CalMerc: Useful Gaelic words (and Scots too)
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:18 am
The Caledonian Mercury has been running a series of articles on useful Scots words and Murchadh Mac Leòid, their semi-regular Gaelic writer, has started a similar series of useful Gaelic words.
The Gaelic one is aimed at beginners, so it's in English. He's gone down the route of using a pseudo-phonetic transcription that doesn't really aid clarity (try to guess how you would pronounce "beyinn" before visiting and checking out what it's his transcription of!) but hey-ho....
The Gaelic one is aimed at beginners, so it's in English. He's gone down the route of using a pseudo-phonetic transcription that doesn't really aid clarity (try to guess how you would pronounce "beyinn" before visiting and checking out what it's his transcription of!) but hey-ho....