Michelle Macleod
@michellenic.bsky.social
Leòdhasach. Gaelic Professor and Dean for Impact and Engagement at University of Aberdeen. Interested in languages and cats.
😁 och rudeigin cruaidh air a' bhaile!
February 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
😁 och rudeigin cruaidh air a' bhaile!
Bheir mi sùil - ach taing airson na saothrach!
January 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Bheir mi sùil - ach taing airson na saothrach!
That's great Simon. Congratulations.
December 7, 2024 at 8:04 AM
That's great Simon. Congratulations.
Can never sleep before early travel - if I do, I wake at least every hour.
December 2, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Can never sleep before early travel - if I do, I wake at least every hour.
Have a look at this website www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?ti... the same creator has a good book which explains the sounds Blas na Gàidhlig - You will find references to it on these pages
A printable pronunciation guide to Gaelic spelling - Goireasan Akerbeltz
www.akerbeltz.org
November 29, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Have a look at this website www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?ti... the same creator has a good book which explains the sounds Blas na Gàidhlig - You will find references to it on these pages
Gaelic orthography is extremely logical once you learn it! It is seldom irregular and does a great job of representing the sounds with an 18 letter alphabet via a great use of rules and digraphs and trigraphs.
November 29, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Gaelic orthography is extremely logical once you learn it! It is seldom irregular and does a great job of representing the sounds with an 18 letter alphabet via a great use of rules and digraphs and trigraphs.
Mise cuideachd 😆
November 21, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Mise cuideachd 😆
Ah ... your flight wasn't grounded then!
November 21, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Ah ... your flight wasn't grounded then!
Ooh craobh na Nollaig! Aberdeen campus Christmas tree is always so bonny right beside King's.
November 18, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Ooh craobh na Nollaig! Aberdeen campus Christmas tree is always so bonny right beside King's.
But of course we know that many who were cleared were not respectful of the indigenous cultures or people they encountered in their new territories.
November 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM
But of course we know that many who were cleared were not respectful of the indigenous cultures or people they encountered in their new territories.
I attended a Gaelic Awareness training session recently (to support the trainer rather than be trained) and I wondered whether more should have been made of the damage inflicted intentionally to Gaelic communities. As you say, many just don't know.
November 18, 2024 at 5:46 PM
I attended a Gaelic Awareness training session recently (to support the trainer rather than be trained) and I wondered whether more should have been made of the damage inflicted intentionally to Gaelic communities. As you say, many just don't know.
Our tescher read The Hobbit to us when I was about 9. Read LoTR trilogy late teens. I am surrounded by Tolkien books now as my husband has just finished translating The Hobbit to Gaelic.
November 18, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Our tescher read The Hobbit to us when I was about 9. Read LoTR trilogy late teens. I am surrounded by Tolkien books now as my husband has just finished translating The Hobbit to Gaelic.
Is this from your Sunday constitutional after getting the messages at Tesco?
November 17, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Is this from your Sunday constitutional after getting the messages at Tesco?
Need to get some Oilthigh Obar Dheathain merchandise - might only come in arctic fleece though!
November 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Need to get some Oilthigh Obar Dheathain merchandise - might only come in arctic fleece though!
Coltas math air!!
November 17, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Coltas math air!!
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November 17, 2024 at 9:26 AM
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