#i will be learning gaelic

[autistic-katara]

mutuals do any of u wanna learn ur country’s native language that u dont know bcz of THE FUCKING ENGLISH and then force those guys to speak it as payback with me?

[rotzaprachim]

it’s been said by sooo many people before but it’s so unfuriating how Celtic languages aren’t overly difficult but learning them can be because they’re critically endangered, have undergone centuries of repression, are very very unusual members of the indo European family tree (yes I think they’re definitively Indoeuropean and hypothesized Semitic ties are all hogwash yes I also think Ghàidhlig is fascinatingly parallel to Biblical Hebrew, and frequently suffer from having the worst teaching methods imaginable

[an-spideog]

Calling Irish "Gaelic" is fine actually

I used to think it was just a thing that uninformed Americans did, but I was wrong, so let's talk about it.

There are Irish people (notably, native Irish speakers) who call it "Gaelic", when speaking English. (All video clips are timestamped, but it seems like timestamps don't work on mobile? So I'll write them as well) 8:27

4:36

In the name for the language in Irish varies across the dialects, but in Donegal, it's usually said as "Gaeilic"*, as you can hear here. (Bhí an Ghaeilic thar timpeall achan áit)

0:32

Or in the recording here from teanglann.ie:

It's fine to call it "Irish" as well, or "Irish Gaelic", but there's nothing wrong with just saying "Gaelic".

Notes

*I spelt it as Gaeilic for the sake of showing the pronunciation here, but really this comes from Gaeilg with the final consonant being devoiced in a similar way to how you see with Pádraig -> Pádraic

Some people will argue that you shouldn't call it "Gaelic" because there are several Gaelic languages, and it lacks specificity. It's true that it lacks specificity, but that is also how they're spoken about in the Gaelic languages themselves, e.g. "Gaeilge na hÉireann, Gaeilge na hAlban, Gaeilge Mhanann" (The Gaelic of Ireland, The Gaelic of Scotland, the Gaelic of Man) in Irish. There was, and still is to some degree, mutual intelligibility between these languages/dialects and it should be remembered that the difference between language and dialect is largely political.

[wildflowergirlie]

I love being in a large fandom because on a whim I decided to see if there were any fics (like at all) in Scottish Gaelic (Gaidhlig), and the first one is a freaking wolfstar fic. like what are the odds?

[charmac]

Do you think Charlie will learn to write in the crossover?

I think if he learned how to read he would know how to write, since the majority of learning how to write is based on developing fine motor skills (and we know he has those). So once he, like, understands English as a language that should translate pretty easily to paper.

I think the bigger question is... will it stick? Will Charlie actually, properly, know how to read and write in Season 17 and beyond? Or will we get a fun moment in the crossover where, after great trial and tribulation, Charlie is able to read a picture book to the Gang, hooray.. and then in Sunny we're back to his illiteracy is screwing them over once again...

I dunno if I actually prefer one way or another? I mean, it would be crazy for Charlie to finally adapt to reading, and maybe feel strange.. but maybe it's another development for them, the Gang finally shifting from the ways they've always been stuck in...

[losersimonriley]

I know some of us like to pepper Gaelic endearments into our ghostsoap from time to time and I thought hey! Maybe I should finally share my little headcanon as to how Soap even came about knowing the language in the first place:

I like to think that his granny (who raised him and his siblings) was from the Inner Hebrides and grew up using it. She moved to the lowlands after marrying, became a Gaelic-medium teacher. Thus, Soap attended the school she taught at and had a Gaelic-medium education throughout primary. (Gme students are taught completely in Gaelic from p1-p3 with English being incorporated later.) While not continuing it in secondary, he still had a fluent adult at home keeping the language fresh in his mind. That’s. The bare bones of it anyway.

Anyway I wanted to share this because I’ve seen the occasional person say it’s ridiculous to suddenly see him speaking Gaelic in fics (which is a very fair point of course. few people are immersed in it, it remains a threatened language) but the thought of someone who wanted to include it in their work who then might not because of this is disheartening. Should they do the proper research beforehand, it is plausible when given the right ingredients.

