Originally Posted by
JimB
There is a lady in my church who is from Wales and I understand she speaks gaelic. I haven't had the courage to try to speak it to her yet, but I've heard her say that Welsh and Scottish Gaelic are close enough that the two can understand each other.
Jim
I only wish it were true but there are very few words in common or similar.
I can only think of aber meaning mouth of river and tigh (Welsh spelling ty) meaning house.
There may be one or two others but basically the languages are unrelated.
Last edited by McClef; 5th December 06 at 10:08 AM.
Reason: spelling correction
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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