Scottish Vote for Independence

[Munin-Hugin]

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It's a toast And yes, it's Gaelic.

Also, learn Gaelic with me! I don't have anyone to speak with. I can only say about 15 phrases at the moment, but I'm trying!

Not to be a bit nitpicky, but WHICH Gaelic language are you talking about? There are a whole bunch of it, and the reference to "Gaelic" as a language is incorrect, because the term simply encompasses things relating to the Gaels. It covers Irish, Scottish, Manx, Welsh, and Cornish, as well as a few others.

[Heka]

It's now 5 o'clock, but perhaps I will call it scotch o'clock.

I like this.

[DanieMarie]

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Not to be a bit nitpicky, but WHICH Gaelic language are you talking about? There are a whole bunch of it, and the reference to "Gaelic" as a language is incorrect, because the term simply encompasses things relating to the Gaels. It covers Irish, Scottish, Manx, Welsh, and Cornish, as well as a few others.

No worries. I'm not an expert, but from what I've learned so far, Irish Gaelic is spelled the same and usually pronounced "Gal-lic" and most Irish people refer to it as "Irish" (or so several Irish friends tell me...apparently only people outside of Ireland refer to it as Gaelic or Irish Gaelic). The Scottish version is pronounced "Gae-lic" (gay-lic) and most Scottish people refer to it as "Gaelic" (at least, they do in the Hebrides, which has one of the few native-speaking populations left, and that's mostly where I was when I was in Scotland). I'm not sure what the Welsh call their language...you'll have to ask Tylluan Penry. Welsh and Cornish are actually very different Celtic languages than Irish, Manx, or Scottish Gaelic (those three are related and if you can speak one, you can generally understand the others...not so with Welsh, or so it seems).

Anyway, Scottish Gaelic speakers just call it "Gaelic". So, not incorrect :

http://learngaelic.net/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/colinandcumberland/

(etc)

[Carlin]

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Anyway, Scottish Gaelic speakers just call it "Gaelic". So, not incorrect :

'Tis true.

[Tylluan Penry]

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And Welsh, in Welsh, is Cymraeg.

[DanieMarie]

[loststarshine]

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It's a toast And yes, it's Gaelic.

Also, learn Gaelic with me! I don't have anyone to speak with. I can only say about 15 phrases at the moment, but I'm trying!

Silly question but where do you learn Gaelic at? Thats so awesome your learning.

[DanieMarie]

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I'm learning the basics from http://learngaelic.net/

[Ula]

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Other than they are voting I don't know any details. Canada and Australia are independent but under the Queen would Scotland do the same thing or break away completely? Would they have a Prime Minister and Parliament of their own?

[LunarHarvest]

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Other than they are voting I don't know any details. Canada and Australia are independent but under the Queen would Scotland do the same thing or break away completely? Would they have a Prime Minister and Parliament of their own?

They would stay within the Commonwealth, and keep the Queen as Head of State, but would cease to be a part of the United Kingdom. They would have their own prime minister and parliament, and have said they have their views set to keep the pound and pursue NATO and EU membership.

[Carlin]

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We do already have a First Minister and our own parliament...

[Tylluan Penry]

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And the Scottish pound... which causes havoc south of the border even though it's still legal currency...

[Quetzal]

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And the Scottish pound... which causes havoc south of the border even though it's still legal currency...

Do Wales and Northern Ireland have their own pound too? I believe Jersey does.

[DanieMarie]

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And the Scottish pound... which causes havoc south of the border even though it's still legal currency...

Yeah I don't get that. Some Scottish friends were telling me that even though it's the pound, they print their own with different pictures on them. It's still the same currency and still worth the same amount of money, but some places in England won't accept it, apparently? WTF is that?

I mean, that is exactly the same as if Germans said "we're not accepting Euro coins from France". Each country in the Euro zone mints its own version of the coins with different designs but it's still the goddamn Euro and you can use it anywhere, even if it has the "sower" on it instead of Brandenburg Gate.

[Heka]

Yeah I don't get that. Some Scottish friends were telling me that even though it's the pound, they print their own with different pictures on them. It's still the same currency and still worth the same amount of money, but some places in England won't accept it, apparently? WTF is that?

I mean, that is exactly the same as if Germans said "we're not accepting Euro coins from France". Each country in the Euro zone mints its own version of the coins with different designs but it's still the goddamn Euro and you can use it anywhere, even if it has the "sower" on it instead of Brandenburg Gate.

The Aussie and NZ dollars and cents are different.... but I've seen NZ 50c pieces accepted here as 20c pieces, cos they're the same size! Technically not legal tender :P but the pop up often enough!