Council calls in the experts to quell row of Gaelic cuts

Unread post by **Gràisg** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:49 am

'HISTORIANS are being brought in to help decide whether modern-day residents of Caithness have more in common with the Norse or the Gaels.
A debate is continuing within Highland Council on the relevance of Gaelic to the far north. Last year some Caithness councillors sought to exclude the county from a Highland-wide policy of erecting bilingual English-Gaelic road signs. '

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Counc ... 4985916.jp

Seonaidh · Unread post by **Seonaidh** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:56 pm

How utterly stupid. Does it actually matter? Gaelic is a language that has been officially recognised by the Gaelic Language Act 2005. Whether a particular part of Scotland historically spoke Gaelic or not is irrelevant. Next, I suppose they'll be using similar arguments to ban English on signs in Leodhas, as it's not a traditionally-spoken language there and never has been.

While we're about it, as Holyrood is sited in Edinburgh, never an area of widespread Gaelic sppech, let's insist that all the Gaelic signs are ripped down there.

Cò na h-amadain seo?

Unread post by **akerbeltz** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:00 pm

Cò thuirt gun dèid comhairlichean an taghadh air sgàth an gliocais?

Unread post by **Gràisg** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:27 pm

Am bi iad a' fastadh Micheal fry? 'S e eachdraiche a th' ann ach mar a thuirt thu Akerbeltz - gliocas?

Council calls in the experts to quell row of Gaelic cuts

Council calls in the experts to quell row of Gaelic cuts

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