Now why would you think that?Because you are at least one of the four?
Not if Sturgeon gets her way ...least they speak english in edinburgh and glasgow, not sure about london now.
BBC Alba broadcasts in Gaelic and will show Scottish football live. It's a beautiful language, although a little jarring when they throw in an English name during play. Sometimes i'll tune in for their folk music programmes where it doesn't matter if you can't understand what they're saying so much as enjoy the tunes.least they speak english in edinburgh and glasgow, not sure about london now.
BBC Alba is neither representative of Glasgow or Edinburgh, or anywhere I have ever been in mainland scotland, in my 40 years living north of the border and travelling extensively throughout scotland I have heard one person speak it and tht was on skye.BBC Alba broadcasts in Gaelic and will show Scottish football live. It's a beautiful language, although a little jarring when they throw in an English name during play. Sometimes i'll tune in for their folk music programmes where it doesn't matter if you can't understand what they're saying so much as enjoy the tunes.
I'm not sure the BBC tries to promote Gaelic speakers as 'the norm' but gives them an opportunity to showcase Scottish identity is more than Rab C. Nesbitt and deep fried Mars bars. Just as Cymric and Erse are spoken in enclaves in Wales and Ireland respectively, it's vital to maintain a link to the culture of those countries being distinct from the all-pervasive English used in everyday speech.BBC Alba is neither representative of Glasgow or Edinburgh, or anywhere I have ever been in mainland scotland, in my 40 years living north of the border and travelling extensively throughout scotland I have heard one person speak it and tht was on skye.
the bbc has very strange ideas of what is representative of anything british, it does its very best to promote any minorities as being the norm
BBC Alba is neither representative of Glasgow or Edinburgh, or anywhere I have ever been in mainland scotland, in my 40 years living north of the border and travelling extensively throughout scotland I have heard one person speak it and tht was on skye.
the bbc has very strange ideas of what is representative of anything british, it does its very best to promote any minorities as being the norm
aye, its so common I haven't heard it spoke outside tv this century. and I am in edinburgh virtually every week and glsagow and dundee a little less often.Glasgow has a burgeoning Gaelic community, particularly in the West End. My daughter is fluent and can comfortably switch between the two, she tells me she sometimes catches herself thinking in Gaelic too.
There are multiple schools in Glasgow now where all studies and interactions with teachers are solely in Gaelic... these schools also perform better academically than 90% plus of other schools in the city.
Scotland should actually do more to preserve its language and culture.
aye, its so common I haven't heard it spoke outside tv this century. and I am in edinburgh virtually every week and glsagow and dundee a little less often.
Can you list the Gaelic programmes?less than 1% of the scottish population can speak any gaelic, but probably something like 25% or more of BBC scotlands output is in that language - could a broadcasting company be more out of touch
Maybe I would Ella. I personally don't want to be in the same pub as people from the last group.Now why would you think that?
Maybe you'd have felt right at home in that establishment?