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	List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of English words borrowed from Scottish Gaelic:
		All of the original Gaelic forms of these words are also found in Irish and likely have been simultaneously borrowed from both languages.
		Lists of English words of foreign origin
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Scottish_Gaelic_origin (270 words)

	Scottish Gaelic language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gaelic, a descendant of the Goidelic branch of Celtic and closely related to Irish, is the traditional language of the Scotti or Gaels, and became the historical language of the majority of Scotland after it replaced Cumbric, Pictish and Norse.
		Gaelic began to decline in mainland Scotland by the beginning of the 13th century, and with this went a decline in its status as a national language.
		Lowland Gaelic was spoken in the southern regions of Scotland prior to the introduction of Lowland Scots.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scots_Gaelic (4712 words)

	English language - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		English is a West Germanic language that originated from languages brought to Britain during the first half of the first millennium by Germanic settlers from various parts of north-west Germany.
		English is the primary language in Australia (Australian English), the Bahamas, Barbados (Caribbean English), Bermuda, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica (Jamaican English), New Zealand (New Zealand English), Antigua and Barbuda, St.
		English is the most widely learned and used foreign language in the world, and, as such, many linguists believe it is no longer the exclusive cultural emblem of "native English speakers," but rather a language that is absorbing aspects of cultures worldwide as it grows in use.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/e/n/g/English_language.html (4044 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Scottish English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Scottish English is taken by some to include Scots and by others to exclude it.
		SSE is the form of the English language used in Scotland.
		Highland English is slightly different from the variety spoken in the lowlands in that it is more phonologically, grammatically, and lexically influenced by a Gaelic substratum.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Scottish_English (616 words)

	List of English words of Scots origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This list is poorly defined, unverified or indiscriminate.
		List of English words of Scots origin is a list of English language words of Lowland Scots origin.
		This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Scots_origin (164 words)

	Phrase and word origins
		The word "monkey" is of uncertain origin; its first known usage was in 1498 when it was used in the literary work Reynard the Fox as the name of the son of Martin the Ape.
		Originally the neck of the woods was a narrow strip of woodland connecting a larger area of woodland.
		The origin of "balls to the wall" is thought to come from aircraft pilots who pushed their joysticks ("balls") into the full thrust position (i.e., "the wall"), thereby making the aircraft go as fast as possible (see also "pear-shaped").
	www.yaelf.com /questions.shtml (8665 words)

	Etymologically Speaking...
		Originally, the crushed seeds were mixed with vinegar--much as we enjoy it today--but the vinegar was eventually replaced for a time in the Middle Ages with grape "must" (a byproduct of the winemaking process).
		Coming to English via the French word meaning the same, this word is thought to derive ultimately from the Latin word lamella, a "thin plate," referring to the long, flat shape of the omlette, and to represent a gradual corruption of allumelle first to allumelette, then to alomelette (Le cuisiner francois of 1651 has aumelette).
		The English word "saffron" comes from the Spanish word azafran, as it is in Spain where most of the world's highest quality crocus flowers (the plant whose stamens are the source of all saffron) are found.
	www.westegg.com /etymology (10416 words)

	Language - Mezzofanti.org
		Scottish Gaelic is considered to be Insular Celtic because it is spoken in Scotland - part of the British Isles.
		Goidelic Gaelic is the first form of Gaelic to appear in the British Isles and Ireland, being comprised of Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic.
		John Shaw's Scottish Gaelic Lessons - An extensive guide to the Scottish Gaelic language, in 22 lessons; although most of the text is in Scots Gaelic, and no English translation is offered for the Gaelic phrases.
	www.mezzofanti.org /scots.html (1423 words)

	Collected Precedents of the S.C.A.: Gaelic (Irish, Manx, Scottish)
		As nic is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic inghean mhic 'daughter of a son of'/'daughter of the Mac- family', it is clear of inghean uí 'daughter of a grandson of'/'daughter of the Ó- family' according to this precedent.
		Secondly, the original ban was stated to be because the some sound values in Gaelic and English are not represented by the same letter.
		Lacking evidence either for a pattern of similar period Gaelic diminutives or for a period English form of which it could be a Gaelic spelling, we are unwilling to assume that it is a legitimate period form.
	sca.org /heraldry/laurel/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/Gaelic.html (16535 words)

	Clan Campbell History
		Gaelic (pronounced by Gaelic speakers as "Gahlic") as the common language in the Lowlands.
		In modern times families who were not of Campbell origin yet who had long given their allegiance to the Chief of the clan have come to be called "septs".
		The word Clann in Gaelic need signify no more than 'family' or 'children' and there were hundreds of such groups who made no pretence to set up as major powers on their own but who followed the local chief and became members of his clan.
	www.ccsna.org /jsep10a.htm (4742 words)

