Scots Gaelic help (again)

[OC Richard]

It is sure tough venturing into a language one doesn't speak! I took Gaelic in college but that was a long time ago!

Looking for how to say the name of our band, the Long Beach Fire Department Pipe Band.

I see that the term used in the Highlands for what we call a Fire Department is Seirbheisean Smalaidh (literally "Extinguishing Service"), formerly Fire Brigade, which I suspect might be Bragad Smalaidh.

Evidently the term "Fire Department" isn't used in the Highlands. But what would it be? Roinn Smalaidh? Roinn na Smalaidh? Roinn an Smalaidh? The na/an thing is fuzzy for me.

I would guess that "Long Beach" would be Traigh Fada (or would it be Traigh Fhada?) due to the local beaches being sandy.

I've seen that they don't use a term like "pipe band" but simply use piobairean (pipers).

So something like Piobairean Roinn Smalaidh Traigh Fhada??

Thanks! Richard

[guardsman]

Why a name no one will understand ? And its a bit long , why not fire pipers full stop ? Only a personal slant on things . Good luck with your search

[OC Richard]

That's a valid point. However there is quite a love here in the USA to slap Gaelic mottoes on things, which goes back to the first big wave of Irish immigrants who hit our shores in the 1840s and continues to this day.

I strive to have it as correct as possible, which isn't always the case here! Many of the Gaelic mottoes one sees here are misspelt or unidiomatic or both.

Here's a recent thread about some of these absurdities

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...ges-etc-76147/

Actually the Celtic languages are all around here, but most locals are unaware of it. A local road that goes by a big mountain is called... Bryn Mawr.

[unixken]

A local road that goes by a big mountain is called... Bryn Mawr.

We have a Bryn Mawr road out my way as well, pronounced "Brian Mahwer".

[OC Richard]

Here's seirbheis smalaidh (literally "extinguishing service") an t-seirbheis smalaidh ("the extinguishing service") and luchd-smalaidh (literally "extinguishing-folk") being used in an article in Scots Gaelic

http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/17098251

[guardsman]

Bryn mawr is welsh and said brin mowrrr LOL