focal Ultais an lae + smaointe fánacha x gruaig gan chíorad = this whole thing.
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Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
Can you understand ACTUALLY SPOKEN Old English??
Here are a few snippets from my conversation with @colingorrie , the first recorded conversation between two advanced OE speakers in over 800 years!
Check out the whole episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=Ww6hoKRW…
Skeptical appraisals of Ulster Scots from unionist perspectives are usually some variant of "grrr noooo stop it this doesn't help political unionism!!!" and the idea that you might want to do language stuff because you like languages and think they're cool doesn't seem to occur😅
There is an Ulster Scots culture to celebrate. There is a role for the Ulster Scots commissioner, even if it's more through the 'Ulster British Tradition' part of his title. But Ulster Scots is a dialect at most.
irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/…
If - for some reason - you wanted to get super annoyed, you should read some negative reviews for Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Thrawn Janet' on GoodReads, which are almost all complaints about it being written in Scots.
goodreads.com/book/show/7755…
Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
The Scottish Languages Bill haes been passed unanimously!
The first time Scots haes been recognised in Scots law!
Weil duin tae awbody involved 🤝👏👏👏👏
Head of the Ulster-Scots Agency bemoaning that Ulster Scots is in "an underdeveloped position" and that there is "a lack of provision for learning the language"
If only there was someone in a position of authority to do something about that!!!! 🤔🤔🤔
Ulster Scots commissioner not needing to speak language ‘reflects reality’, says agency CEO irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
I disagree with this position, and the approach to the role of the Commissioner essentially being proposed here.
Ulster Scots commissioner not needing to speak language ‘reflects reality’, says agency CEO irishnews.com/news/northern-…
>apologetic apostrophes
>weirdly informal tone
>spelling English words phonetically instead of using Scots ones
>using Scots words incorrectly
>'tradeeeeeeeeeeetion', 'poleeeeeeeeeetical'
Yep, it's Official Ulster Scots™️ time again
Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
“Nothing brings me joy like Scots”
Watch Len Pennie's Poyums of Power on @bbciplayer - bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001x05…
Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
I re-found these, three examples I worked up some years ago, showing old local Ulster-Scots fish names from the Ards Peninsula, some of their historical literary sources, in the style of old botanical art prints.
Learning Irish can be a difficult and time-consuming process and I wouldn't begrudge anyone not being interested, but taking PRIDE in not learning it and getting catty and condescending with people who did make the effort is so bizarre.
"But how did the Scots Language decline so dramatically? Was it something to do with the Act of Union?"
"Tucker please, you barely scratch the surface. You see, in the 10th century, the fledgling Kingdom of Scotland annexed a portion of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria..."
Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
it's so over we're so back
ALT gandalf the grey about to fall into the chasm of khazad dum
ALT gandalf the white
“Nonsensical Ulster Scots neologisms that only appear in government documents” is my favourite genre of word!
Gie Chris a haun sussin this yin oot, gin yer able
An interesting assortment of early 20th century Brigid's Crosses from T. G. F. Paterson's 'Brigid's Crosses in County Armagh'.
No. 4 is the classic modern shape we all know and love, and Paterson reckons it was the most popular in his day too, but just look at the VARIETY!
But wait, there's more!
No. 12 and its derivatives were apparently sometimes called 'Brigid's Shields' or 'Brigid's Bucklers' rather than 'Brigid's Crosses', and would be worn on the arms of young girls playing the role of Brigid while leading their friends in prayer.
There's also these vaguely sinister looking fellas. I think Nos. 19 and 20 kind of look like crucifixes but that might just be the ol' Catholic mania kicking in
#SaintBrigidsDay