	KryssTal : The Origin of Words and Names
		Words are changing meaning now: consider how the words bad and gay have changed in recent years.
		English and British surnames (family names) have four main sources: the person's occupation, the place of origin, a nickname and relations.
		A collection of words in the English language that were originally borrowed from other languages.
	www.krysstal.com /wordname.html (980 words)

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		Sometimes the Gaelic word, or part of it, is truncated or changed while an attempt is made to shift it into English spelling conventions.
		Sometimes the sense changes in the way that many words given time and use, but the point being made here is that the word originated either with Gaels using English or English-speakers hearing bits of Gaelic being repeated.
		The study of Gaelic words in relation to English has to lead us back into the Brythonic or Welsh sources as well as into a continental Celtic and Indo-European past that scholars are slowly opening up for us more and more.
	www.gaelic.ca /language/words.htm (466 words)

	Richard Robinson's Tunebook
		Dispute rages on the abc-users mailing list from time to time, about what some of the ABC header fields are supposed to mean.
		The original meaning of this was "the name of the file from which this tune was extracted" - so a URL seems a neat update.
		Optionally, it can also list the contents of specified ABC header fields for each tune, in order to simplify the obtaining of subsets of tunes.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /music/Info/RRTuneBk/tunebook.html (1967 words)

	Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of the Day and Canadian Word Books by Bill Casselman
		The surname Abbott is of course from the word abbot, the head of a monastery or convent.
		Some Scottish families with the name Abbott are actually disgruntled MacNabs who, at several points in the long, troubled history of the clan, grew so angry at clan leaders that they changed their names, and translated MacNab back into English as Abbott!
		Canadian English is the focus but English spoken and written all over the world and throughout the history of the language interests me as well.
	www.billcasselman.com (1452 words)

	Scotland: Gateway to Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The official language is English, although Gaelic is spoken, primarily in the North and West of Scotland.
		Whereas Gaelic is the language of the Highlands and Islands, Scots is the language of the Lowlands.
		The defeat of Edward II at Bannockburn in 1314 was a great victory, reflected in the songs and spirit of Scottish nationalism until present times.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /home/scotland/scotland.html (1630 words)

	Online 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Dutch karn; according to the New English Dictionary not connected with " quern," a mill)
		Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)
		CLEAT (a word common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, in the sense of a wedge or lump, cf.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CHR_CLI (495 words)

	english words to gaelic words
		List of English words of Irish origin This is a list of English language words
		Lists of English words of international origin These are lists of words in the
		List of English words of Gaelic origin,Incomplete lists,English words of foreign
	www.buffalonafianna.com /757_english_words_to_gaelic_words.html (362 words)

	iconocla.st -- a weblog by Schuyler D. Erle
		The end result is supposed to be a comprehensive list of everything you want or need to do in every sphere of your life, and a clear head to do it with.
		Anyway, having read this BBC article, I have just two words for anyone in the UK who might still be deluding themselves that the government will know what to do with a London Olympic Park after it's built, and those two words are: Millenium.
		The English are ambivalent about their relationship with Europe, and in particular with their allies, the French, whom they refer to as "frogs" and who refer to them as "les roast beef".
	iconocla.st (5001 words)

	Thousands of CELTIC names, for your dog, horse, cat, pet or child from Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia -
		A great alphabetical list complete with the explanation of who it was named after, or the meaning.
		This list is arranged alphabetically by the common (English) names of plants, and gives the scientific (Latin) name and the Gaelic name of each with the meanings.
		Many of the Irish names are equivalents of the English by tradition and convention, not by any linguistic connection.
	www.lowchensaustralia.com /names/celtic.htm (419 words)

	Irish Names
		Kelly - from the Gaelic word for "warrior woman." At an ancient shrine of the goddess Brigit at Kildare, there were sacred priestesses and warrior women called kelles, and its possible the
		Moriath - daughter of a Gaelic king, she was wooed and won by Craiftine.
		Narbflaith - "noble princess"; listed in records as the name of a series of princesses and the name of a wife of an abbot of Trim, County Meath.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /~bj333/HomePage.boys.html (9810 words)

	Baby Names Central
		Storm (m and f) (English) "storm, rough weather, of a passionate temperament" (Poll rating: -24)
		Dallas: (m and f) (Old English) "from the house in the valley.
		McKenzie: (f) (Anglo-Scots Gaelic) "son of the handsome one" (Poll rating: +26)
	www.heptune.com /names/nameinde.html (1729 words)

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