Songs of exile and longing.

[Polwarth]

Ah wish this site hud a 'cheers' smiley, s'Mise

[pogofish]

Originally Posted by Raingeanach

Name the two institutions.

I know of one and I have never heard him or any of his colleagues contribute to Radio nan Gaidheal.

What on earth has Latin ?

My work & my last work.

The historian who lives up the road from me & hails from Shawbost on Lewis is actually a linguistic/historical advisor for both Radio nan Gaidheal & several of the Gaelic independants used by ITV.

Are you not aware of the major difference between Latin & Gaelic historical records & the dominance of Latin material for the written record?

[SherbrookeJacobite]

Originally Posted by ScotsTraveller

I guess I am as well giving up too... after all, there seems to be more people supporting Rain-man (not naming any names, but they have commented on this post either directly or indirectly) so I guess on this one I am in the minority! So, Rain-man and the rest of you, continue to rip Scotland and the Scottish people to pieces - and then ask yourself the real reason people do not want to contribute to this forum as they used to!

Wise move - as Andy said you can only beat your head against a brick wall for so long.

As for Rainman - he has never explained why, as a self professed Gaelic speaker and 'reader' (but not writer! - he won't respond to a post directed to him in Gaelic. One would think that if one could read and understand the language, one could answer a simple question posed in it.

As for the earlier debate about Gaelic speaking historians, and Rainy's assertion that they must be in a Scottish History dept at a 'Scotch' University (which is presumably sponsored by a distillery), and not in a 'Celtic' Dept., what difference could that possibly make. St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia has a Celtic Studies Department, where Gaelic speaking professors teach Scottish History. What Dept. they are in is entirely irrelevant.

Pogofish also makes a good point, as even native Gaelic speaking scholars in the distant past were apt to write in Latin. In addition to it being the language used for record keeping by those in positions of governance, it was also the written language of the Church.

[SherbrookeJacobite]

This thread, quite predictably given its original author, has gotten way off track. I just wanted to say that Mary MacPherson was a remarkable poet,
and didn't want that to get lost in the debate.

[Raingeanach]

Originally Posted by McDink

SOUNDS good. http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/cdtrax070.htm

Yes it is. As is stated in the article: "Those who have heard Catherine Anne MacPhee before will no doubt acquire this album with haste. Those who have not should remedy that immediately."