Fòram na Gàidhlig

Write in to a DJ on Radio nan Gàidheal, and have him mention you on the radio. Then wonder what in the world he said about you! He was obviously excited, though, about having listeners in M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I! I got ONE word of the whole thing in Gàidhlig...post-dealain...I think. I'll need to go back and listen again (many times) once they post it on the webpage.

My son was thrilled, though..."People all over the WORLD heard my name!"

Meal do naidheachd!

I was listening
Derek's a lot of fun to listen to. I was teasing him about his attempt at an accent

Meal do naidheachd gu dearbh!

sr3nitygirl wrote:I was listening
Derek's a lot of fun to listen to. I was teasing him about his attempt at an accent

Meal do naidheachd gu dearbh!

Tapadh leat...so yours is the other name he was saying over and over! And he did a pretty good job with the accent...better than him trying to spell Mississippi!

I don't understand half of what Derek says, but like you said he's a lot of fun to listen to. I spend a lot of time with a dictionary trying to figure out what he writes, so I "get" a little more from the Facebook page than from the radio at this point. It felt a bit silly having him play those songs today, but if you saw my Facebook post, I really needed a pick-me-up today, so it was good.

I don't understand everything either, but as I learn I pick up more and more, plus it's a wee bit of a connection with home (Tha mise à Alba).

Beachd uabhasach math agaibh! Agus mealaibh ur naidheachd!

Great idea! And congratulations (plural)!

Is this radio station on-line? If so, how do I listen and does it just stream or are set programmes of it downloadable? My Internet is too slow to stream.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radionangaidheal/

It does stream, but it also has most of the programs available to listen to for a week after they're aired.

I've seen it has a low bandwidth version for some programs, maybe your internet can manage that.

*gasp*
This made my day! The last time I tried to use BBC iPlayer it wouldn't work in my area so I had completely given up on it and hadn't tried it in a long time :/

Tapadh leibh!

'S e do bheatha!

There are also applications out there for your smart phone (if you have one).
I use the Tune-in Radio application which already knows about RnG, and I use it even over 3G (it's pretty efficient in terms of it's use of bandwidth). I use it to listen to Siubhal gu Seachd most days

You can also get BBC Alba and other streamed / watch again TV channels from the UK if you have a VPN, eg Expatshield, VPNUK - there was a thread about that somewhere - I will have a look and post a link if I find it...

Here you go:

http://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/foram/vi ... NUK#p14528

There are also Gaelic YouTube videos which you can download straight to your computer if you install this: http://fastesttube.kwizzu.com/

Here's a nice version of Runrig's Alba for the launch of BBC Alba http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs07sYQqc1c

I have also started a collection of Gaelic Videos on Youtube:

www.youtube.com/user/foramnagaidhlig

I am not so much concentrating on music there, since people will find that easily enough on their own.