Re: Irish Gaelic is evil!

Sgrìobh Stephen:
 
> Oops. Yes, it's a thinko; ['gejlIk] is what I 
> was aiming at :). In any case, I was aiming at 
> a broad transcription, and it seemed to do the
> job of communication (despite the flaw).
 
I noticed it, but I knew whay you meant! :-)
 
> I was quizzing a Scot recently on being
> misunderstood by the English 
> but I did learn on thing, which is possibly true:
> they don't say "I'm after doing it" over there 
> to mean "I've just done it". If this information
> is true, we should get them to start saying it, too :)
 
I've been told that that usage *is* found in Scotland (though much less
frequently than in Ireland), but I've never actually heard it myself. So
I'm not sure either!
 
Thomas