[Crash one]

Sky 117 9pm according to my TV
Also on again tomorrow at 10 pm.

[andytk58]

The story is being shown on BBC ALBA tonight, 9pm:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rrbp
The voiceover is in Gaelic with English subtitles but I'm sure that wont worry people. Link above should allow people to watch via iPlayer after broadcast if you can't find BBC ALBA.

Promo Clip: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p094jjry

That was an excellent bit of programming. None of the false drama nonsense interjected info a lot of reality TV and really well shot under what would have been difficult circumstances.

Andy

[mikehallam]

My Thanks too, for flagging up this obscure BBC channel.
Luckily found it and a it was very professional record considering the engine troubles and thereafter weren't planned.
But what did go wrong with the engine, no-one said, yet I'm sure the owners weren't too daft as to know ?

[PeteSpencer]

What a great programme .Nice that Moose got some exposure at the end .

Is it me but did the Gaelic speakers not have Scottish accents .?

[kanga]

The accents in English of those for whom Gaelic is their first language, mostly now islanders, are often very different from that of native anglophone Scots, mostly mainlanders.

[CloudHound]

Chan e Rob Roy a th ’annainn uile!

[G-BLEW]

The accents in English of those for whom Gaelic is their first language, mostly now islanders, are often very different from that of native anglophone Scots, mostly mainlanders.

I thought it sounded a bit Scandi…

Ian

[PeteSpencer]

Hoots, mon, it's a braw bricht muinlicht nicht

[Charles Hunt]

Fabulous programme linking in archival footage as well.

[Bill McCarthy]

In was established some time ago that the most pure English was spoken in and around the Inverness area. In the far north there is none of the rawness of the lowlands accent.

[Duo802]

As a native Invernessian, I'd agree with that. Worth mentioning also that only about 1% of Scotland's population can speak Gaelic, and most of these are confined to the Western Isles.

[Miscellaneous]

...most of these are confined to the Western Isles.

Only during the pandemic, otherwise I believe they are free to leave at will.

[PeteSpencer]

As a native Invernessian, I'd agree with that. Worth mentioning also that only about 1% of Scotland's population can speak Gaelic, and most of these are confined to the Western Isles.

There must be a valid evolutionary reason that these rarified languages either morph into something entirely different or die out completely .

So I don’t understand the battle to bring these failing languages back ( Welsh , Irish Gaelic etc) when they only impact a tiny and shrinking number of people.

Latin, for example , has served its purpose in a big and special way, but there’s no campaign to bring it back into widespread use.

[Duo802]

Quite so. The Scottish Government is spending millions on trying to preserve the language. This includes, among many other things, establishing and maintaining a Gaelic school in Inverness ( an area where Gaelic is not generally spoken), dual language road signage and even the markings on police vehicles and ambulances - all to pander to a tiny minority of Scots.

[Miscellaneous]

What do we reckon, get rid of diversity and culture with Mandarin, or Spanish?