
Originally Posted by
ML421
My Great Grandfather spoke Gaelic. When I was a child I would asked him to teach me he would always ask "why, your an American?". Just hearing the language takes me back and I can almost smell his cigars again. Thank you so much for this.
It's sad how common a view that was among that generation. They and the subsequent one pretty much decided not to pass it on when they got to locations where it wasn't the dominant tongue.
Last edited by Nathan; 25th June 13 at 01:32 PM.
Natan Easbaig Mac Dhòmhnaill, FSA Scot
Past High Commissioner, Clan Donald Canada
“Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we, in dreams, behold the Hebrides.” - The Canadian Boat Song.
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