Re: Question: Orthographic systems of celtic languages

At 10:48 am -0400 28/9/99, John Cowan wrote:
>Raymond A. Brown scripsit:
......
>> Manx also has its own orthography dating back again IIRC to the 17th cent.
>
>"Irish Gaelic pronounced like Scots Gaelic and written like English."
Not in fact entirely so.  I forget off hand the name of guy - an Anglican
Bishop IIRC - who was responsible for what became the Manx standard.  But
he a _Welshman_ and, although the spelling is clearly influenced by English
conventions of the time, the are Welsh touches to it such as {y} = /@/.

Ray.