Gaelic Language attack

[BoldHighlander]

I don't want to seem like the bad guy here because I am in total agreement that the Gaelic language needs to be protected and preserved. However, I would hope my fellow US citizens would resist the temptation and not email this individual. Personally, I would be bothered if people from other countries wanted to tell the State of Tennessee how to spend our tax dollars. So I would not presume to tell any elected official in Scotland how to spend their money. Even though I agree the remarks the gentleman made seem to be very ignorant.

I wasn't planning to write, however I did plan to post this to make more people aware....George/Oldhiker just beat me to it

[Woot22]

I wasn't planning to write, however I did plan to post this to make more people aware....George/Oldhiker just beat me to it

Fair enough, and I do understand that we have many members on the forum that this would be a local issue for so in that regards it is good they are made aware of the issue.

[figheadair]

S'e amadan a th'ann. Bith mi a'sgriobhadh ris gun teagamh!

[figheadair]

S'e amadan a th'ann. Bith mi a'sgriobhadh ris gun teagamh!

And so I did!

Dear Mr Charteris,

I’ve recently read of your comments/attack on the funding of Gaelic and your view that it should be pumped into modern European languages.

Frankly I’m staggered, but not surprised, by your public display of ignorance. You obviously belong to the same camp as my erstwhile MP, Nicolas Fairbairn, whose description of Gaelic as being akin to sign language and something that a minority use to communicate amongst themselves rightly earned him the enmity of many and lost him a fair proportion of his vote.

I’m sure that I won’t be the first to point out that your comment that ‘You’re not going to speak Gaelic in Western Europe, I can assure you of that’ was both crass, and wrong. The last time I looked we were part of Western Europe.

Gaelic is a rich part of Scotland’s national identity and helps define who we are within the United Kingdom, Europe and the World. He who forgets his history forgets who he is! If you want to redirect money into languages I’d fully support that but can think of many other areas that could be cut.

Perhaps it’s fortunate for you I’m not a voter in your area because you’d have lost mine.

Yours sincerely

[Oldhiker]

S'e amadan a th'ann. Bith mi a'sgriobhadh ris gun teagamh!

Figheadair
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