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  1. 2010-07-08, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #49
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    Default Re: Scottish claymore stats...?

    Quote Originally Posted by Prime32 View Post
    Nor are there enough words in Gaelic-family languages that "big" and "great" would have different translations.
    Apart from the Welsh braisg (big, large) and mawr (great, bulky) that is. The Celtic/Gaelic language family is more sophisticated than most people think. And Welsh in particular is both a living language and the oldest spoken language in Europe.

    Quote Originally Posted by paddyfool View Post
    The first problem with calling Scottish Gaelic Scottish is that as of the last census, only about 1.2% of the population of Scotland speak it. Also, given the context it's hardly going to be confused with the only other two surviving languages of the family (Irish Gaelic and Manx).
    There's also Cornish Gaelic, Welsh and Breton.
    /derail
    Last edited by The Big Dice; 2010-07-08 at 11:33 AM.