Talk:Aois-dàna
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[edit] aois-dàna (Scots Gaelic) / áes dána (Old Irish)
Purely out of curiousity: why does the article title, and the emphasis in the stub text, focus on the Scottish Gaelic term and peoples? Scottish has its origin in Middle Irish, for one thing, and for another when I consult relevant reference books that contain the term, they utilise the Old Irish form. So. Just curious about the choice made here. I was preparing to write a fair-sized stub on this term and its usage, and just happened to remember to look for other variations first, which brought me here.
- P.MacUidhir (t) (c) 02:40, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
- If this was not a rhetorical question let me guess: User_talk:MacRusgail#Dwelly_project :) Stefán Ingi 13:14, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
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- Why shouldn't it use the Scottish Gaelic spelling? a) It is not the ecact same as the Irish term, either in present or current usage, b) it is out of a Scottish Gaelic dictionary, c) yes Gaidhlig comes from old Gaelic, but why does the old spelling have to be used? We'd end up like the Wiccans, who use fake old English spellings, when there's perfectly good modern spellings. --MacRusgail 17:51, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
