Taic mhor dhan Ghaidhlig ann an Alba

BBC Alba | 02.10.2003 17:35 | Culture | Education

Tha rannsachadh a' nochdadh gu bheil 2 a-mach à gach triuir a' meas na Gaidhlig mar chudromach do dh'Alba.

Tha dithis às gach triùir de mhuinntir na h-Alba a' meas gu bheil a' Ghàidhlig cudthromach do dhòigh beatha na dùthcha.

Tha dithis às gach triùir de mhuinntir na h-Alba a' meas gu bheil a' Ghàidhlig cudthromach do dhòigh beatha na dùthcha. Nochd seo à rannsachadh a rinn am BBC agus Bòrd na Gàidhlig. Ach aig a' cheart àm thuirt a' chuid mhòir de na chaidh a cheasnachadh nach robh Gàidhlig sam bith aca fhèin.

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Sorry, old boy. Didn't catch a word of that.

03.10.2003 11:27

Have you been drinking?

The Man

Hi there !

03.10.2003 13:58

A massive welcome to our Gaelic/Ghaidlig brothers and sisters. Please excuse my inablity in understanding your comment presently but I will endeavour to work out what it all means.Anyhow keep up the good work...!!

murdo

This is probably some coded message

03.10.2003 16:59

from enemy combatants.

ram

Sorry Old Boy - get back to Victorian Times

04.10.2003 09:23

I don't understand any of the roadsigns in Urdu, Guijarati or Chinese that go up in some places in England and Scotland. However, I don't deride them as they are of importance to their own cultural and 'racial' groups. AS a Scot, I have the right to speak and read in either Gaelic or English. As Gaelic is the country's indigenous tongue and the first language of thousands then many of us naturally choose to use it first. I find objections to this bordering on racism. It would be good if Indymedia could keep racist comments of the site. If the racists are too ignorant to understand (and ignorance is usually the root of bigotry) then can choose to learn rather than simply give in to reactionary and predjudiced feeling. 'S math iomdachd! Se beul a labhras ach se GNIOMH a dhearbhas!

Iain

Iain the young chap

04.10.2003 12:08

When one does not understand another culture then it is normal practice to brand them enemy combatants by our present rulers.. This is largely the status quo in the UK too.
If you are not aware of this I am sorry. It is probably time to wake up then.

ram

What??

04.10.2003 12:35

What ARE you on about Ram? Combat? Enemy? What combat are Gaelic Scots and Punjabi speakers involved in? Please elabotate a charaid.
Coltach gu bheil rudegin a dhith am broinn cheann an Ruta!

Iain

As someone put it recently on this wierdo community

04.10.2003 14:03

....revolving around this newswire.....

Read the Onion for tones of sarcasm as a method to portray news?

http://www.theonion.com/

(I agree this is not the best way as I clearly have confused Iain)

As for Enemy combatants and our rulers,

Ruler == USA
'Enemy Combatant' : Most infamously the Guantonamo bay prisioners fall under this category.
OK for the BBC this is famously the enemies of 'our way of life' .

What it is really is anyone who is perceived to be a threat to 'our way of life' just becaue they seem foreign to us.
This trait is very evident in the UK as witnessed by the overwhelming support for 'Blair's war' to IMC volunteers censoring and at times spinning politically correct news.

Get it? If not read up the Onion for some time and ask again being specific what exactly is not clear.

ram

sarcasm or spin?

04.10.2003 19:15

Why say it when you can spin it? Is sarcasm just s(h)itting on the fence? Why engage when you can s(h)it safely on the high ground? Is the Onion just the crusty's Private Eye?

Lom

OK I will come out more frank, clear and clean then ....

04.10.2003 21:59

Sitting or shitting on anything that depends on the bloody BBC is fair game.
I do realise the

I cannot see any racist comments on this thread. If anyone misunderstands anything then refer to the sarcastic approach to news as in the Onion or even parts of the private eye.

As for the Onion I was pointing it out as someone else did the same to me on this newswire.
I personally think the onion is an american crappy website equally bad as the Private Eye which probably is more entertaining...... So I have enough of explaining.

I wish people boycotted the bloody BBC which has blood on its hands and adopted independent methods instead.

Slàn leibh.

ram

"sorry old boy" did sound racist

05.10.2003 19:38

the initial "sorry old boy" comment on this wire was racist and condescending
apart from the archaic language used
it potentially reinforced the alcohol stereo-type of the Scottish...ok maybe it was meant to be funny...didnt see it myself....someone once told me that the word Welsh (to broaden out this debate ) means "foreigner" in English..which is amazing to say that the angles and saxons came to this land after...but heh why dont you read the books by beresford-ellis (?) apparently the english were big on ethnic cleansing then too ..

david blaine