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   "Mary"  wrote in   
   news:m86vos$j9p$1@speranza.aioe.org:   
      
   > "S Viemeister"  wrote in message   
   > news:cgnhn8Ftgh9U1@mid.individual.net...   
   >> On 1/1/2015 7:24 PM, Mary wrote:   
   >>> "S Viemeister"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:cgm2vmFiarcU2@mid.individual.net...   
   >>>> On 1/1/2015 6:05 PM, Mary wrote:   
   >>>>> "Charles Ellson"  wrote   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> Bliadhna Mhath Ur, everyone !   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Does that mean blah blah ? :)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> It's Gaelic for Happy New Year.   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks. I don't know any Gaelic. Do you Sheila? Wasn't it spoken   
   >>> mainly in the highlands?   
   >>>   
   >> I know a few words and phrases. It was my grandfather's first   
   >> language - he learned English when he went to school.   
   >   
   > Would he have gone to school in the highlands? The furthest north I   
   > have ever been in Scotland when I lived there was Aberdeen. I had also   
   > been to Ayr and Loch Lomond and many places in Fife like St. Andrews   
   > on a school bus trip when I lived in Scotland. On visits later after I   
   > left Scotland, I went to Loch Ness and Inverness with a friend and the   
   > scenery there is really quite beautiful and very different from other   
   > parts of Scotland which are more flat and not as rugged but various   
   > areas in Scotland all have their own beauty and charm. I believe you   
   > originate from further north than Inverness?.   
      
   ..and you've never been to Arran? Put it on your itinery for the next   
   visit. BTW, Gaelic was still the first language for the children on Barra   
   as late as the 1980s. They didn't learn English until they went to school   
   either.   
      
   Happy new year everyone.   
      
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