Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mo Dhia! Ta' tua sa mo cheann. Marc James Small wrote: > At 04:45 PM 12/23/04 +0000, Alex Hurst wrote: > >>Which being translated from the Gaelic means: >> >>Wishing you peace and happiness for Christmas and the New Year. >> >>Useful things, bi-lingual Christmas cards....... > > > > Or as those of us bred to the fifth dialect of the Gaelic would say, > > Nollaig chridheil agus bliadhna mhath ?r. > > (Historically, Ireland was divided into four provinces, Ulster, Munster, > Connaught, and Leinster. Leinster is the eastern and south-eastern area of > Ireland. This was the area of greatest British penetration -- have you > heard the phrase, "beyond the Pale"? The Pale was a physical line within > which it was illegal to speak the Gaelic, my dears. As a result, the > Leinster dialect was extinct by 1600. Thus, Scots Gaelic seems distinct > from the Irish but it really is just a fifth dialect of the auld tongue, > with a missing conjunctive tongue eliminated through the harshness of Saxon > hearts. Alba 'gus Erin Gu Brath!) > > Beannachd leibh, > > Marc > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > >