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27th June 16, 07:56 AM
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Here are weather forecasts in Welsh (spoken by about half a million people), Irish (spoken by 80,000 people) and Scots Gaelic (60,000). Sorry about the quality of the middle one- obviously recorded by camera off the TV. (The ancient Celtic word "celsius" is shared by all three )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GZpEp9RRdY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsBv1ukVp9U
http://learngaelic.net/watch/news.jsp?v=20150407_01
(with Gaelic and English text)
And here is Sarah doing a forecast in English - you can detect her Skye accent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOJ3gSAYRf0
Alan
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27th June 16, 09:42 AM
#2
 Originally Posted by neloon
(The ancient Celtic word "celsius" is shared by all three )
Since "Celsius" is a name they would share that word 
By the way probably the only one I do understand 
Last edited by Carlo; 27th June 16 at 09:44 AM.
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29th June 16, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by neloon
The ancient Celtic word "celsius" is shared by all three
Interesting how Celtic and Latin form a subgroup of Indo-European.
I was reading how the jury is out, among linguists, as to whether certain words were originally Latin and borrowed by the early Celts, or the other way round, due to the languages getting more similar the further one goes back.
One such word was "car".
Anyhow here's the weather in Scots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IF6hhxTuTY
Last edited by OC Richard; 29th June 16 at 05:28 AM.
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29th June 16, 06:53 AM
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Well that weather forecast is so corny it's just ridiculous.
You might fancy this in Doric where at least the accent is right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxAdpQ5-pXA
There is also the posh version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQTPdEKGEBs
Alan
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30th June 16, 05:34 AM
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Oh I know, I was just being silly. I should have put a little happy face there...
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30th June 16, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by neloon
An unexpectedly good job of presenting the weather - better than some of the blond models we get occasionally.
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30th June 16, 12:53 PM
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Irish
Hello! FYI Irish is spoken by approximately 143,250 native speakers and by approx. 1.2 million people on the island of Ireland.
Outside of Ireland, here in the US (well, I'm in Ireland for the summer but ...) approx 21,000 people speak Irish at home, including my family.
There we go!
Jonathan
Originally Posted by neloon
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Originally Posted by jthk
Hello! FYI Irish is spoken by approximately 143,250 native speakers and by approx. 1.2 million people on the island of Ireland.
Outside of Ireland, here in the US (well, I'm in Ireland for the summer but ...) approx 21,000 people speak Irish at home, including my family.
There we go!
Jonathan
According to the 2011 census, 82,600 in Ireland speak Irish outside of school (where it is an obligatory subject). Obviously, because it is compulsory to study Irish in school, a larger number will have some understanding of the language just as for the figures for Wales and Scotland.
Alan
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