Cha Till Mi Tuille

[George Seto]

On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, jeff... wrote:

> the phrase Cha Till Mi Tuille - i know it translates as 'we shall not
> return', but can you tell me if it is Gaelic or Celtic?

Um, it IS Gaelic. Celtic is not a language.

Actually, I don't know who told you the meaning.

It actually is "*I* will not return".

Bidh mi 'gad fhaicinn!!!

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[jeff...]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000 23:01:17 -0300, George Seto <af...@chebucto.ns.ca>
wrote:

>On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, jeff... wrote:
>
>> the phrase Cha Till Mi Tuille - i know it translates as 'we shall not
>> return', but can you tell me if it is Gaelic or Celtic?
>
>Um, it IS Gaelic. Celtic is not a language.
>

well there you go, i've learned something today. i thought it was
Gaelic, but wanted to check.

what does a Celtic person speak then?

and while i'm at it, is Celtic supposed to be pronounced "Seltic" or
"Keltic"?

>Actually, I don't know who told you the meaning.
>
>It actually is "*I* will not return".
>

that's probably just my mistake, in the time between getting the
translation and posting this query.

> Bidh mi 'gad fhaicinn!!!

same to you!

thanks for your help!

jeff...

You can have America
And all of Europe too
I'll be in Australia
A billion stars in my room
- Neil Murray

[Luke]

jeff... <sp...@this.you.bastard> wrote:
> what does a Celtic person speak then?

Celts no longer exist as such, and Gaels are Celts.

> and while i'm at it, is Celtic supposed to be pronounced "Seltic" or
> "Keltic"?

Keltic.

[Anashatroy]

Gerard Cunningham wrote in message <=jrrOFmMvjk7SF...@4ax.com>...

>jeff... wrote:
>
>>what does a Celtic person speak then?
>

>Irish, Scottish, Welsh, or Breton, arguably Cornish or Manx, and
>usually either English or French, since virtually all are bilingual.
>
>--
>Gearóid Mac Cuinneagáin
>abardubh at enteract dot com
>Tá m'aerbhád lán d'eascanna

Please enlighten me, Gerald: what's this "arguably Cornish" all about?
If Breton qualifies as a Celtic language, there should be absolutely no
doubt that Cornish does also.
Cheers,
Troy

[Nick Durie]

Luke <bel...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:1e8mwsp.fs0k1n1bes2yuN%bel...@btinternet.com...

> jeff... <sp...@this.you.bastard> wrote:
> > what does a Celtic person speak then?
>

> Celts no longer exist as such, and Gaels are Celts.
>

Course they do! They just don't have people who govern them on account of
their race - because if that happens you end up with the middle east or the
Balkans. And if we wish to be really fykie we could say that they never
existed at all since the term Celtic was invented a few hundered years ago
to describe peoples who shared a common, or at least similar, culture.

[Anashatroy]

Gearóid Mac Cuinneagáin wrote in message ...
>Anashatroy wrote:
>
>>Please enlighten me, Gerald:
>
>That isn't my name. Gerard or Gearóid :)

>
>>what's this "arguably Cornish" all about?
>>If Breton qualifies as a Celtic language, there should be absolutely no
>>doubt that Cornish does also.
>

>Cornish & Manx are both Celtic languages. Whether they're *living*
>languages, is, at the least, debatable. Manx I tend to be a bit more
>lax about. The last native speaker died in 1974, & some of the
>revivalists learned from him. Cornish, OTOH, has not really been
>spoken for 200 years, & there are at least six different versions of
>it doing the rounds among revivalists..

>
>--
>Gearóid Mac Cuinneagáin
>abardubh at enteract dot com
>Tá m'aerbhád lán d'eascanna

I see your point, Gearóid, and I apologise for spelling your name wrong.
Cheers,
Troy

[Madra Dubh]

Anashatroy wrote in message <2WPH4.50233$oD3....@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...

>
>I see your point, Gearóid, and I apologise for spelling your name wrong.
>Cheers,
> Troy

You need not apologize, Tony. You should see how we spell it.
-Conway