I had a kid's book which had flivver in the title!

As to "Irish Celtic," Bryson, whose book I mentioned earlier, is a little confusing. On page 23 he calls it "Celtic," in general and notes where it used to be spoken, over large areas of Europe, etc., and how it is dying out, but "not dead." He goes on to say it occurs in "shrinking pockets of Galway, Mayo, Kerry, and Donegal in Ireland," etc. Then, on page 35, he writes about the "Gaelic of Ireland." He then interchanges it and talks of the "Celtic" language of Manx being dead and that the "Gaelic of Ireland" may be the next to go. As I said, written in 1991; I'd love to see an update about that.

And, since we are doing grammar stuff, please refresh my memory:

If I write using the word "had" in front of a verb, i.e. "she had made" instead of "she made" which one is considered more correct and which one is acceptable, if not both, and which is more common? And, what is the technical difference, i.e. tense(?)?

Thank you!!:-)