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Most online dictionary look-ups seem to show ‘Gael’ as meaning ‘Highlander’.
Tim
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In which case all of the Highland regiments would be "Gaels", not just the A &SH?
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Argyle in modern Gaelic is "Earra-Ghàidheal" from Old Gaelic "airer Goídel" (border region of the Gaels).
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My father was in the Argylls in WW2. Never heard him use the term.
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As big Sonia probably once said:
‘Ah da ken aboot yoose, but they gyll pipers mak een halley racket, fit tae wik the deid’. Last edited by dubaiguy; 16-01-22 at 05:33 PM. |
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Sounds like a lass that'd appreciate one of Billy Connolly's Glasgow cocktails - "Gie us a bucket o' diesel wi' a brolly in it".
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Quote:
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