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  • By that reasoning though then just leave the Gaelic names as Gaelic and remove the English ones yeah? by gaelicbingo (Sat 6th Feb 2021 10:08pm)
  • Gaelic is an indigenous language of Scotland and for most council is supposed to have equal legal status. It’s had cultural genocide performed against it for hundreds of years. Don’t kill it please. I’m in my early 30s, in Glasgow and honesty Gaelic is my language at work and I communicate almost solely in Gaelic about for about 10 hours a day by gaelicbingo (Sat 6th Feb 2021 10:12pm)
  • The proportion of Gaelic names in Glasgow is huge. There are over 10,000 Gaelic speakers in glasgow and growing and the language has faced centuries of cultural genocide from the government - please don’t make things worse. Gaelic is a huge part of my life in Glasgow. I’m early 30s and live and work in Gaelic almost in secret. No one knows Gaelic speakers because they speak English to you if you don’t have Gaelic! by gaelicbingo (Sat 6th Feb 2021 10:17pm)
  • We don’t all go to the same places and live in a bubble. There are plenty Gaelic pubs though! by gaelicbingo (Sat 6th Feb 2021 11:43pm)
  • But we’ve done it for virtually all Gaelic placenames? I think it’s approximately half of all train stations in Scotland that were Gaelic placenames by origin for example by gaelicbingo (Sat 6th Feb 2021 11:42pm)
  • ^that is exactly what mapmakers and “officials” did. They took the sound of the Gaelic and changed it to English. Don’t be ignorant about it. by gaelicbingo (Sun 7th Feb 2021 10:56am)
  • I amn’t and you know I amn’t. The Gaelic isn’t being offered in this graphic or on any road sign or any statutory document as being the official name of a place. It’s being presented alongside the English. And you know that. Gaelic speaking has been persecuted for hundreds of years. It was banned, it was illegal, it was not offered in school systems until the 70s, people were considered stupid if they spoke it. We had to conform, had to obey. And to this day people think Gaelic is somehow given preferential treatment. My family has spoken Gaelic since records began. Officials, teachers told us for the last 50 years not to pass it on as it would hinder the next generation. I know of people in the 20th century who were beaten for speaking Gaelic. by gaelicbingo (Sun 7th Feb 2021 11:55am)
  • They aren’t. As I’ve explained. It’s giving it equal status on signage. It’s a legal responsibility. Your arguments are discriminatory. I don’t know why you are feeling these ways about Gaelic. Has it really affected you that much? by gaelicbingo (Sun 7th Feb 2021 12:15pm)
  • Cumbernauld and East Kilbride being perfect examples. Both Gaelic names full of nouns and adjectives. Newton was a name that was invented in the 20th century. It has to be given a name in Gaelic as it’s a language of Scotland and of course if you are a Gaelic speaker you have to learn it. Much like English speakers had to learn that Newton was Newton. Go and reassess your feelings towards Gaelic. Why the negativity? by gaelicbingo (Sun 7th Feb 2021 1:35pm)
  • I’m calling out bigoted comments. That’s all. Have a nice day and life being against a culture and language for who knows what reasons by gaelicbingo (Sun 7th Feb 2021 4:47pm)
  • But not a bigoted one. by gaelicbingo (Sun 7th Feb 2021 5:34pm)
  • I’m a Gaelic speaker telling you that this is wrong. It’s discriminatory. I’m not virtue signalling, I’m telling you it’s discriminatory. Take it however you want by gaelicbingo (Mon 8th Feb 2021 12:48pm)
  • So do we just leave Gaelic out of the equation in a modern Scotland? That’s ludicrous. by gaelicbingo (Mon 8th Feb 2021 12:45pm)
  • This is true. by gaelicbingo (Sat 14th Aug 2021 10:45pm)