Gàidhlig

Tha faclan ‘s cànan dà rudan a tha gu dearbh cudromach dhuinn mar daoine ‘s mar coimhearsnachdan airson na faireachdainnean, smuaintean ‘s beachdan againn a’toirt seachad agus tha e neònach a bhith a’smaoineachadh gu bheil ruideigin cho bunaiteach dhuinn feart daonna.  Ma feartan daonna  eile, feumaidh ar cànanan a bhith air stùireadh ‘s air riaghladh, agus biodh tu air iognadh air an leithid de na tha sinn a’sgriobhadh ‘s a’bruidhinn a th’air a bhith atharrachadh le riaghailtean ‘s àrd-reachdas. Ann an Gàidhlig tha GOC againn, — Read more →

Words and language are two things that are fundamental to the way in which we as humans and societies get across our feelings, thoughts and intentions and it’s strange to think that what we take for granted as a very basic facility of ourselves is a man-made construct.  As with all constructs, our languages need to be controlled and governed, and as free as language may appear at times – you’d be surprised by how much what we write and speak has been moulded by — Read more →

Bha mi nam shuidhe air a chompuitar, mar a tha mi tric, oidhche Dimairt mu leth uair an deidh seachd agus chunnaic mi gun robh BBC Alba a’treandadh air Twitter san Rioghachd Aonaichte.  Miorbhaileach, nach shaoileadh tu?  ‘S e an geama ball-coise eadar Rangers ‘s Hibs a bha ag adhbharachadh an uigh,  ach fhathast bha e math a’faicinn gun robh inbhe aice.  An sianail airson 1% de dh’Alba a’faighinn barrachd aire na an deasbad a bha tighinn mu dheidhinn neo-eisimileachd na h-Alba, an suidheachadh ann — Read more →