Road sign on A835 going south approaching Tore roundabout. Highland Council have succumbed to pressure from the Gaelic mafia and replaced many road signs with bilingual. They must be awash with money but this is a complete waste. I expect more Polish speakers than Gaelic speakers traverse this stretch of road. And I would guess that less than 1% of people living within 20 miles of here would recognise the Gaelic version of the name.
Taken on April 13, 2010
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12 comments:
It's Greek, I mean Gaelic to me!
Yeah, sounds ridiculous, but for tourists I guess it feels like a taste of the old country.
Interesting.
Costas
So many word are disturbing the attention, thats not good in the traffic.
Gosh!! :)
Wonderful - funny but also instructive. Great shot.
I would have difficulty driving there.
I can't read any of it myself!
That reminds me of a time in Connemara where the sign in English had vanished. My Dad drove around in circles for a while and we laughed and laughed. Of course, the Michelin map was in English.
It seems I need to drive in Scotland again because I don't think these bilingual signs were around when I last drove in the Highlands! Very cool, just like in Brittany, everything is bilingual now.
'And I would guess that less than 1% of people living within 20 miles of here would recognise the Gaelic version of the name.'
Well actually 5.6% of the population of Inverness and 5.2% of the population of Dingwall ;-)
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/stats/gaelic-rep-english-tables.pdf
Och!
Nevertheless, it is out heritage and we must keep the Gaelic language alive.
These signs show visitors that they are in a part of the UK that did not succumb to the English!
Not even the Romans dared to come this far north - it must have beento cold for them!
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