Alba

[invergowrie arab]

1 hour ago, Donathan said:

Is there a single person in Scotland who can only understand Gaelic and doesn’t speak English at all?

 

What 

English at school.

There hasn't been monoglot adult Gaels since the 70s and 80s and those people were likely in their 70s and 80s themselves.

Anyone who had formal schooling from the mid 19th century onwards would have English to a greater or lesser extent.

[Donathan]

24 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said:

English at school.

There hasn't been monoglot adult Gaels since the 70s and 80s and those people were likely in their 70s and 80s themselves.

Anyone who had formal schooling from the mid 19th century onwards would have English to a greater or lesser extent.

So the last people who solely spoke Gaelic and not a word of English were born before the Great War?

 

In which case there’s little point keeping it alive, IMO. 

[invergowrie arab]

33 minutes ago, Donathan said:

So the last people who solely spoke Gaelic and not a word of English were born before the Great War?

 

In which case there’s little point keeping it alive, IMO. 

Thanks for letting us know.

[Crawford Bridge]

Try hard nonsense better suited to the SRU.

Rugger goons would lap that shit right up I reckon.

[craigkillie]

Try hard nonsense better suited to the SRU.
Rugger goons would lap that shit right up I reckon.

Tory voters are about the least likely people to want to recognise Gaelic.

[Sergeant Wilson]

On 02/11/2022 at 09:19, Donathan said:

Is there a single person in Scotland who can only understand Gaelic and doesn’t speak English at all?

 

What about Welsh speakers? Do any of them not understand English? 

There's plenty that don't understand any language.

[Donathan]

38 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

There's plenty that don't understand any language.

Yeah, such as you. 

[lubo_blaha]

It’s certainly easier to fit on the front of the socks than “Scotland”.

[Sergeant Wilson]

15 minutes ago, Donathan said:

Yeah, such as you. 

I'm wounded, what have I ever done to you?

[Shandon Par]

It would be a good confidence booster to top a few qualifying groups on alphabetical order before a ball is kicked. Maybe make it Aalba, like aardvark.

[ICTChris]

As someone whose roots go back to the Norse areas of our country, we should be represented.

I even found a handy translator for Old Norse phrases

https://lingojam.com/OldNorsetoEnglishTranslator

Some handy P&B phrases

Opnað allr windowanokr leggjheatinginnr á fullr blast

Þú seem upset

Fá minn glengarry ok kilt ek'm eigi á til scotlanðinn game

 

[velo army]

1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

I'm wounded, what have I ever done to you?

You wouldn't understand.

[General dissaray]

Scotland will do for me wouldn't be changing it go down that slipperly path we'll be watch Scotland football games at Murrayfield next and we'll be throwing away over a 140 years off tradition