Fòram na Gàidhlig

Ohhh right thanks.

'S toil leam 'Strip the Willow' cuideachd. Bidh mo chàraidean às a Ghlaschu a' dannsadh 'Strip the Willow' gu fiadhaich! 'S toil leam 'The Gay Gordon' cuideachd.

I like Strip the Willow too. My friends from Glasgow dance strip the willow wildly! I like 'The Gay Gordon' as well.

Níall, no, of course I don't think that about English, or about Gaelic. I just find my teacher's perceptions of linguistic differences interesting. ;) (I'm a convert to descriptivism so you're preaching to the choir.) Anyway, I'm going to Lewis this summer (my first time ever going to a Gaelic-speak...

Tapadh leat. (Did the 'Thanks' button for posts disappear?)

Yes, I agree that on balance there is nothing sinister/worrying about any predominance of Lewis Gaelic, or features that are mistakenly ascribed to Lewis Gaelic by speakers of other dialects. But I was wondering whether it was really true that Lewis was disproportionately represented, so your answer...

My Gaelic teacher was from Harris, and she always complained that Lewis Gaelic was gramatically terrible but was disproportionately represented in learners' material and in the BBC. Obviously her value judgements are just that (and probably typical of a Hearach), but is it true that Lewis Gaelic is ...

22163 There's multiple senses and uses of éirich in Dwelly that all seem apt for the metaphor. Dawn -- visual imagery of brightness, general romantic allusions. Happen -- love happens to you, the author didn't chose to fall for her. Getting up means waking, and awakenings are always strong images, ...

Ah, tha mi gad thuigsinn, a Raghnaid. Uill, tha mo phàrantan às a Nuadh Eabhrac, ach nuair a bha mi còig bliadhna a dh'aois, chaidh sinn a Wisconsin. Ma tha thu à dùthaich eile, tha Wisconsin coltach ris Naudh Eabhrac, ach tha na cultaran uabhasach eu-coltach. ('S fìrinn a th' ann!) Agus tha sinn a'...

Ah of course, I forgot that about the articles! Tapadh leat.

A Raghnaid, tha m'athair ag obair anns an roinn diadhaireachd aig an Oilthigh Chill Rìmhinn. Tha e a' teagasg eachdraidh na h-eaglaise. An toil leat diadhaireachd? Tha càraidean agam gum bheil iad a' leughadh diadhaireachd, ach 's fhearr leam eachdraidh. Bha mo bhana-charaid a' leughadh foghlam crei...

Obh obh, chan eil mòran Gàidhlig agam anns an latha a tha ann. Cha robh mi a' leughadh Gàidhlig anns an teirm seachad, ach tha mi a' dèanamh pròiseact-rannsachaidh mu òrain iasgaich, agus tha mòran anns a' Ghàidhlig. Chan eil cuimhn' 'm gràmar doirbh... :naire: A Luchag Bochd, tha mi 'n dòchas gum b...

Yeah, maybe that's what she meant. She says in the notes on the song, "There is something in the words of this simple little song - the way they are put together, and the things that are left unsaid - which makes it one of the most precious examples of its genre. If this 'something' doesn't com...

I'm reading a book called Songs of Gaelic Scotland and the song lyrics are given in Gaelic and English. The English tr*nsl*t**n of the following verse has the footnote at the end of the final line: 'I can only hope you understand the wealth of meaning behind this succinct untranslatable line'. Here ...

Obh! Tapadh leat, a Neill!

Ahhh excellent, móran taing.