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Month: August 2014

Beating the MacGregors

Published on 19 August 2014

fotoflingscotland:

Lochearnhead Highland Games more pix here

Clan MacLaren doing an excellent job at the Lochearnhead Highland Games last year. I couldn’t be there this year either, but they informed me we beat the MacGregors in the Tug of War, so it was a good day. 🙂

One day I might actually join in the fun!

View on Glasgow

Published on 17 August 2014

fyglasgow:

View from the necropolis! Simply stunning! #loveglasgow #cathedral #visitscotland #brilliantmoments by girlwhowished http://ift.tt/1uKHuK9 August 12, 2014 at 04:11PM

In a little under a month I’ll be in glorious Glasgow again! I actually haven’t been to the Necropolis yet my previous trips, so that most certainly is on our to-do list this time.

Our Megabus buses are booked, as is our hotel room — unfortunately Euro Hostels was already full this time — so all we have to to is pack and go.

Although I still have to find a nice venue to watch the results of the Scottish Independence Referendum come in, I’m sure I’ll get that sorted well in time!

Gaelic as a first language?

Published on 12 August 2014

ayeforscotland:

Anonymous asked:
“When Scotland’s independent, do you think they’ll go back to speaking Gaelic as a first language and learning English as a second language like every other country in Europe and around the world?”

As a lover of languages, I don’t see it ever being a complete reversal back to Gaelic. I would, however, like to see it becoming more prominent in schools. It should be an option at least. I wish I had had the option, if any of you want to teach me Gaelic then give me a shout!

How much I’d love to see more efforts to prevent Gàidhlig from becoming extinct, I don’t see a complete comeback happening either. Never say never though: Hebrew was completely extinct as an everyday spoken language, and yet it is now spoken again by 9 million people!

But wouldn’t it make more sense to teach Scots as the first language? Like in Swiss German, there are different versions of Scots: Insular, Northern, Central, and Southern, with sub dialects within each. In Switzerland however they managed to create a Swiss Standard German, which is used in official publications, newspapers, news broadcasts, loudspeaker announcements in public places …

Maybe it’s time for Standard Scots, to be used in Scotland in the same way as Swiss Standard German is used in the ‘German’ speaking part of Switzerland?