I'd still understand the value.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10417102781519011949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7947757505254506820.post-91584857741889325572015-11-11T09:30:02.151+00:002015-11-11T09:30:02.151+00:00I am from the continent and I had never heard of S...I am from the continent and I had never heard of Scottish Gaelic or of any Celtic languages until I arrived at Edinburgh Airport when I was 10; there I saw "Fàilte gu Alba" for the first time. I was very confused and wrote the sentence into my diary. At the end of the holidays, I had a whole list of such strange words I couldn't understand, and I even bought a tiny Scottish Gaelic-English and Scots-English dictionary. Today, I am on an exchange semester at the University of Aberdeen, learning Gaelic. Without such signs I probably still wouldn't even know of the existence of Scottish Gaelic.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00025876338806821555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7947757505254506820.post-32593158988307282932010-10-11T11:47:51.731+01:002010-10-11T11:47:51.731+01:00Good to see these signs. Lets see more of them!
S...Good to see these signs. Lets see more of them!<br /><br />Suas leis a' Ghaidhlig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com