XPost: soc.culture.irish, ie.general, soc.culture.scottish
XPost: soc.culture.welsh, soc.culture.cornish, soc.culture.breton
From: micheil@shaw.ca
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:12:25 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
wrote:
>The Highlander wrote:
>
>>Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Bearla clíste!
>>Better broken Irish than clever English!
>>
>Is fearr fós Gaeilge chruinn. Move the fada on the "i" in "cliste" to
>its rightful place on the "e" in "Bearla".
>
>A good slogan encapsulates a good thought; yours is not a good slogan.
It is not my slogan. It appeared in Am Teanga Beo (The Living Tongue)
in the Irish Times a couple of years ago and I kept a copy of it as we
have the same saying in Scots Gaelic which is nearly identical of
course...
Nas fheàrr Gàidhlig briste na Beurla cliste - Better broken Gaelic
than nimble English.
In Nova Scotia the Gaels say: "B' fheàrr Gàidhlig briste na Beurla
cliste!" and there has been a lot of argument over which version is
better.
I agree that a fada on "na" is misplaced but wouldn't know about
"cliste", for I'm no Gaeilge speaker and don't kow where the stresses
differ, although I've been learning a bit of Donegal Gaeilge just for
interest.
Chan eil mi ag ràdh gu bheil mi ag aontachadh ris an t-seanfhacal - gu
cinnteach chan eil mi airson nàimhdean a dhèanamh dhomh fhìn ann an
Gàidhealtachd Thìr Chonaill!
(I am not saying that I agree with the proverb - for sure I don’t want
to be making myself enemies over there in the Donegal Gaeltacht!)
The Highlander
Faodaidh nach ionann na beachdan anns
an post seo agus beachdan a' Ghàidheil.
The views expressed in this post are
not necessarily those of The Highlander.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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