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   kennybard@gmail.com to Karen McDonald   
   Re: Leodhasach & Hearasch - Gaelic help    
   05 Apr 18 04:24:44   
   
   On Thursday, 19 July 2007 15:22:49 UTC+1, Karen McDonald  wrote:   
   > I understand that the Gaelic noun for someone from Lewis is LEODHASACH   
   > and the Gaelic noun for someone from Harris is HEARASCH.   
   >   
   > 1. Are these nouns spelled the same when applying to males and   
   > females?   
   >   
   > 2. What is the plural form of each noun? I am looking for collective   
   > Gaelic terms for 'people from Harris' and 'people from Lewis' in the   
   > same way as one has 'Glaswegians' / 'Aberdonians' etc.   
   >   
   > 3. Phonetic pronunciations for: LEODHASACH, HEARASCH and their plural   
   > forms would be much appreciated as I do not speak or write Gaelic   
   > myself.   
   >   
   > I shall be most grateful for any assistance.   
   >   
   > Karen   
      
   What an overload of fake and wrong and sometimes correct advice.  Like someone   
   here said, "never rely of Google for the answers".  I would recommend checking   
   your question in the online and reliable Gaelic site http://www.faclair.com/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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