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As I'm spending a lot of time visiting Skye, where Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic, as distinct of course from e.g. Irish or Manx Gaelic, and Scots) is an important language, I have been trying to learn some basic conversational phrases.
I have discovered that both the sounds and the writing system of Gàidhlig are difficult for me.
Then I remembered that I'm already a fan of one song in Gàidhlig - Alba, by Runrig (http://www.runrig.co.uk/home.html). So I'm learning that. For me, song sounds are easier to learn than speech. For most people, I understand, setting words to music makes them easier to remember too.
So if you hear me, please be patient - I don't have a great singing voice at the best of times, and I presume that my Gàidhlig accent is very bad :-)
[All that said the "Conversational Scottish Gaelic" course (http://www.routledge.com/books/Colloquial-Scottish-Gaelic-isbn9780415206754) which I've borrowed from the library is also very good.]
I have discovered that both the sounds and the writing system of Gàidhlig are difficult for me.
Then I remembered that I'm already a fan of one song in Gàidhlig - Alba, by Runrig (http://www.runrig.co.uk/home.html). So I'm learning that. For me, song sounds are easier to learn than speech. For most people, I understand, setting words to music makes them easier to remember too.
So if you hear me, please be patient - I don't have a great singing voice at the best of times, and I presume that my Gàidhlig accent is very bad :-)
[All that said the "Conversational Scottish Gaelic" course (http://www.routledge.com/books/Colloquial-Scottish-Gaelic-isbn9780415206754) which I've borrowed from the library is also very good.]
