Re: NATLANG: Gaidhlig volunteer needed

Michael Adams wrote:

> b with a dot over it, was used years ago for BH, which
> supposedly had a V sound, which is funny, since Greek, used to
> have a B sound, but by the time the Cyrillic users got to it,
> the B had become V.. So the need for a new B characters, why you
> got the B and b (with a small tale off the top of the b
> forwards) one being V and the other B..
Different phonological processes, Michael.

> Why this all funny, cause Celtic/Greek/Latin shared a common
> history to a point until recent times, recent as in 300BC or
> just before then. Also Irish/British (Bretons)  had contact with
> the East, namely the Copts and others for a while, you can see
> it in their religious ideals, religious art and more..
I think you're reading just a little too much into this.

That said, a good book in what's rattling through you're head is
"The Atlantean Irish"[1] by Bob Quinn, which isn't half as nutty as
the title might lead you to believe, but take it with a pinch of salt
nontheless.

K.

[1] http://www.lilliputpress.ie/listbook.html?oid=2733139