Scots Gaelic - Why would you want to learn it?

**RyanMac** · 2nd August 13, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by BBNC

I have recently purchased a Nook, and am still coming to grips with swiping, poking, and pinching the screen. Kinda aggravating. There ought to be a mouse port.

There is.....Bluetooth. Keyboard too.

**TheOfficialBren** · 3rd August 13, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by BBNC

I have recently purchased a Nook, and am still coming to grips with swiping, poking, and pinching the screen. Kinda aggravating. There ought to be a mouse port.

There is a bit of a learning curve with tablets but once you get the hang of it a mouse will seem clumsy and antiquated.

**Silk** · 1st August 13, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by RyanMac

I have a passion for my roots, so for me personally its a 'no brainer' as to why I would want to learn the language of my ancestors. While searching for information on the language I came across a book that I found particularly interesting. "Scottish Gaelic: Voices of my Celtic Ghosts" by Glenn Dixon. Its a very short book at just 76 pages, but it talks about languages and their rate of disappearance. I picked it up free on my "nook", and its the "lend me" version so if anyone is interested and has a nook, I can lend it.

I'm a Kindle girl but I just downloaded the Nook a couple nights back because the same book (a different one I was looking for) was half the price on Nook that it was on Kindle. All that being said, Nook books are open format basically so they should be able to download it and read it on their computers or load onto a different e-reader altogether which is very nice. I like the Nook reader but one thing I don't like about it is that there is no search function!!! ;)

And I can definitely relate to your desire to learn an ancestral language. I've been a student of languages all my life and have always felt (and read) that to know a people you must know their language. There are just subtle nuances about a culture that you will never hit upon unless you grasp their language, not to mention the added appreciation and enhanced connection and understanding it can give you for their culture and history.

Silk

P.S. For the ebookers among us, check out Calibre... it is a FREE piece of software that converts your ebooks to different formats if needed.