Gaelic Speakers

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Thanks for beating me to it.

Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) and Scots Gaelic (Gàidhlig) are two related but separate languages; Welsh is a Brythonic language, kin to Breton. All four are Celtic languages, and all four are, of course, different from the distintive accents used in speaking English.

I'll never forget the Burns Night dinner I went to, where a friend delivered a very well-written "Toast to the Lassies." The only problem was that he decided to use a "broguish" accent, which sounded much, much more Irish than Scottish. It almost couldna eat m' haggis.

LOL - I was taught a few songs by friends from Motherwell. To this day, I can't sing them straight, I have to sing them with a brogue.

*Th' Norrrrrtherrrrn Lights of auld Aberdeen....*

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by honeychile

LOL - I was taught a few songs by friends from Motherwell. To this day, I can't sing them straight, I have to sing them with a brogue.

*Th' Norrrrrtherrrrn Lights of auld Aberdeen....*

Now, thanks to you, I have this running through my head:

Just a wee deoch an doris, just a wee drap, that's a'.
Just a wee deoch an doris afore ye gang awa.
There's a wee wifie waitin' in a wee but 'n' ben.
If you can say, 'It's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht,'
Then yer a'richt, ye ken.