"For my children...in ENGLAND!"

**ccga3359** · 30th June 08, 08:09 AM

It's heartening to know that they do teach English in Scottish schools. After all it is the official language of international commerce and of airline pilots...

**Nick the DSM** · 30th June 08, 08:15 AM

hahaha, his face must of been priceless to see!

**Kilted in Maine** · 30th June 08, 08:21 AM

moved

**Stratherrick** · 30th June 08, 08:25 AM

ccga

It's heartening to know that they do teach English in Scottish schools. After all it is the official language of international commerce and of airline pilots...

The local school in my family glen teaches some of the time in SCot's Gaelic and they've recently opened a Gaelic-medium school in Inverness. It'll be interesting to see how well it does over the coming years. Apparently, it's over-subscribed at the moment!

I remember my grandad speaking fluent Gaelic when I was a lad in the 60s, mind, he was born in the 1890s! I also remember my mum's mum speaking fluent Welsh!

I know a handful of phrases in each, but no more, as yet.

Cheers

Bruce

**MACKAY** · 30th June 08, 08:52 AM

I wonder if he assumed that all "highlanders" only spoke Gaelic?

**McFarkus** · 30th June 08, 09:05 AM

That's hilarious, thanks for sharing the story.

**ccga3359** · 30th June 08, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Stratherrick

ccga

The local school in my family glen teaches some of the time in SCot's Gaelic and they've recently opened a Gaelic-medium school in Inverness. It'll be interesting to see how well it does over the coming years. Apparently, it's over-subscribed at the moment!

I remember my grandad speaking fluent Gaelic when I was a lad in the 60s, mind, he was born in the 1890s! I also remember my mum's mum speaking fluent Welsh!

I know a handful of phrases in each, but no more, as yet.

Cheers

Bruce

It's great that they're not forgeting the language of old in school, but if not encouraged to use fairly often it'll be soon forgotten.

**beloitpiper** · 30th June 08, 02:22 PM

That's rich! What a dolt. Touching upon keeping the old languages alive, I've been studying Irish for some time now, but the only time I really get to speak it is when I'm in western Ireland or at Irish Fest in Milwaukee!

**Ian.MacAllan** · 30th June 08, 05:20 PM

One of life's mysteries that I may never understand is why so many people who themselves know only English, and that often not well, seem to believe that anyone can understand English if it is spoken slowly enough and LOUDLY enough.

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**Arlen** · 30th June 08, 06:26 PM

A lot more Gaidhlig schools are opening all over Scotland.
For a long time they were very insular and you could only attend Gaidhlig speaking schools or classes if you already had a certain amount of the language.
Now they've realised that people haven't been teaching their children and it's dying off they've really started pumping money into it to help people learn.
Which is very much a good thing!!!

Originally Posted by Stratherrick

ccga

The local school in my family glen teaches some of the time in SCot's Gaelic and they've recently opened a Gaelic-medium school in Inverness. It'll be interesting to see how well it does over the coming years. Apparently, it's over-subscribed at the moment!

I remember my grandad speaking fluent Gaelic when I was a lad in the 60s, mind, he was born in the 1890s! I also remember my mum's mum speaking fluent Welsh!

I know a handful of phrases in each, but no more, as yet.

Cheers

Bruce