Welcome A.Lynch to the Celtic Radio forum. I hope you enjoy the music as well as the company!!
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| Posted by: Macfive 30-Jul-2005, 07:49 PM |
| The Gaels are the peoples who speak the Gaelic languages or did so in the past. Gaelic was in danger of being exterminated in many of the traditional Gaelic speaking areas, but now a Gaelic renaissance has slowed this trend if not yet reversed it. There are many different variations of Gaelic, such as Irish Gaelic, Manx Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic to name a few. In support of the Gaelic langauge forums run by WizardofOwls, we have introduced a Gaelic Symbol help card that can easily insert the unqiue Gaelic letters into your post. Below the smilie box on the post screen are three links: Length · BB Code · Gaelic Click on Gaelic and a pop-up box will display the Gaelic Symbols. Just click on the symbol you need and it will be insert into your post. We have also added a daily Gaelic Proverb at the top of our community forums. Each day a new Gaelic Proverb will be displayed. Any other ideas or ways we can support Gaelic on Celtic Radio please let us know! |
| Posted by: WizardofOwls 30-Jul-2005, 08:13 PM |
| This is just so cool! Thanks again Paul! And I LOVE the Gaelic proverb! |
| Posted by: jxlynch 31-Jul-2005, 09:53 AM |
| I love the Gaelic Proverbs. But please, please add a note about what language the proverb comes from. I am learning Irish but cant really diferentiate among the different Gaelic languages yet. Thanks, Lynch |
| Posted by: Avonlea22 31-Jul-2005, 12:07 PM |
| A great Idea, Paul! |
| Posted by: Rindy1202 31-Jul-2005, 02:30 PM |
| Paul, I agree with Brian what a great idea... Welcome A.Lynch to the Celtic Radio forum. I hope you enjoy the music as well as the company!! Slainte |
| Posted by: A. Lynch 31-Jul-2005, 02:41 PM |
| Thanks, I have been enjoying the music. It is like no other in the world. But I am just discovering the depth of the CR community. |
| Posted by: stoirmeil 02-Aug-2005, 08:07 AM | ||
Wicked!!! Tapadh leat, a' Phaul! The proverbs and sayings are the best windows into a culture you can get. (Unless I've slipped my moorings: today, August second, is a scots gaidhlig proverb, and well worth taking to heart.  ) |
| Posted by: Macfive 02-Aug-2005, 04:05 PM |
| I am glad these two new features are useful! These are the types of things I love to work on that can be wrapped up in an afternoon. The Gaelic Proverbs are from Scots Gaelic I believe. Actually, they go back to the days of the "Scottish Highlander" and we use to display them on that site back in 2000. I have 60 days worth of proverbs and will certainly add more - almost a whole years worth. Right now I will need to rotate new proverbs in every 60 days and they are stored in some javascript routines, but I would like to get this in a database so that it is easier to display anywhere on the site.  |
| Posted by: gcw57 23-Sep-2006, 01:22 PM |
I think the gaelic sayings are a fantastic part of visiting the site! Thanks for including them. Now, if only I could figure out the pronunciation I'd well on my road!  |
| Posted by: dundee 23-Sep-2006, 01:35 PM |
| yes is there anyway of figuring out pronouciation painlessly? ÝÚÙÓÒÍÌÉÈÀè |
| Posted by: Roberto Phoenix 23-Sep-2006, 08:37 PM |
| Aye, a phonetic translation would be very helpful. I still look at some of the words and go "huh?" I've studied and can read both both ancient Greek and Hebrew but sometimes this language does give me a headache as far as the combinations of letters and their sounds being two totally different things. |
| Posted by: Lady of the Loch 25-Sep-2006, 03:06 PM |
| I like the proverbs too, but the pronouncing them is the hardest. I am still looking for something to help w/ the scots gaelic like some sort of audio teaching thing. |
| Posted by: Rindy 25-Sep-2006, 08:20 PM |
| Here is a site that may be of some help. It is such a beautiful language http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/section01/index.shtml Slainte |
| Posted by: gcw57 26-Sep-2006, 03:15 AM |
| Thank you so much for the link Rindy! I haven't found the section where they teach you to say thanks in Gaelic but I will try and learn Beag air Bheag and become more conversant.I bought a CD on speaking Irish, but that confused the heck out of me.  Not that I've given up trying, mind you! |
| Posted by: Lady of the Loch 26-Sep-2006, 06:37 AM |
| thanks Rindy! |
| Posted by: Roberto Phoenix 26-Sep-2006, 08:41 PM |
| This might help a bit http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/gaelic.html |
| Posted by: gcw57 28-Sep-2006, 01:21 AM |
| Roberto Phoenix Go raibh maith agat for that link, too! It provides some immediately useful information, like finding out how to say "Thank you". ps...I solemnly swear, too. |