A History Of Scotland - Episode 4 - Language Is Power (1/6)

BBC Scotland Documentary. The feud between the Stewarts and MacDonalds and the emergence of Scots as the dominant language over Gaelic.

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• History
• Scotland
• Documentary
• Scots
• Gaelic
• Stewart
• MacDonald

[Apetite4Destruction]

Oh Scotland, how I love you. One day, I will visit you.

[murphycline]

There's a difference between genetics and culture.

[hitthatperfectbeat]

@gentlysqueamish Well, seeing as you're not Scottish, i'm not sure who would expect you to "love" Scotland. One would only expect to find a sense of Scottish patriotism in actual Scots. However, it seems a bit lame of you to prowl youtube videos specifically about Scotland just to vent your spleen and inflame the tempers of righteously proud Scottish people. Seems like you should get a life and stop worrying about the place where your dad was born.

[gentlysqueamish]

Funny this video. My name is Stuart (French version of Stewart), McDonald (Catholic - although I'm not Catholic) spelling of MacDonald. I DO NOT love Scotland. Shitty little colonized country living on a big rock. I'm not proud of my Scottish heritage (my father was born there). Shitty little country that everyone left.

[celtichugs123]

"It's the first language we all had" WRONG!

Before English, yes. But far from the first.

[winnemuca]

neil is hot! looks a little like a native american lol

[zeldaofarel]

On Skye I saw a Gaelic language program. Ah, I miss Skye.

[TheLoyalOfficer]

Lots of dripping blood drops in this series...

[narsplace]

I have a friend from Scotland who speaks Gaelic, I would love to speak Gaelic to her one day.

[Ronika14]

@GrooveDoctor77 Just DO it, then! Like I did. I just packed my bags and went to Scotland. It's breathtaking

[Hobgoblin1975]

I have a scottish friend I play an online space war game with. I get him to say "She can't take any more captain!" whenever I can. He is a good sport about it .

[andinoble]

Gaelic arrived from Ireland 500AD in the West.Anglo-Saxon(English) arrived in the East the same time.The people of "Scotland"then spoke British(ancestor of modern Welsh(&Cumbric))&Pictish(perha­ps a branch of British).Gaelic was dominant till the 13/14th century when the Kings&nobles of Norman/French/Anglo-Scots became dominant,"decided"to call"Inglis""Scots" and Scottish(Gaelic)"Erse"(to say it´s foreign).A power/language Coup d´etat. Scots have(always had)a"laissez fair" attitude to language:-)