Posts by rjones

Radio 4 bumped off Freeview by Gaelic TV

Gaelic is most certainly NOT dead

Gaelic is not a dead langauge, it used day in, day out in parts of Scotland.

Yes I do.

Yip. Do you???

Still think this article is sniping. This site is for tech news, not poorly disguised pettiness. I just can't stand people making silly comments about gaelic. Ok so some people don't speak it and only speak one language, so what.

It's only happening in Scotland, as far as I know. so can everyone calm down.

what a bitter article for a techie site

Dear me. An article about increased availability of a TV channel serving its population and we get an article as slanted as this. Gaelic is one of the languages of Scotland, and BBC ALBA is actually pretty good - it has unique programming, and they are all subtitled so Gaelic learners or non speakers can follow.

The author and the posters criticising this change clearly don't know that there was a major consultation in Scotland on this change, with many, many responses, almost all in favour.

I just don't understand why the author takes such a sniping tone - a bit childish really. Many people have been campaigning for this change for a long time, and are looking forward to it being on Freeview.