A Bit of Gaelic! (August 22)

After research, I met up with Fiona and we got our nails done at USA Nails. :)

The plan was to go home, work out, eat, then head to the cinema. Too bad our nails took longer than expected! We stopped at the store, made quick baked potatoes, then headed to the cinema in a rush. And since we both had a nice little visit with the scale for the first time since I’ve arrived in Glasgow, we decided maybe we’d go for a little less of the “sweeties” – kind of. I got chocolate chip rice cakes, but Fiona got popcorn and M&Ms and FORCED me to eat some as we watched The Wedding Video. I don’t think it came out in the US because it’s a British film, but it was funny! Obviously some of the humor went WAY over my head, but I still enjoyed it.

I forgot to mention that on the way to the cinema, I decided I’d work on my Scottish accent. Or should I say, my Sco-ish accent. ;) Fiona and I took turns saying words back and forth and figuring out the differences. It’s hard!!! And so far I am a whopping 7 words Scottish. I can say: bonnie wee Scottish word in Edinburgh castle…and sound Scottish. Or, “Scottish.” At times, the choppiness of my words made it sound like a had a slight Indian accent, but I’ll work on it! Then once I had those words “down,” we decided that Gaelic would be fun. Fiona knows a couple phrases and taught me some. OH MAN. Let me tell you, it’s an odd language. But I’ll teach you because it’s fun!!

Now, excuse my completely wrong spelling and probably pronunciation too, but I will type phonetically and you can pretend you know Gaelic too. (I’m going to type some that I kind of remember, then check with Fiona and fix them.)

• Caimar a tha u ? (kim-er-a-hah-ooo?) - how are you?
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• Matin mhath - good morning
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• Feasgar math - good afternoon
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• Oidche Mhath - good night
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• Duin an dorus - close the door
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• Fosgail an dorus - open the door
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• Tha e fuar (I -*hiss*-me-foor) - it is cold
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• Tha e fluich - it is wet
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• Tha e blath - it is warm
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• Tha e teth(che) - it is hot
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• Tha me gu math - I am fine
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• Tha mi sgith - I am tired
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• Tha an t'acras orm - I am hungry
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• Tha am pathad(pahag) orm - I am thirsty

I happened to be practicing my Gaelic on the train home from the cinema, and a nice young gent overheard and told me I sound like a native! And of COURSE he wasn’t being sarcastic…….but hey, at least I can provide comedic entertainment for the public!

Cinema time! 

 New nails :)

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