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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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   Hibou   wrote:   
   >Le 02/01/2026 à 15:37, The Doctor a écrit :   
   >> Hibou wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> [...] We native English speakers are lucky people.   
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   >> Exactly!   
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   >> Still how are the Scots doing to preserve Scottish Gaelic?   
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   >   
   >Badly:   
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   >   
   >There's no percentage scale there, but Gaelic speakers are currently   
   >about 1% of the population - and there's a question about how well they   
   >speak it. No-one in Scotland speaks Gaelic but not English.   
   >   
   >It is essentially impossible to preserve a language like Gaelic. If it's   
   >to handle all aspects of modern life, then it must acquire a mass of new   
   >words, and its nature changes. If one rejects that course and seeks to   
   >preserve it as is, then it becomes limited and obsolete.   
   >   
   >IMHO, it's no use being able to say, "Put some more peat on the fire,   
   >Donald" in Gaelic, and then having to resort to English to discuss   
   >Morag's doomscrolling on Facebook.   
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