@Aleis⊕ccidentalis That's so interesting! Why Gaelic?

@SamanthaM Mostly because I'm fascinated by the way the language is used in their folk/trad music. A few years ago I started to immerse myself in Irish & Scottish history, and that's actually what initially caused me to take an interest in ethno-nationalism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VIoydPBLgU

@Aleis⊕ccidentalis This is seriously awesome! It would be great if you could post more stuff like this in our new music channel 😃

I do use Duolingo, but it will absolutely *not* teach you the entire language

Don't get me wrong, I would totally recommend it, but you also need other resources

@Aleis⊕ccidentalis id love to learn Gaelic

@SuperTomPerry -RI It's difficult, I think, because it's not very similar to other Indo-European languages. Personally, I doubt Gaelic will ever be revived as a national language, but it will survive through music, poetry, lore, etc. It certainly is beautiful.

Thomas Jefferson studied Gaelic

He never achieved much proficiency with it, however

that's super interesting...I wonder why he had an interest in Gaelic?

He's probably my favorite U.S. president, now I've got another reason to like him

Oh yeah he was by far the most multi-lingual President we’ve ever had

He could speak English, Latin, French, and Italian

He could read Spanish and Greek

And he dabbled in Gaelic, Welsh, and Arabic

I'm looking into it now...apparently he was inspired by the novel "Ossian" by James McPherson, which is based on ancient Irish and Scottish lore

Ossian was also a favorite book of Napolean and many other notable figures...it's one I've been meaning to read for awhile

Giving these away. Anyone interested?

@SamanthaM Yes! I'll shoot you a DM