yes Dave, the Scottish Gaelic used to have accents going both ways, but they
simplified within the last twenty or thirty years. In fact the two languages
are very close.
cheers Sally
Sally Evans
http://www.poetryscotland.co.uk
http://groups.msn.com/desktopsallye
http://www.myspace.com/poetsallyevans
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: News from Sally Evans
> Hi Sally
>
> I've just been a-looking at the PoetryScotland site. I was tickled by:
>
>>Here's an easy way for non Gaels to tell Scottish and Irish Gaelic apart.
>>In Scottish Gaelic the (grave) accents point to Ireland, while in Irish
>>Gaelic the (acute) accents point to Scotland.<
>
> while I certainly didn't know about Hugh MacDiarmid's would-be poet
> brother:
>
>>"What happened to Andrew Graham Grieve?" I hear you cry. He became an
>>accountant,
> and moved to Woking.<
>
> Best
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On 24/04/2008, Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hi folks, I have been a bit preoccupied with my new book. Would it be in
>> order for me to tell you about it?
>> The Bees, A Fantasy of the Bees and an Elephant Artist in the Scottish
>> Highlands
>> Diehard poetry in landscape, with nine full page illustrations by
>> Reinhard
>> Behrens.
>> Further info on my website: desktopsallye (url below).
>>
>> Poetry Scotland with Snaps from StAnza is also out now. Postage within
>> UK
>> is not a problem but postage to US might be: I havent checked it yet.
>> thanks,
>> Sally Evans
>> http://www.poetryscotland.co.uk
>> http://groups.msn.com/desktopsallye
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
> --
> David Bircumshaw
> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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