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The TRUTH!!!

Architect said:
Lit: For I myself am Gaelic, but I speak English too.

Gaelic is the traditional language of Scotland, but now confined to a small minority. The Gaelic Language Bill was recently passed into law and it's status has changed considerably:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/index.htm

The Parliament also use Scots (which I speak), arguably now just a dialect of English but certainly a seperate language right up until the 18th century. Several million speak it informally.

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/scots/index.htm
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But gaelic has a german origin, too - wrong? That´s what Wiki.de says:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goidelische_Sprachen
"Es gehört in jedem Fall nicht zu den keltischen, sondern zu den germanischen Sprachen."

Translation: "It belongs in no way to the celtic but to the germanic
language" :confused:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic
 
Nope, Gaelic (together with Irish and Manx, which are mutually intelligible) are both Celtic languages and although there are naturally some German words (there are also French and Spanish) there is no direct linguistic link.

At one time (it is thought) the Celts lived in central Europe.

Scots is a Germanic language, in the same way that English and Frisian are. You would recognise words like Kirk, for church.
 
Architect said:
Nope, Gaelic (together with Irish and Manx, which are mutually intelligible) are both Celtic languages and although there are naturally some German words (there are also French and Spanish) there is no direct linguistic link.

At one time (it is thought) the Celts lived in central Europe.

Scots is a Germanic language, in the same way that English and Frisian are. You would recognise words like Kirk, for church.
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Well, that´s pretty confusing. :boggled: Let´s blame and impeach Bush! :D
I really never thought much about it but it´s pretty wise that
we have english as a world-language to speak (and flame) to each
other... :)
 
It's the secret language of the NWO. Donald Trump speaks it (his mum was from Lewis, in the heart of the Gaelic speaking area).:)

How did you get on with the last page of Scots words, btw?
 
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Architect said:
It's the secret language of the NWO. Donald Trump speaks it (his mum was from Lewis, in the heart of the Gaelic speaking area).:)
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And according to Wiki his Grandfather was from Kallstadt, Germany.
We should switch to a good old beer to destroy all these confusions. :D
 
Architect said:
Bruce Willis is bilingual in German and English, isn't he?
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He grew up over here but his dad is an american who served
in the us-military as far i know. I´m not sure about his german-skills.
 
I'm pretty sure he's bilingual, or at least fluent (you know the difference, right?)

Anyway you still haven't answered about whether you understood the Scots "definitions" page.....come on, I won't make fun of you!
 
Oliver said:
He grew up over here but his dad is an american who served
in the us-military as far i know. I´m not sure about his german-skills.
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What German skills would that be?

Wearing leather shorts and burping to the tune of "She'll be coming round the mountain" ?? [/Captain Blackadder]

;)
 
Architect said:
I'm pretty sure he's bilingual, or at least fluent (you know the difference, right?)

Anyway you still haven't answered about whether you understood the Scots "definitions" page.....come on, I won't make fun of you!
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Well, i´m pretty sure you will beat me to death about the issue ... at least. :p
The whole issue is pretty confusing and even experts are not sure
about the origins. :boxedin:
 
Bell said:
What German skills would that be?

Wearing leather shorts and burping to the tune of "She'll be coming round the mountain" ?? [/Captain Blackadder]

;)
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Singing Edelweiss, surely?


(it always amazes me how many Brits and Yanks think it really is a tradition German (hahahaa) folk song)
 
Bell said:
What German skills would that be?

Wearing leather shorts and burping to the tune of "She'll be coming round the mountain" ?? [/Captain Blackadder]

;)
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*LOL* :D I thought about singing David Hasselhoff´s german
folklore songs and drinking Hefeweizen all the time... :D
 
Architect said:
A lot? A LOT????

It was built on ruddy Clydeside!! Everyone who worked on it (give or take) was Scottish! It was designed by the Scots!
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Well, knowing what a friendly, generous people the Scots are, I thought you might have let SOME other people play. (And to tell the truth, I thought it was designed and engineered by Scots but didn't trust my memory.)
 
In fact, I'll change the subject.

Being short of reading material, some 4 weeks into my enforced bed rest and sick leave, I have finally stooped so low as to read a Clive Cussler book - "Sacred Stone".

This has to be the biggest load of pish ever (well, unless we count 28th) and is clearly a conspiracy by the publishers to part me fae my hard earned cash.

Has anyone else found this with Cussler, and do we know his address so I can hop around and shout at him?
 
Architect said:
Being short of reading material, some 4 weeks into my enforced bed rest and sick leave, I have finally stooped so low as to read a Clive Cussler book - "Sacred Stone".

This has to be the biggest load of pish ever (well, unless we count 28th) and is clearly a conspiracy by the publishers to part me fae my hard earned cash.

Has anyone else found this with Cussler, and do we know his address so I can hop around and shout at him?
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I had him recommended to me by the president of our library foundation, so I checked out some of his books and found much the same thing. He can't write, he can't plot...

Why aren't I a best-seller? I can write junk too.
 
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