Mod and Gaelic are not quite in tune
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:03 am
A bheil Seonaidh ro chruaidh air a' ghnothach?
"Some Gaelic activists express a petulant pride in never having been to a Mòd. Others regard the de jure position of Bòrd na Gàidhlig, the named body under the Gaelic Language Act, as evidence of pre-eminence and ignore the de facto ham-fistedness with which the Bòrd conducts itself. For example, this will be the first time in 30 years that the ebullient director of pre-school organisation TAIC, Fionnlagh MacLeòid, will not be present to ask Mòd-goers the simple question: “Why don’t you speak Gaelic with your children?” The organisation had its funding withdrawn completely.
Fèisean an Gàidheal, whose chief executive, singer and businessman Arthur Cormack, is also chairman of the Bòrd, has recently announced plans to expand the use of Gaelic in its youth-oriented music festivals. Which makes people wonder which language they have been using since the organisation was set up in 1991."
tuilleadh an seo:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/gaelic/seo ... _1_1915722
"Some Gaelic activists express a petulant pride in never having been to a Mòd. Others regard the de jure position of Bòrd na Gàidhlig, the named body under the Gaelic Language Act, as evidence of pre-eminence and ignore the de facto ham-fistedness with which the Bòrd conducts itself. For example, this will be the first time in 30 years that the ebullient director of pre-school organisation TAIC, Fionnlagh MacLeòid, will not be present to ask Mòd-goers the simple question: “Why don’t you speak Gaelic with your children?” The organisation had its funding withdrawn completely.
Fèisean an Gàidheal, whose chief executive, singer and businessman Arthur Cormack, is also chairman of the Bòrd, has recently announced plans to expand the use of Gaelic in its youth-oriented music festivals. Which makes people wonder which language they have been using since the organisation was set up in 1991."
tuilleadh an seo:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/gaelic/seo ... _1_1915722