Archaeology cat Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 [quote name='Luthien' post='1943510' date='Aug 8 2009, 06:12 PM']Lemme know next time you do that...srsly. [/quote] I haven't made it back to Edinburgh since then, and that was 8 years ago. I need to go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 [quote name='CatherineM' post='1943492' date='Aug 8 2009, 10:59 AM']Yes, but can you read it in the original Middle English?[/quote] No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I'm writing a paper at the moment which compares Gospel translations in Old English and Gothic. YUMMY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 [quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1943666' date='Aug 8 2009, 04:00 PM']I'm writing a paper at the moment which compares Gospel translations in Old English and Gothic. YUMMY.[/quote] I take it that you are a linguistics major? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeds Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' post='1943503' date='Aug 8 2009, 06:49 PM']Yeah, I know - I understand it's still rather widely spoken as one moves farther north and west (i.e. the Hebrides). Lowland Scots is certainly very anglicized, but as far as I know, it does have Scots Gaelic vocabulary (i.e. ken/know, where ken is the Gaelic word for know). Do you speak Gaelic? I'd like to learn Scots Gaelic if for no other reason than being able to figure out the pronunciation of Scots Gaelic words. Learning Lowland Scots would be as more of a curiousity.[/quote] I learnt a few words of Gaelic at school. The only complete sentence I can remember how to say is "Alistair and Anna are walking along the road" which hasn't come in very useful in life so far, I must admit. I'm no expert, but I think the population in the Highlands and Islands has a high concentration of elderly people (as the young people move away for work and study) and they are the ones who are fluent in Gaelic. I've got a friend from Harris who doesn't speak any Gaelic, even though both her parents were fluent speakers. BBC Scotland used to show some children's TV shows in Gaelic, which you can probably see clips of on Youtube. The most notable one is called Dotaman - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1jx_okWe5Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1jx_okWe5Y[/url] - I have no idea what this man is singing about or where he buys his hats but I remember being quite entertained by it as a kid! If you're looking for a pronunciation challenge there's also Welsh! Try getting your tongue around Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlll lantysiliogogogoch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 [quote name='Deeds' post='1943785' date='Aug 9 2009, 12:23 AM']If you're looking for a pronunciation challenge there's also Welsh! Try getting your tongue around Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlll lantysiliogogogoch.[/quote] It takes a panoramic shot just to get the name of that town in one picture! I'll stick with calling it "Llanfair p g" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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