The Scotsman
Date: 08 February 2009
By Marc Horne
IT'S enough to provoke the most conservative and devout denizens of the Western Isles to pen a mournful lament.
Gaelic has been "blinged up" and given a trendy 21st-century makeover.
A range of new expressions has been created to introduce the latest streetwise terms into the ancient language.
It is hoped that introducing new Gaelic words for thongs, piercings, skinny jeans, high heels and rock stars will help to popularise the language with the Bebo generation.
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http://news.scotsman.com/gaelic/The-Gae ... 4958631.jp