Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, I sort of like this thread. Rob McClure Scots Irish and Clan MacLeod of MacLeod On Dec 23, 2004, at 4:46 PM, Alex Hurst wrote: > Marc and I writ: > >> >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. > > (Translation would have been useful - or can you recommend a Zeiss > Xmas card.... :-) > > >> (Historically, Ireland was divided into four provinces, Ulster, >> Munster, >> Connaught, and Leinster. > > Yep - it still is. They have great competitive Rugby teams (look up > "Rugby Union Ireland - Heineken Cup" on Google. My own team, Munster, > are the ones to watch. > >> 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"? > > True - but from what I hear today, and speaking as a Brit in Ireland, > we're very common people. > >> 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. > > Hour and minute please. > >> 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. > > Eh? My surname is Saxon. My intellect is too restricted to surmise > what happened to the MCT. And do explain, please, what tongue I'm > missing > >> Alba 'gus Erin Gu Brath!) >> >> Beannachd leibh, >> > > Translation would be nice...... > > Marc - this probably isn't of much interest to the group. If you want > to have a further chat, email me privately. > > Best > Alex Hurst (it's a small wood in Saxon). > -- > Alex Hurst > Waterfall > Nr. Cork > Ireland > > Tel: +353 214 543 328 (H) > +353 214 270 907 (W) > > Fax: +353 214 271 248 > email: corkflor@iol.ie > Also: corkflor.2@virgin.net (when in the UK, which isn't often) > Home website: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor/ > Business website: http://www.corkflorists.com/ > > Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) public key available at: > http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371 > ID: 0x5BB72019 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >