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  1. 12th October 15, 02:20 AM #10
    neloon
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    Quote Originally Posted by sailortats View Post
    Alan, if I am not mistaken most of the orders given to the men was given in Gaelic ...
    Ummm.., yes. But, without wishing to be rude, I'm afraid that Sir James has learned his wee bit of Gaelic by the syllable and it's almost unintelligible and Captain Alwyne Compton Farquharson's Gaelic is not much batter. You have to remember that these gentlemen would nowadays have very little "Scottish" DNA, being descended from marriages almost exclusively to non-Scottish ladies, having for generations gone to English public schools and not actually living in Scotland today (Captain Farquharson farms in Norfolk and Sir James lives in California). Sorry if that takes away some of the romance.
    Alan

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