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01 Dec 2007, 10:47 pm
lau wrote:
I can't stop reading these...
I browsed that site on and off all week.
I wasn't sure I was ever going to get away!! 
02 Dec 2007, 1:23 am
AspieMartian wrote:
nannarob wrote:
Hi aspiemartian! I haven't met you before.
Halo! I haven't posted in this thread before. Excuse me my lack of manners. I have a habit of crashing threads if I feel I'm missing out on something good. [AspieMartian passed her Gemini test with flying colors.
]Halo to sleepydragon too. My mom's going to have knee surgery next month. I told her to do that. LOL.
Mescalero - I just noticed you're from Glasgow. Do you speak Gaelic? I'm learning it. I'm listening to a Gaelic speaker reading aloud - I understand about 1/3 of the words, but not really enough to comprehend very well.
But I'm trying. At least I'm getting better at following along in the text 0 when I stop posting on WP and follow along the text. Heh.Oh, good luck on the Gaelic! It has beaten me about the head and shoulders for a few years now! For listening, you could try radio RTE (www.rte.ie) and they have a streaming channel from the gaeltacht. Of course, it would be Irish Gaelic and not Scots or Welsh, but at least they have music! Welcome to the cafe.
Watch out for Postpaleo, Lau, Chuck, and Gromit. Dangerous, shifty types they are....
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02 Dec 2007, 1:52 am
Nan wrote:
AspieMartian wrote:
nannarob wrote:
Hi aspiemartian! I haven't met you before.
Halo! I haven't posted in this thread before. Excuse me my lack of manners. I have a habit of crashing threads if I feel I'm missing out on something good. [AspieMartian passed her Gemini test with flying colors.
]Halo to sleepydragon too. My mom's going to have knee surgery next month. I told her to do that. LOL.
Mescalero - I just noticed you're from Glasgow. Do you speak Gaelic? I'm learning it. I'm listening to a Gaelic speaker reading aloud - I understand about 1/3 of the words, but not really enough to comprehend very well.
But I'm trying. At least I'm getting better at following along in the text 0 when I stop posting on WP and follow along the text. Heh.Oh, good luck on the Gaelic! It has beaten me about the head and shoulders for a few years now! For listening, you could try radio RTE (www.rte.ie) and they have a streaming channel from the gaeltacht. Of course, it would be Irish Gaelic and not Scots or Welsh, but at least they have music! Welcome to the cafe.
Watch out for Postpaleo, Lau, Chuck, and Gromit. Dangerous, shifty types they are....
Whew! missed out on being warned about. . .but then, upon second examination, I see that was all the GUYS on the list. !
Never mind!
Merle
02 Dec 2007, 3:12 am
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02 Dec 2007, 3:52 am
02 Dec 2007, 3:52 am
AspieMartian wrote:
nannarob wrote:
Hi aspiemartian! I haven't met you before.
Halo! I haven't posted in this thread before. Excuse me my lack of manners. I have a habit of crashing threads if I feel I'm missing out on something good. [AspieMartian passed her Gemini test with flying colors.
]Halo to sleepydragon too. My mom's going to have knee surgery next month. I told her to do that. LOL.
Mescalero - I just noticed you're from Glasgow. Do you speak Gaelic? I'm learning it. I'm listening to a Gaelic speaker reading aloud - I understand about 1/3 of the words, but not really enough to comprehend very well.
But I'm trying. At least I'm getting better at following along in the text 0 when I stop posting on WP and follow along the text. Heh.if you understand 1/3 of gaelic, that's about 1/3 more than me. Glasgow is more lowland scotland, a very industrial city, a mix of irish and lowland scots. Gaelic is spoken, sometimes as a 1st language, more on the Islands, the Hebrides, Barra, etc
02 Dec 2007, 6:19 am
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02 Dec 2007, 7:21 am
Nan wrote:
AspieMartian wrote:
nannarob wrote:
Hi aspiemartian! I haven't met you before.
Halo! I haven't posted in this thread before. Excuse me my lack of manners. I have a habit of crashing threads if I feel I'm missing out on something good. [AspieMartian passed her Gemini test with flying colors.
]Halo to sleepydragon too. My mom's going to have knee surgery next month. I told her to do that. LOL.
Mescalero - I just noticed you're from Glasgow. Do you speak Gaelic? I'm learning it. I'm listening to a Gaelic speaker reading aloud - I understand about 1/3 of the words, but not really enough to comprehend very well.
But I'm trying. At least I'm getting better at following along in the text 0 when I stop posting on WP and follow along the text. Heh.Oh, good luck on the Gaelic! It has beaten me about the head and shoulders for a few years now! For listening, you could try radio RTE (www.rte.ie) and they have a streaming channel from the gaeltacht. Of course, it would be Irish Gaelic and not Scots or Welsh, but at least they have music! Welcome to the cafe.
Watch out for Postpaleo, Lau, Chuck, and Gromit. Dangerous, shifty types they are....
