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  1. 16th July 13, 09:31 PM #9
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    Interesting sidetrack about ebook readers.

    Back to the original question. The answer is when the language dies the culture, in large part, dies with it. We have volumes of songs, poems, stories, histories all written in the language of the Gael. If nobody learns that language, nobody can appreciate that legacy and nobody can pass it on.
    Natan Easbaig Mac Dhòmhnaill, FSA Scot
    Past High Commissioner, Clan Donald Canada
    “Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we, in dreams, behold the Hebrides.” - The Canadian Boat Song.

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