LL-L "Celtic connections" 2002.03.31 (04) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Celtic connections"

> From: Thomas <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
> Subject: LL-L "Celtic connections" (was "Scots") 2002.03.29 (04) [E]
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> Thanks for yet another fascinating mailing Sandy. I have read that the
> Gaelic was also spoken in the Galloway area with allegations that
> Jacobite
> troops during the '45 wre able to communicate in th elanguage with
> locals.
> Is ther the slightest truth in this claim ? I have always been a wee
> bittie leer o' it.

I don't know - I'm really not an expert on this stuff.

There's an aber/inver map ("aber" is P-Celtic, "inver" Q-Celtic)
in "The Uses of Place Names" ed. Simon Taylor, Scottish Cultural
Press 1998, ISBN 1-898218-98-6 which shows the Q-Celtic area in
the south west of Scotland as confined to a very narrow strip
along the coast. So yes, it might be just possible!

Incidentally, the map shows the Lothian Q-Celtic area as being
larger than I'd thought - though it's rather small-scale so I
don't know if that matters. I'll have to check it out sometime.

Sandy
http://scotstext.org
A dinna dout him, for he says that he
On nae accoont wad ever tell a lee.
                          - C.W.Wade,
                    'The Adventures o McNab'

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