It’s a language that should be celebrated, not discouraged, especially given the history. Having a character know it just really depends on the different factors you throw into their backstory. Even if the author doesn’t explain it, it should then be up to the reader to assume he’s not just pulling the language out of thin air. Idk, if call of duty fanfic of all things can expose people to Gàidhlig and garner interest in some to learn a bit of the language, I just. That is a good thing

[squidcave]

feeling real normal about this song 👍

[smallpileoftwigs]

right i have a question for u bilingual lot,

i would really like to learn a language other than english and was hoping to get some possible advice, sort of like where to start, how to keep it fresh in my mind and not something i get bored of a couple weeks from now cause wah wah its too hard

if u guys have any tips please let me know ! im most interested in learning a language like scottish gaelic or welsh, but also i am a classics student and think itd be really cool to learn greek or latin, ofc i'm aware these may be difficult languages to start with so im honestly open to anything !

[thecaduceusclay]

if you want to learn a language and have a library card, check if your local library has Mango. i just switched to it from duolingo and while it's not as game-y i feel like it explains things well so far in terms of grammer (duolingo did not imo), and it has plenty of languages!

i saw Icelandic, Greek (Modern, Ancient, and Koine), Irish (Gaeilge), Yiddish, Potawatomi, Scottish Gaelic, Igbo, Haitian Creole, Cherokee, Kazakh, and Uzbek. just to highlight a few i dont often see elsewhere!

it's even got Shakespearean English, and some quick courses like German for Oktoberfest, Mandarin for business, Spanish for legal and medical purposes, Russian slang, and Brazilian Portuguese for soccer events. these arent all of the quicker courses, but i thought that was really cool!

anyway im not paid, this isnt an ad, im just someone with an interest in languages and a love for public libraries who wanted to encourage you to check it out!

[tired-ppth-immunologist]

i'm curious now, what languages do you speak?

Ah, well, I can speak Romanian (since it’s my mother-tongue), English, German, learnt Scottish Gaelic as a hobby in college, and I’m currently studying Greek, for my mother was from Greece and I’d love to feel more connected to her.

Odd list, I know, but I think it’s helpful knowing some foreign languages, no matter how random.

[onceuponamillennia]

languages are a little like pokemon,,, gotta learn them all

[suis0u]

I'm still here just not really active because I don't have a lot of time currently and with being just tired and exhausted after work... my art WIPs etc have to kinda take a backseat at the moment, I'm sorry.

There are so many things planned this year already and changes happened at my workplace (but in a good way, I'm learning about CGI/Blender :D!). I'm excited for most of them, hopeful that everything will work out and trying to keep my anxiety under control (No overthinking!), but it will also mean that I won't have as much time for my hobbies as I would like to have, but I'll try my best~...

[hiro--aoki]

@kookiekult @smutinlove @far-cry-from-finality @zomb-1-egutzz @shadowybasementmiracle @vaniniweenie

[twistedappletree]

other artists: “just focus on drawing the thing and finish it, it’s not that hard”

me, rawdogging severe adhd: draw? let’s do it lol ok sweet OH my god i should’ve got boba after work. hm. anyway, draw? yeah ok cool *opens tiktok* lmaooo puppy 🐶 *closes tiktok* ok draw *spends 2 hours trying to pick the perfect song to draw to* ehhh…. not feeling it anymore tbh maybe i’ll watch…… do i have eggs in the fridge???? 👀 wait omg i wanna draw again lol ok let’s gooooooo *starts doing dishes*

[thewanderingace]

If the Fourth Wing TV show says all the Ghàidhlig wrong I will be physically unable to watch it. I already can't handle the audiobooks and tiktok videos when people mispronounce the names. I will not be able to handle a whole show fucking it up. So Amazon you better fucking do your research and make sure your Scottish Gaelic is pronounced correctly. Right the wrong the author made.

[sotiriabellou]

watching kneecap!!!