Guy who wrote another, century-old dictionary people still use also learned the language as an adult, Edward Dwelly.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 13:07 (one year ago) link
Should have responded to your post by sayingIs math sin.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
Also I did the first four sections of the first topic of SpeakGaelic and can attest that it really well-done.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 14:42 (one year ago) link
late seeing this thread so apologies if somebody's already mentioned this brilliant story
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/26/shock-an-aw-us-teenager-wrote-huge-slice-of-scots-wikipedia
― Wyverns and gulls rule my world (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 14 January 2023 14:42 (one year ago) link
Wow, thanks
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 14:48 (one year ago) link
Feel like maybe the word “Scots” should be added to the thread title as well.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 14:49 (one year ago) link
Even this Mango course I can get free through the library seems to have some good intro stuff.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 15:10 (one year ago) link
(xp) "An aw" as used in the famous phrase, "Aw naw, no Annoni oan an aw noo".
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 January 2023 15:24 (one year ago) link
...and indeed, "Twa pehs an an ingin ane an aw".
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 January 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
So would it be correct to add “Scots an aw” to the thread title? I don’t quite get the subtleties.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 15:47 (one year ago) link
Yes.
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 January 2023 15:51 (one year ago) link
I don't really know what they're talking about in the Guardian article re the use of 'an aw'.
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 January 2023 15:52 (one year ago) link
Even if the new thread title is incorrect:a) we can fix it again if needed, assuming mods don’t take offenseb) we may end up learning more from the errorc) it’s all good, after all it’s not like it’s Wikipedia an awor something
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 15:59 (one year ago) link
One of the useful things about Scots which English no longer has is that the word 'no' exists in two different forms.
"Is there an equivalent in English?""Naw, there's nae equivalent in English"
Or better still..
"Naw, there's nae equivalent in English, at least I'm no sure there is".
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 January 2023 16:06 (one year ago) link
Now I am, um, mulling over whether to add “noo” at the end as well.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 16:06 (one year ago) link
Nae noos is guid noos.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
I think the Guardian article is trying to say "an aw" technically can't be used the same way as "also" because it can't appear *before* the extra thing. Instead of saying it's the same as "and all", they could've used "too". Never thought of that about "nae" as well as "naw" before. Bit like the French "aucun" or German "kein". Fun!
― verhexen, Saturday, 14 January 2023 16:59 (one year ago) link
Kein' Angst, Baby!
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
Really came to say that people love love love this guy: https://gaelicwithjason.thinkific.com/I don't think he is taking any one-on-one students anymore but you can still look at some of his materials, get a regular email and sign up for group classes.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:30 (one year ago) link
Video courses. One of them is free.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
Just found mention of this this! https://www.taic.me.uk/feuch/index.htmlHave no idea what it is, just about to click through now.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:40 (one year ago) link
(xp) Surefire way to get a Scotsman interested.
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:40 (one year ago) link
That's sort of a test/demo version, here is the main site: https://www.taic.me.uk/
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:42 (one year ago) link
Depends on how you feel about The Witcher. (xp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ5U15iFPM8
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link
Or just look at some of his other videos.http://www.youtube.com/@GaelicwithJason
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:47 (one year ago) link
This guy totally reminds me of being a high school student and sitting in an enrichment class taught by one of the former mathletes who has come back from college break, except I don't get lost so quickly.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:50 (one year ago) link
for all the accents in Skellige there's not many (or any?) Scots ones tbf
― Wyverns and gulls rule my world (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:50 (one year ago) link
he's right tho it's immediately piqued me interest in the video
― Wyverns and gulls rule my world (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:52 (one year ago) link
Lol
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:57 (one year ago) link
Don't think I've linked https://learngaelic.scot/ yet. There's a ton of stuff there but it can be hard to navigate. I can never remember which sections I've visited before.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:58 (one year ago) link
Think you have to go here to get the written materials for that free Witcher course: https://gaelicwithjason.thinkific.com/courses/take/the-witcher-1
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 19:01 (one year ago) link
Reminder to the thrifty Scotsmen on the borad: SpeakGaelic is also free: https://speakgaelic.scot/
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2023 19:09 (one year ago) link
Don't think I encountered it yet, but apparently Duolingo has a discussion on the Falkirk Wheel in some lessons:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxxz45z4H2c
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 January 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
He’s nae eel-drooner
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2023 21:11 (one year ago) link
Dè an aois a tha e?
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
Tha mi coma.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2023 21:30 (one year ago) link
I did watch the BBC Alba (Gaelic) Hogmanay Show - and usually do most years - because it's the only place you're guaranteed good music to see the New Year in.
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Monday, 16 January 2023 22:19 (one year ago) link
did some of the Gaelic Duolingo course last year, just to get the basics. found pronouncing surprisingly easy and spelling really difficult.(incidentally did the word grotty come the Gaidhlig word "grod" meaning rotten?)anyway the best thing to come from this was finding the Alba kids show Geamaichen Gorach ("Silly Games"), wonderfully daft stop motion stuff. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000rdz1/geamaichean-gorach-series-2-episode-17
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 16 January 2023 23:46 (one year ago) link
Tell you one thing: because the two languages in the thread title are in different families, there’s nae danger o confusing them.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2023 23:49 (one year ago) link
Trying to focus on the Gaelic Spelling Rule to gave myself half a chance. (xp)
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2023 23:50 (one year ago) link
Give.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2023 23:51 (one year ago) link
Tae gie masel
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2023 23:53 (one year ago) link
Hing in, zappi!
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 03:09 (one year ago) link
Stoap greetin, bubblie!
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 02:27 (one year ago) link
I’m sair hauden doon by the bubbly-jock.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 02:37 (one year ago) link
It’s ma ain threid oniewey.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 02:47 (one year ago) link
Blether tae CrackGPT
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 02:57 (one year ago) link
Peety me!
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 05:16 (one year ago) link
The words came clattering out of his mouth like chuckie stanes on a tin.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 05:20 (one year ago) link