Here's where I go to get my fix of all things Celtic...Thistle & Shamrock
02 Dec 2007, 8:32 am
Mescalero wrote:
if you understand 1/3 of gaelic, that's about 1/3 more than me. Glasgow is more lowland scotland, a very industrial city, a mix of irish and lowland scots. Gaelic is spoken, sometimes as a 1st language, more on the Islands, the Hebrides, Barra, etc
Ah well. I've met people from your area of Scotland (Glasgow and Paisley) who knew Gaelic to some extent, so I don't want to assume that just because people are from the Lowlands they don't know Gaelic.
I know some Scots, but that's tricky because it's spoken differently depending what area of Scotland. I read it very easily, but I sound like an eejit speaking it.
BTW - I'm curious about your user anme. Aer you a Joe Strummer fan?
I can't imagine you're a Mescalero Apache from Glasgow, but then again I've known a Mexican from Glasgow, so hey. (He even had the Glaswegian accent in spades - he had lived in Glasgow since he was 5.)
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02 Dec 2007, 8:32 am
02 Dec 2007, 8:49 am
Nan wrote:
Oh, good luck on the Gaelic! It has beaten me about the head and shoulders for a few years now! For listening, you could try radio RTE (www.rte.ie) and they have a streaming channel from the gaeltacht. Of course, it would be Irish Gaelic and not Scots or Welsh, but at least they have music! Welcome to the cafe.
Thanks for the link- I'll check out. I'm actually learning Scottish Gaelic - Gàidhlig. I'm not sure what the precise differences between Scottish and Irish Gaelic are, but several years back, when I tried learning some Irish Gaelic with the help of an Irish guy, I gave up because it seemed impossible. I'm pretty good with languages, so it was a big disappointment. I've wanted to learn Gaelic since I was a kid.
For some reason Gàidhlig is easier for me. I'm not sure why, but it is, even though I still have a bit of trouble getting my head around how they spell and pronouce words, but if I hear it, I do OK . I've been using the An Litir Bheag series at the BBC Alba site, plus an introductory grammar. I still need to get a proper Gaelic-English dictionary.
They also have some Gàidhlig radio programming online, but because I'm in the US, it's hard to be online when they're airing the Gàidhlig programs.
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Watch out for Postpaleo, Lau, Chuck, and Gromit. Dangerous, shifty types they are....
Thanks for the heads up!
richie wrote:
Here's where I go to get my fix of all things Celtic...Thistle & Shamrock
Yeah, they air that show on the college radio station here, but I don't listen to it much. I've been meaning to google it, and there you go handing me the link. Thanks!
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02 Dec 2007, 9:01 am
Funny bumper sticker: Ritheann an carr seo ar phoitín.
(This car runs on moonshine! 
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02 Dec 2007, 10:07 am
02 Dec 2007, 10:32 am
AspieMartian wrote:
Mescalero wrote:
if you understand 1/3 of gaelic, that's about 1/3 more than me. Glasgow is more lowland scotland, a very industrial city, a mix of irish and lowland scots. Gaelic is spoken, sometimes as a 1st language, more on the Islands, the Hebrides, Barra, etc
Ah well. I've met people from your area of Scotland (Glasgow and Paisley) who knew Gaelic to some extent, so I don't want to assume that just because people are from the Lowlands they don't know Gaelic.
I know some Scots, but that's tricky because it's spoken differently depending what area of Scotland. I read it very easily, but I sound like an eejit speaking it.Hi AspieMartian. Ceud Mille Failte. I must admit I'm not a Gaelic speaker myself ,but one of my interests in general is the study of words and names. It's ironic that in
the Gaelic speaking areas here like the Hebrides,many placenames are actually
Nordic whereas in the Lowlands people are oblivious to some of the Gaelic / Welsh origins of their own local placenames,like Glasgow = Green Hollow.
Thanks for bringing me out of lurking mode anyway,Aspie Martian !
02 Dec 2007, 11:44 am
pluto wrote:
Hi AspieMartian. Ceud Mille Failte. I must admit I'm not a Gaelic speaker myself ,but one of my interests in general is the study of words and names. It's ironic that in
the Gaelic speaking areas here like the Hebrides,many placenames are actually
Nordic whereas in the Lowlands people are oblivious to some of the Gaelic / Welsh origins of their own local placenames,like Glasgow = Green Hollow.
Thanks for bringing me out of lurking mode anyway,Aspie Martian !
the Gaelic speaking areas here like the Hebrides,many placenames are actually
Nordic whereas in the Lowlands people are oblivious to some of the Gaelic / Welsh origins of their own local placenames,like Glasgow = Green Hollow.
Thanks for bringing me out of lurking mode anyway,Aspie Martian !
Halo, a Pluto! Ciamar a tha thu? I had a friend years back from Paisley, named Foy. I can't recall his last name at the moment. He was a Gaelic speaker, but if I remember correctly, his parents were both from the Highlands originally.
The whole Nordic and Gaelic placename thing - I don't know if that's really ironic, given the history of Scotland, but then again, what do I know? I live in Texas! (Bear in mind, Texas too has a complicated, mutlilingual history too - it just doesn't go back as far as Scotland's
)
