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From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2003.05.13 (15) [E/LS]

Colin wrote:
"Is it possibly a matter of regional variation then?"

Yes - 'regional' in the sense that Scottish Gaelic uses the plural
pronoun as a polite form whereas Irish does not.

Go raibh maith agat

Criostóir.

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From: "BOS" <shooglie at bosinternet.com>
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2003.05.13 (15) [E/LS]

certainly in Scottish Gaelic the plural is used for the polite singular
and
I know old people who get annoyed if you don't use it and use the
singular
instead ( use "thu" instead of "sibh" )

Crìsdean Mac Fhearghais

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