tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post3838504683679932197..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: So Scotland won't be an "independent"catdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-2889819626506210142014-09-27T18:17:52.590+09:302014-09-27T18:17:52.590+09:30My understanding is that it was also widely spoken...My understanding is that it was also widely spoken in north-west Scotland - certainly my great-grandparents spoke it and so did the community around them. <br />If we lose languages then we lose ways of thinking - so ALL languages are worth saving.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-23237630756009018472014-09-27T00:00:41.299+09:302014-09-27T00:00:41.299+09:30The problem with Gaelic is that it was only ever s...The problem with Gaelic is that it was only ever spoken originally in the Hebrides. In the lowlands/central belt Scots was most common (although the jury's out on whether that's a dialect or a language and where the boundary is) and round Aberdenshire they speak Doric. And yet Gaelic seems to be the adopted language and forced on us everywhere, even in places where it would never have been spoken. That's why it's dying - if you have to legislate to force people to use it and be aware of it then it loses its vitality and becomes a chore. And don't even get people started on the amount of money spent keeping this dying language on life support...Vanessahttp://www.vanesarobertson.co.uknoreply@blogger.com