Comments on: A Nasty Gaelic Storm Hit Scotland This Week

By: Taranaich

Taranaich — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:27:23 +0000

The Rev (Wings Over Scotland) was deliberately confrontational to make the point that even if you don’t care about Gaelic, Jackson Carlaw was still talking nonsense. I think he made the case poorly judging by how much ire he gained from Gaelic speakers and advocates (not least that he calls critics “hyper-sensitive” when language like “blood and soil nationalism” is even used at all) but the point of the piece was a defense of Gaelic, “stupid” as he thinks Gaelic road signs are. It’s not the first time he’s been very bull-headed about a subject, and it won’t be the last.

Nonetheless, the outcome of this “nasty storm” is tons of people are talking about Gaelic positively. The Wings article is positively inundated with people dissenting with the Rev’s viewpoint, and a dozen articles popped up afterwards promoting Gaelic presence in public life. I’d call that a result.

By: Kirsty Nash

Kirsty Nash — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 08:17:54 +0000

How I would love to meet the ill informed, ignorant person representing Wings over Scotland.

By: Mary Leighton

Mary Leighton — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 20:37:45 +0000

I am learning Gaelic to enable me to read a map of my own country!! Excellent enough reason for me!!

By: Allan Cameron

Allan Cameron — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 18:02:49 +0000

How narrow minded some people are. Similar arguments took place when Wales proposed “Dual Language” road signs. They adopted them.
To argue that Gaelic is a dead language and therefore useless contradicts the fact that Latin is a dead language. If you check the dictionary you will find that over 60% of English words have a basis in Latin and ancient Greek. With all the more pressing and critical issues that face Scotland, especially economically, perhaps the Anti-Gealic brigade should channel their energies in a more productive fashion and, since there is almost 0% cost to taxpayers, let us see Highland and Island road signs in English and Gealic . Remember, TOURISM is a significant source of income contrary to Salmond and Sturgeon (‘the fishey’ pair) that North Sea Oil was supposed to be.

By: James Cameron

James Cameron — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 21:35:27 +0000

well gu dearbh..tha mi air aontaich le ar n-uile-chridhe !