Thread: Do Irish proverbs have any relevance when written in Scottish Gaelic?
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Old 19th July 2011, 00:48
Sgoinneil Sgoinneil is offline
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Thats easy to answer as it still is a Gaelic speaking area. It would have been Gaelic speaking when anyone had headed out to America for sure.

You could say "Chan eil dad gun spāirn ann!" but there might be a more idiomatic phrasing.
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