Re: Gaelic thing
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 18:48 |
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Ray Brown scripsit:
> 'Erse' was originally a lowland Scots variant of the word 'Irish' and
> was applied derogatively to the Gaelic speaking Scots highlanders,
> implying that they were wild & uncouth like the Irish (thus, of course,
> insulting both highlanders and Irish).
"The men of Whee [sc. Bree] were frequently mistaken for Neanderthals,
a confusion which the latter deeply resented."
--_Bored of the Rings_
> Does Abrigon mean that the 'Celtic' languages are inferior, or that they
> are jargons kept alive by nationalists?
Neither. He just talks like that. It goes along with being the list's
master of misinformation. At least he doesn't call himself
"Morgoth" any more.
> CENEDL HEB IAITH, CENEDL HEB GALON
> A nation without a language [is]A nation without a heart.
Yn nediwn seint yn llinghedig, yn nediwn seint yn cor!
--
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Perform swift circular ambulation, http://www.reutershealth.com
With loud and high-pitched ululation.
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