Well dear list-too bad we all don't have the very same opinion on things! If we all held my opinions, George Bush would still be in the Texas governors mansion electrocuting people. Sorry to break the news to you all, but I have traveled through certain areas of Ulster and what is spoken there is certainly of the very same intent as the advertisement indicated. Of course it is a dialect, and as you have travel through the Celtic countries, you will hear many differing dialects, Ulster Scots being just one. For those of you with an open mind ,I would suggest tuning in to BBC NI to hear their presentation on Ulster Scots. Maybe it is a dialect, maybe it's bastardized English, whatever it is, it's music to the ears! Well, maybe to some of us! Peace on earth and goodwill to all... Frances ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack McCorkell" <JackMcCorkell@prodigy.net> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Wir efter a Ulster-Scots boadie! > Patricia, > > You make some very valid and commendable points regarding how best to > preserve the remnants of our very genuine culture. > > Your ideas are unlike those whose concepts seem to originate from their > oxters. > > You're welcome, > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Searc.ie" <info@searc.ie> > To: "Jack McCorkell" <JackMcCorkell@prodigy.net> > Cc: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Wir efter a Ulster-Scots boadie! > > > > Dear Jack, > > thanks for your comments of agreement - why aren't the respective > > governments promoting Scots/Ulster history and heritage instead of trying > to > > invent a language. Indeed there would be more merit in promoting Scots > > Gaelic in Donegal as there is still such so much migration between > Scotland > > and Donegal and the languages are so similar. I would like to see some > money > > put into researching the history of the Scots in Ulster and in Donegal in > > particular as I receive so many genealogical enquiries and yet the records > > are so few regarding the various estates and social history of how people > > actually mixed and married from the 17th century down. Indeed building and > > farming methods which came from Scotland to West Ulster are barely > > recorded. Granted there are Scots words in common use in Ulster, like > > 'oxter' (underarm) but a language? > > Songs and music deserve funding as so many of the fiddle tunes; dances and > > songs which came from Scotland are still sung and played today yet groups > > like the Inishowen traditional singers or South Donegal fiddlers receive > no > > funding and the tradition is dependant on individuals giving their time to > > keep these traditions going. > > Regards, Patricia Sharkey > > Dun-na-nGall.com > > > > > > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > ************************************************************************ > <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> > Check out these Donegal Information Sites > Dick O'Donnell's- http://www.mindspring.com/~dickod/donegal/index.htm > O Donnell Abu/ http://homepage.tinet.ie/~vod/ > Donegal Families/ http://homepage.tinet.ie/~donfam/ > Donegal Database- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/Doncontent.html > Donegal Information/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >