Apparently (in case anyone didnt read the story) i think it was about 5000 Roman soldiers marched into the highlands, only to mysteriously disappear. Personally, was it a coincidence that at that time, there was a sudden flourish of Chip Shops and Ice Cream parlours in the highlands :023:
And Renegade....Gaelic is dying on its arse....but....unfortunatley, the Gaelic fraternity seems to have some hold over the scottish govt. Gaelic isnt no more the Scottish language than Pictish, Ancient Norse or a few other languages there has been in these parts over the course of time.
But the Gaelic speakers approach is two fold. In one hand, they go bleating to the Scottish Govt, saying they need to pump money into the language to keep it alive. Then in the next breath, they are making demands because the language is flourishing. I can see the day when they are demanding there be gaelic speakers in all shops etc!
If Gaelic was an animal, it would have been long since put out of its misery!
I cant sum it up better than to say, in my near 40 years on this planet....all spent in the Highlands, i have heard only TWO conversations being conducted in everyday life. Says it all really!