Text in some of the many languages of the world

It is just a chat thread.

A chat implies participation and interchange, otherwise it becomes a monologue.

We have a phrase in our family - “You need to get out more”

Maw
Yes, I rhyme stone with scone.
Is there something wrong with that?

ElderlyPerson

Ailidh

Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig.

Tha mi Albannach ach bidh mi a' bruidhinn Beurla.

Thank you.

As a result of your post I have found this video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROoWGPsyzFg

So I have now learned some interesting things today as a result of this thread. Some things that I might not ever have learned otherwise.

Thank you (tapadh leat) for that lovely link! I'd not seen it before. ???????

FannyCornforth

Maw
Yes, I rhyme stone with scone.
Is there something wrong with that?

Me too FannyCornforth. There is nothing wrong with it; both pronunciations, i.e. to rhyme with stone or to rhyme with gone, are acceptable.

Polly12

We have a phrase in our family - “You need to get out more”

At least EP has something original to say

FannyCornforth

Maw
Yes, I rhyme stone with scone.
Is there something wrong with that?

Everything!

FannyCornforth

Polly12

We have a phrase in our family - “You need to get out more”

At least EP has something original to say

That’s true. Beats talking about The Royals

Ha ha! Got out of the wrong side of bed today Polly?
Deary me…

Ailidh

Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig.

Tha mi Albannach ach bidh mi a' bruidhinn Beurla.

Mise cuideachd, Ailidh. (should that be vocative? )

I always think that its ironic that it is so difficult to pronounce ionnsachadh!

I say scone to rhyme with scone, in my horrible estuary accent.

It rhymes with stone! Rotten predictive text.

Maw
If my pronunciation of ‘scone’ offends, I’m sure that you’d be horrified by much of my diction!
While we’re at it - I put the jam on first, is that correct ?

Polly12

We have a phrase in our family - “You need to get out more”

Well maybe there is a clue in what you write!

ElderlyPerson

Blossoming

I don’t understand what’s expected here, tbh.

Well nothing is expected but if you want to have a go, you could watch the video to which I posted a link and then copy the title and paste into Google translate and detect the language.

Then if you wish you could paste the title into a search engine and added a space and the word

lyrics

and find the lyrics.

There may be an invitation to translate to English. If not, you could copy and paste into Google translate and get an idea of what the lyrics mean in English.

Then you could play the video again and notice how the singer emotively expresses the lyrics, whilst you are understanding the gist of what she is singing about.

Reading this whilst the kettle is on.

It seems then EP that this thread and the others are more about education or a game perhaps than a chat. Wrong forum thread?

Was put off by text as a headline as that means sending a message via mobile to me.

EP how do you pronounce ‘scone’?

FannyCornforth

Maw
If my pronunciation of ‘scone’ offends, I’m sure that you’d be horrified by much of my diction!
While we’re at it - I put the jam on first, is that correct ?

I expected that to rhyme, such as

If my pronunciation of 'scone' offends,
please say how I can make amends

Alegrias1

Ailidh

Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig.

Tha mi Albannach ach bidh mi a' bruidhinn Beurla.

Mise cuideachd, Ailidh. (should that be vocative? )

I always think that its ironic that it is so difficult to pronounce ionnsachadh!

Thusa cuideachd, Algerias1?! Meal do naidheachd!!

Ailidh and indeed Algeria is as vocative as they can get with them starting with a vowel.

A bheil Duolingo agad?

It’s ironic really, because I have one of those ‘flat vowel’ accents, yet we don’t flatten the vowel in scone.

Oops, Algerias1, not Algeria. And and, not is. Autocorrect ?‍?

ElaineI

Was put off by text as a headline as that means sending a message via mobile to me.

Ah, you took 'Text' as a verb, possibly in the imperative, rather than as a noun.

That is interesting.

The word 'mobile' is also interesting too.

I tend to think of those wonderful sculptures that move, suspended from above.

Also, of the large red van run by the co-op that people could step into and there was a counter with a man behind it and groceries could be purchased, back in the 1950s. Known as 'the mobile'.

And mobile classrooms, they’re known as mobiles too

Tapadh leat Ailidh. Tha Duolingo agam ach rinn mi clasaichean air-loidhne cuideachd - UHI!

That's about the limit for me I'm afraid!

FannyCornforth

EP how do you pronounce ‘scone’?

I am a superb diplomat ma'am.

I must remain neutral with my readers concerning such highly contentious matters.