Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)Jun 24
A scene of modern Britain
Show threadTomasz Oryński
@MarkHoltom I can believe this story can be true. I saw people being told on a bus in Glasgow for speaking Scottish Gaelic :)
Jun 24 at 10:30amWeb
Show threadClutha🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇸🇩🇺🇦Jun 24
@TOrynski @MarkHoltom
Nowadays not many people know that children in Scottish areas where Gaelic had been common were physically punished at school and home if they spoke it.
Show threadAriaflameJun 24
@Clutha @TOrynski @MarkHoltom Whereas now there are primary schools and even higher where it's the primary language.
Show threadClutha🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇸🇩🇺🇦Jun 24
@ariaflame @TOrynski @MarkHoltom
Agreed & after the 1st one opened in Glasgow it was oversubscribed & I believe there are now two more.
Show threadGunChleocJun 24

@Clutha @ariaflame @TOrynski @MarkHoltom A friend of mine talking to the English shop keeper in Beàrnaraigh na Hearadh:

A bheil aran agaibh?
- Blank stare

Haben Sie Brot?
- Blank stare

You don't speak the language of the people who live here, you don't speak the language of the most prominent tourist group that comes here, what are you doing here?

Show threadAriaflameJun 24
@gunchleoc @Clutha @TOrynski @MarkHoltom Tha an t-acras orm a-nis.
Show threadGunChleocJun 24

@ariaflame Seo dhut: 🍞

@Clutha @TOrynski @MarkHoltom

Show threadAriaflameJun 24
@gunchleoc @Clutha @TOrynski @MarkHoltom Tapadh leat.
Show threadTomasz OryńskiJun 24
@gunchleoc @Clutha @ariaflame @MarkHoltom well, I at least recognized the name place! :)
Show threadSimon BrookeJun 25
@Clutha @TOrynski @MarkHoltom there's still weans in the schools being punished for speaking Scots.
Show threadTomasz OryńskiJun 25
@simon_brooke @Clutha @MarkHoltom just check how much shit Lenn Pennie gets on her social media...