Can anyone speak Gaelic?

**Ms Piggy** · 24th January 2006, 16:22

I have a close friend getting married on Waitangi weekend, I am 1 of her bridesmaids and she has asked me to to speak at the wedding. I thought I would surprise her and have a Gaelic blessing to read, her and I both have Scottish ancestry that we are proud of.

I found a poem on the fab ole interweb thingee but I in no way fluent in Gaelic. Is there anyone that can help? Cheers CSL

Gaelic Wedding Blessing
Mi\le fa\ilte dhuit le d'bhre/id,
Fad do re/ gun robh thu sla\n.
Mo/ran la\ithean dhuit is si\th,
Le d'mhaitheas is le d'ni\ bhi fa\s.

Translated as: "A thousand welcomes to you with your marriage kerchief, may you be healthy all your days. May you be blessed with long life and peace, may you grow old with goodness, and with riches." This is attributed to the Rev. Donald MacLeod, minister of Duirinish, Skye, Scotland c. 1760.

Please PM me if you can, I don't get to login to KBs a lot at present.

**James Deuce** · 24th January 2006, 16:27

It's easy CSL. Get a hairball, mix it with some phlegm, wedge it in the back of your throat and get really, really drunk on some sort of grain spirirts. You'll do a passable imitation of a Native Gaelic speaker that way, even speaking in English. Or French. Probably Norwegian would work too.

**kro** · 24th January 2006, 16:35

Just speak Welsh, no bastard can understand that, even the native country folk.

**dawnrazor** · 24th January 2006, 16:41

Your talking scots gaelic here (not to be confused irish gaelic, or Ulster gaelic), won't matter how your pronoucation is 'cus no one will be able to correct you. But try to go to some of the Irish language sites for pronouncments of "bh" and "dh" sounds etc. The basic sounds are similiar and will give you enough autenthicity to pass with flying colours.

Do a google on Irish translators, irish dictonary etc.

I had no problem making it sound all "hoots mon"! and my Irish is crappy!

**Motu** · 24th January 2006, 16:47

There is a very good track on Umagumma you need to listen to....

**SPman** · 24th January 2006, 16:49

Originally Posted by Motu

There is a very good track on Umagumma you need to listen to....

Something about small furry animals and Picts?

**Hitcher** · 24th January 2006, 18:31

What's wrong with reading the English translation? It's a lovely poem. In your run-up you could apologise for not being a fluent phlegm-hucker.

**jazbug5** · 24th January 2006, 19:04

It isn't actually that phlegm-ish.

**sels1** · 24th January 2006, 19:21

Originally Posted by jazbug5

It isn't actually that phlegm-ish.

Flemmish? arent they over the channel???

**Winston001** · 24th January 2006, 19:37

Originally Posted by sels1

Flemmish? arent they over the channel???

You mean TV3?

(has a look.....)

Nope, just some Dutch and Belgians slagging off the Germans about Alsace-Lorraine.

**Winston001** · 24th January 2006, 19:42

Originally Posted by dawnrazor

Your talking Scots gaelic here (not to be confused Irish gaelic, or Ulster gaelic)

Just to confuse you more, there are 6 Celt languages including Breton from Brittany in France. The others are Irish, Scots Gaelic, Manx Welsh, and Cornish. Take your pick, have a good gargle, and go for it.

**Ms Piggy** · 24th January 2006, 22:18

Weeeeel, thanks for wee Scots lassies that can come to me aid. The lovely Jaz called me tonight a gave me a quick lesson on the lovely language...jeez it's hard!

Cheers Jaz

p.s Hitcher - I agreee it's nice in English but I reckon it would be very special if I could speak it in Gaelic.

**Biff** · 25th January 2006, 09:54

Originally Posted by kronos

Just speak Welsh, no bastard can understand that, even the native country folk.

Wrong.
I am the master of Wenglish.

**kro** · 25th January 2006, 16:31

I worked with a Welsh lady, couple of years older than me, she was among the most beautiful of women I had even laid eyes on, but I could not understand a word she said, took me about 3 months, to mingle the Wenglish enough to be able to converse with her, after that, it was all good. Are all Welsh women complete super-babes?