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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Gaelic anyone? #59665 03/06/02 09:54 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York fwiw, here's a link that claims to be a Gaelic-to-English dictionary It's pretty good. Missing a lot of basic words, though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gaelic anyone? #59666 03/06/02 11:38 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London N NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast N Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London It looks like Irish misremembered by someone who doesn't know any, possibly representing an extension of the well-known céad míle fáilte 'a hundred thousand welcomes'. Definitely no resemblance to Welsh, which means it isn't Breton either. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gaelic anyone? #59667 03/06/02 11:47 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Definitely no resemblance to Welsh, which means it isn't Breton either. Yeah, I found a website about Breton translation. It didn't recognise any of the words. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gaelic anyone? #59668 03/06/02 11:54 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 So. A Cape Breton dialect of Scots Gaelic with some Canadien loan words? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gaelic anyone? #59669 03/06/02 12:25 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Yes, Cape Breton Island is mostly people of Scottish descent, and some Gaelic is spoken there. See http://www.cbrl.ca/gaelic/ResearchE.html. I suppose if worst came to worst someone could email a Gaelic professor at one of the universities mentioned in the article - it's likely they'd know about the regional variations their language has undergone. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gaelic anyone? #59670 03/06/02 03:30 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 it can't be translated directly into English without losing some meaning So therefore we won't translate it at all, thereby losing all meaning. Doncha just love it? This being your question, Angel, do you want to pose it to the email link in Beans site? inssc@nssc.library.ns.ca Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gaelic anyone? #59671 03/08/02 12:22 AM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 A Angel OP addict OP Angel addict A Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 Rubrick says: caid Now we're getting somewhere. caid (cahd) is an Irish word but makes no sense with the other words above. But he doesn't tell me what it means. tsuwm posted a link to a Gaelic-to-English dictionary, which only lists the word i as a pronoun she, her, it feminine. NicholasW provided me with a few clues. And Dr. Bill threw in his two cents. Bean has posted a link to an interesting article about Cape Breton Island for me. And Faldage, points out a link to send an email to get help on this. So, on the heals of all this wonderful help, I just hit the "send" button asking for help from the link provided. Thank you all, and I promise to post any response I get. Meanwhile, I am going to kill the person who started this, providing I ever hear from them again! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gaelic anyone? #59672 03/08/02 12:43 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 A Angel OP addict OP Angel addict A Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 Received in my e-mail today: Hello Ms. Lasy, I've passed your message along to the folks at the Nova Scotia Highland Village here on Cape Breton. They have a # of native Gaelic speakers there and have promised to try and do an analysis of the phrase for you. Ian Will keep you posted. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gaelic anyone? #59673 03/08/02 02:22 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Will keep you posted Arright! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gaelic anyone? #59674 03/09/02 02:25 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 F francais31415 member francais31415 member F Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 It's neat to think how there are people all over the world putting their minds to your problem! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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