Ambulance... Ambiwlans - Has dumbing down gone too far?

[Jader1973]

Uggers said:

matchmaker said:

I wouldn't say nearly 6000 Gaelic speakers in Glasgow is "nobody"!

According to Wikipedia 626,000 live in Glasgow itself, so less than 1% of Glasgow residents. If talking about greater Glasgow area of 1.2million it would be 0.5%

With Asians making up around 8% of Glasgows population it would be reasonable to assume Hindi or Urdu is spoken more than Gaelic.

Uggers makes a valid point. Perhaps signs should be in English, Scots, Hindi, Urdu and French? Given French was taught when I went to school in the 90s then I'd bet a large proportion of people who went through the Scottish education system speak basic French, certainly more than speak Gaelic.

Or, according to Wikipedia in 2011 there were 61,000 Polish living in Scotland, and only 57,375 Gaelic "speakers" so perhaps Polish should be on there too?

Then again, my ancestors arrived in the NE in longboats a few hundred years ago, so I'd quite like Norse on there too, just so I'm not left out.

I doubt there is anyone in the world who speaks only Scottish Gaelic, and therefore doesn't know what "Police" are.

It is a waste of time, effort, and money to put a dead language on everything. There are many other things it could be being spent on.

[Ken Figenus]

Yes but Gaelic is indigenous. It is at home. And not every Scot has cultural genocide in mind like James VI did - another one that also should have been sent home to think again!

[rolex]

The Poles are at it now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arl1_MPySfc

[DickyC]

rolex said:

The Poles are at it now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arl1_MPySfc

It's alive! The Ambiwlans Thread is alive!

Courtesy of the recently formed:

Polish Interceptor Ambiwlans Corps.

[Benni]

O a similar "old thread" note :
I wonder where nurts is now, did not see him post for a long time.

[ApOrbital]

We need nurty back i ope e is ok

[The Li-ion King]

DickyC said:

When I lived in Guildford a lot of people spoke Garlic.

A lot of people in London speak Rubbish

[DickyC]

The Li-ion King said:

DickyC said:

When I lived in Guildford a lot of people spoke Garlic.

A lot of people in London speak Rubbish

Sausage a goose's for a pony? I should cocoa.

[james_TW]

I do hope he's ok...

As it happens, I'm recuperating after an op - No ambiwlans required though...

[dickymint]

james_TW said:

I do hope he's ok...

As it happens, I'm recuperating after an op - No ambiwlans required though...

Get well soon

Tard removal can be pretty painful - did you donate it to Science or keeping it in a jar?

[DickyC]

james_TW said:

I do hope he's ok...

As it happens, I'm recuperating after an op - No ambiwlans required though...

But you're the op.

[dickymint]

DickyC said:

james_TW said:

I do hope he's ok...

As it happens, I'm recuperating after an op - No ambiwlans required though...

But you're the op.

We've been recuperating after the OP for twelve years

[Tyre Tread]

dickymint said:

We've been recuperating after the OP for twelve years

[MartG]

Ummm...

[Dogwatch]

It's for the short wheelbase version. Cut and shut so to speak.

Very non U

Edited by Dogwatch on Saturday 8th February 21:00

[DickyC]

Non U.

I know what that means.

We're old, aren't we?

[rolex]

It had to be done

https://www.soundsnap.com/taxonomy/term/10236/long...

[james_TW]

Tyre Tread said:

dickymint said:

We've been recuperating after the OP for twelve years

My daughter is exactly a month older than this thread

[DickyC]

james_TW said:

My daughter is exactly a month older than this thread

"I was under a lot of stress. We had a newborn. The sleepless nights. You don't understand."

Uh, huh.

[tribalsurfer]

Excellent work chaps

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Am...