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Post by deuce on Oct 31, 2018 11:07:19 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Nov 10, 2018 13:33:14 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Nov 15, 2018 11:52:49 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Nov 17, 2018 23:51:23 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Nov 22, 2018 14:22:23 GMT -5
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Post by kemp on Dec 24, 2018 16:08:28 GMT -5
The natural inclination for most people is to first read the names in English just below the Gaelic equivalents, South Glendale is easier than Taobh a Deas Ghleann Dailon on minds accustomed with English, but unfamiliar with Scots Gaelic. Something in the order of less than sixty thousand people speak Scots Gaelic ( according to some estimates ). Interesting to note that there is a branch of Scottish Gaelic known as Canadian Gaelic spoken in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton island, around a thousand speakers, although thousands of Nova Scotians attend Gaelic related activities. May be good a place for Americans and Canadians to visit who want to hear the language. Bilingual sign in Cape Breton
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Post by deuce on Dec 25, 2018 10:38:47 GMT -5
Damned good article. Thanks for posting it, Kail! Nollaig Chrideil.
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Post by deuce on Jan 15, 2019 2:47:57 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jan 19, 2019 13:52:39 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jan 24, 2019 11:04:15 GMT -5
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Post by kemp on Jan 25, 2019 5:43:02 GMT -5
'Historic Environment Scotland and Aberdeenshire council’s archaeology service celebrated it as an authentic discovery and continued their research until being contacted by the former owner who said they had built it as a replica in the mid-1990s.' How embarrassing.
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Post by Peter on Jan 26, 2019 21:32:24 GMT -5
Thank you Kail & Deuce for these wonderful articles, links and poems. I'm really enjoying them.
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Post by keith on Jan 30, 2019 5:55:50 GMT -5
Deuce! I suspect this is yet another favour I'm going to owe you, for introducing me to this book! Originally published in 1902, it'll have the flavour of the early 20th century, which I want to convey in one current project. Furthermore, one can't know too much about the Scotch-Irish of the U.S.A. Don't be too surprised if a character of Scotch-Irish descent appears in a story of mine somewhere down the track. Thanks!
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Post by buxom9sorceress on Jan 31, 2019 0:27:54 GMT -5
from all the cheesy 'hollywood style' costumes and helms it looks like scenes from a cheesy germanic musical comic opera?
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Post by deuce on Jan 31, 2019 1:11:31 GMT -5
Plenty to be found about the Border reivers in an excellent new book about the bloodiest region in Great Britain. The Debatable Land - The lost world between Scotland and EnglandWithin those fifty square miles, by parliamentary decree issued by both countries in 1537 and 1551, 'all Englishmen and Scottishmen are and shall be free to rob, burn, spoil, slay, murder and destroy, all and every such person and persons, their bodies, property, goods and livestock ... without any redress to be made for same'....... I'm pretty sure I linked to this awhile back. I've read conflicting reviews. I'd certainly LIKE it to be worthwhile. As I recall, it's pretty much centered on Liddesdale.
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