Scots Gaelic - Why would you want to learn it?

[bluebonnet]

Agreed.....

It's something that we, as Indigenous Tribal People have passed on to the next generation, to insure the next seven generations continue. We have always said, the language, the songs, the ceremony must continue for the People to continue.

Hawk

I consider myself very fortunate in that my parents could both speak their languages and were able to pass on the linguistic ability to me.

When I was posted in Nova Scotia, I had the chance to head on up to the Gaelic Mod/college in Cape Breton for a few summer leave periods. Got awesome dancing, piping and language lessons while there. http://www.celticheart.ca/gaelic-col...rts-and-crafts

Ottawa also has a gaelic community group... http://www.gaidhligottawa.ca/

[A Lenape Scot]

Radio Lingua has Scots Gaelic? I could only find Irish Gaelic when I was searching through their podcasts on iTunes.

Just put gaelic. It does not have the word Scots.

[RyanMac]

I did just that yesterday evening and found it. The one minute Gaelic series. I wish it was as large and robust as the "coffee break Spanish" is/was, but I'll take it. Thanks a bunch for the added info.

[BCAC]

Here is a good starting place for absolute beginners.

[BBNC]

I googled "nook" and it appears to be another of these new fangled electronic book things, similar to "kindle"
Thanks but no thanks, give me a good old fashioned paper book any day. One of my pet hates about this new technology is when the screen page suddenly changes or goes white when I am in the middle of reading something interesting.

I have recently purchased a Nook, and am still coming to grips with swiping, poking, and pinching the screen. Kinda aggravating. There ought to be a mouse port.

[Silk]

I have a passion for my roots, so for me personally its a 'no brainer' as to why I would want to learn the language of my ancestors. While searching for information on the language I came across a book that I found particularly interesting. "Scottish Gaelic: Voices of my Celtic Ghosts" by Glenn Dixon. Its a very short book at just 76 pages, but it talks about languages and their rate of disappearance. I picked it up free on my "nook", and its the "lend me" version so if anyone is interested and has a nook, I can lend it.

I'm a Kindle girl but I just downloaded the Nook a couple nights back because the same book (a different one I was looking for) was half the price on Nook that it was on Kindle. All that being said, Nook books are open format basically so they should be able to download it and read it on their computers or load onto a different e-reader altogether which is very nice. I like the Nook reader but one thing I don't like about it is that there is no search function!!! ;)

And I can definitely relate to your desire to learn an ancestral language. I've been a student of languages all my life and have always felt (and read) that to know a people you must know their language. There are just subtle nuances about a culture that you will never hit upon unless you grasp their language, not to mention the added appreciation and enhanced connection and understanding it can give you for their culture and history.

Silk

P.S. For the ebookers among us, check out Calibre... it is a FREE piece of software that converts your ebooks to different formats if needed.

[Rob, ClanMacMillan, NM]

So, read quicker.

But, as many of us (no, make that all of us) are growing older,
one of the really beaut things about these "new-fangled"
electronic gadgets is that you can easily change the text
size. So you don't need your bi-focals to read them.

-Don

Aye 'tis a true statement. But for me, one or two words per page does not make the reading more enjoyable .

Rob

[RyanMac]

I have recently purchased a Nook, and am still coming to grips with swiping, poking, and pinching the screen. Kinda aggravating. There ought to be a mouse port.

There is.....Bluetooth. Keyboard too.

[TheOfficialBren]

I have recently purchased a Nook, and am still coming to grips with swiping, poking, and pinching the screen. Kinda aggravating. There ought to be a mouse port.

There is a bit of a learning curve with tablets but once you get the hang of it a mouse will seem clumsy and antiquated.

[Sir Didymous]

Where I have run into an issue is that I want to learn Scots Gaelic for my Highland reenactment purposes, but I have been working with the wife to help her learn Manx Gaelic (she has no aptitude for language) for her medieval portrayal. I tend to confuse many parts.