Got tongue whipped cause I called Irish as Irish Gaelic, as well
as called in a Lingo, or called it Erse Gaelic.. Claimed that
Erse is like being called the N word or like..
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <joe@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Gaelic or what?
> Sally Caves wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "R A Brown"
<ray@...>
> >
> >
> >>> It is not sayed like Gaylick or Gahlick
> >>
> >
> >> I am not sure how the Irish pronounce 'Gaelic' - but in
Scotland it
> >> is always pronounced exactly the same as 'Gallic'.
> >
> >
> > Not always, if I can take this information as truth: I
spoke to a
> > woman from Scotland recently who kindly explained to me that
the
> > pronunciation "Gallic" is used by those who refer to it
within Scots
> > Gaelic. She said that non-speakers pronounce it "Gaelic,"
and that
> > for someone like myself to say "Oh, then, to you speak
*gallic*?" is a
> > little like saying "Oh, then, do you speak Francais?" I was
much
> > chagrined.
>
>
> That's really not true. Well, except among the less informed
of Scots,
> perhaps. But certainly the normal pronunciation by people in
the know
> is 'Gallic'.