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Thread #25936   Message #2419273
Posted By: Odair nan Ròn
21-Aug-08 - 05:13 AM
Thread Name: Help: 'Sheiling' or 'sheeling' or 'sheilin'
Subject: RE: Help: 'Sheiling' or 'sheeling' or 'sheilin'
...aaaand aactually ;-) -

in this case, 'cridheil' (heartfelt, hearty) should be 'chridheil' and 'coibhneil' (affectionate, friendly) ought to be 'choibhneil', as it relates to 'oidhche' (night) which is feminine...

...if that sounds pedantic to some: well, either ye sing in Gaelic and do it properly, or ye don't - there have been too many wee Marjorie Kennedy-Frasers (aka Marjorie Keltic-Twilights) around already ;-). Would ye sing an English, French, German or whatever song in incorrect grammar ? No, I don't think so, not even if ye didn't really speak the lingo. Imagine singing "Le Chat Noire" [sic !] ! Mais non, sacrebleu !

Dùrachdan,

Bodach Sgeir Ròis