Scottish Gaelic Is Not Dying, It Is Being Killed
There is a typically dire, fact-free article on the Scottish language (Scottish Gaelic) in today’s Herald newspaper, penned by theContinue Reading
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The Gaelic Gestapo. Shaping The Language Of Hate In Scotland
To name a thing is to control a thing. Words have a power beyond the immediate and obvious. The processContinue Reading
The Scottish Government Backs BBC Alba In The Wake Of Tory Budget Cuts
Last November I featured news from Britain on the decision by the Conservative Party government in London to make savage cuts to the public fundingContinue Reading
An Elvish Alphabet Is Not A Gaelic Alphabet
From a report on the position of the Scottish Gaelic language in Nova Scotia, published by the Metro News CanadaContinue Reading
Hating The Gaelic
Following a brief period of relative quiet the haters of Scottish Gaelic are back in full-swing, attacking new education legislationContinue Reading
The Gaelic-Haters Of Britain Are At It Again
Well, it’s been a busy week for those who despise the Scottish Gaelic language and the communities which speak it. From attack-stories on government supportContinue Reading
The Latest Fake Controversy Over Scottish Gaelic In Scotland
So, another day, another staged controversy drummed up by anglophone supremacists (for which one can read in this case, British nationalists) attackingContinue Reading
Britnat Nastiness Is Mainstream In The UK Press
Merryn Somerset Webb is a relatively well-known business journalist and editor in the UK who writes on a wide range of financial matters for theContinue Reading
Celtic-Speaking Communities Of Britain Denied Funding
While most eyes and ears were focused on the headline-grabbing announcements in the November budgetary review by the UK’s aristocratic finance minister, George Osborne, moreContinue Reading
Restorative Justice For The Celtic Peoples
Returning to the issue of righting old wrongs, what might be described as restorative justice for dispossessed cultures, Paula Young Lee makesContinue Reading
One More Anglophone, One Less Gaelophone
If it’s good enough for native America why not for native Ireland? From an article in the Irish Times: “President BarackContinue Reading
A’ Seinn An Aghaidh Na Balbhachd
A quick thank you to regular contributor Marconatrix for an email reminder of this 2012 video-documentary from Michael Newton, A’ Seinn an aghaidh na BalbhachdContinue Reading
Risking The Ire Of Outlander Fans
Scottish blogger Tocasaid has cast a cold eye over the Anglo-American television adaptation of the genre-defying Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon, and drawnContinue Reading
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Celtic Cosmology, Perspectives from Ireland and Scotland
Over the last two decades relatively few studies have been published analysing the cosmological traditions of the Celtic-speaking peoples, atContinue Reading
It Seems That Bigotry Unites As Well As Divides
Continuing with the controversies that have arisen in the eastern Scottish region of Fife where British nationalist politicians from the main UnionistContinue Reading
The English Empire Strikes Back In Scotland
Following on from yesterday’s post examining press reports that Dundee City Council had agreed to reverse efforts to place the EnglishContinue Reading
The United Languages Of Europe
Contrast and compare these stories from Scotland on the Scottish (Gaelic) language. First up, from the Courier: “Ambitious plans toContinue Reading
Translation Fail
Cautioning on the perils of machine translation, especially when expectations surpass achievable results, Michael Bauer on his Dear Developer blog posts a letter he has written toContinue Reading
The Gaelic Union
A new website to strengthen ties between Gaelic-speaking communities in Ireland and Scotland, as well as encouraging cultural tourism byContinue Reading
Scottish Gaelic And Glasgow University
The University of Glasgow or Oilthigh Ghlaschu is celebrating its historic links with the Scottish-speaking communities of Scotland thanks to aContinue Reading
The Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic
The first phase of Dachaigh airson Stòras na Gàidhlig or the Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic has been completed byContinue Reading
The Common Struggle
Just time to highlight three articles that deserve your attention. The first is “10 Reasons Why Irish Is An AbsolutelyContinue Reading
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