<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Michael,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I never expressed an intention to use "Gaelic" to represent Irish. I intend to use "Gaelic (Irish)." I don't use the terms "Mandarin" or "Mandarin Chinese" either. I use "Chinese (Mandarin)" and "Chinese (Cantonese)" for the same reason. This helps the user classifying the content to see all types of Chinese available before making a classification. Inverting the base language name and its modifier is not an uncommon practice.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Karen Broome</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com></b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">10/20/2005 12:54 PM</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Karen,<br>
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Of the Celtic languages, there are three Goidelic <br>
or Gaelic languages, all or which derived from <br>
dialects originating in Ireland. They can be <br>
described unambiguously thus:<br>
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Gaeilge na hÉireann<br>
Gàidhlig na hAlban<br>
Gaelg Vannin<br>
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that is,<br>
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Irish Gaelic (lit. the Gaelic of Ireland)<br>
Scottish Gaelic (lit. the Gaelic of Scotland)<br>
Manx Gaelic (lit. the Gaelic of Mann)<br>
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In ordinary speech, however, they are normally called:<br>
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Gaeilge<br>
Gàidhlig<br>
Gaelg<br>
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that is,<br>
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Irish<br>
Gaelic (or Scottish Gaelic)<br>
Manx<br>
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It depends where you are and what precisely you <br>
need to convey. Some people (in Northern Ireland <br>
for instance) also use "Gaelic" to refer to the <br>
Irish language, at least in casual speech. But in <br>
my view, a videotape with Irish-language content <br>
that labelled it "Gaelic" would be labelling it <br>
incorrectly.<br>
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Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com<br>
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