I had the good fortune to take a Scots Gaelic course in college.
The teacher was an incredible man, an American who was equally fluent in Welsh, Scots Gaelic, and Irish. He spent his university years in Wales, living with a Welsh-speaking family in a Welsh-speaking area, and said that he pretty much was speaking Welsh fulltime for four years.
He would host parties where the local Gaelic-speaking community (small though it was) would congregate and use their childhood tongue exclusively. Another American who was fluent in Irish (his family is from the Aran Islands and were all Irish speakers) knew enough Scots Gaelic to attend these parties and get by. So, I was exposed to quite a bit of Gaelic beyond the classroom as well.
Our textbook (such as it was) was Speaking Our Language.
I really didn't get all that much out of that class, really, beyond some basic things and a deep appreciation.
Last edited by OC Richard; 10th September 13 at 05:55 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
Originally Posted by A Lenape Scot
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