Road Signs

[Swanseajock]

Living in Welsh Wales, I am fully aware of the language thing. I am happy for Welsh and Gaelic to carry on, but equally, it will not destroy me if they wither and die. My point here is that I have come "home" and to my chagrin I see that the road signs (not all of them) have the Gaelic on them. And they don't just have them on them, they have the good old Gaelic first. WHY? Even the folks that forced Welsh on the population accepted that you read the top line first, so why is the Gaelic on the top line? Proportionally, less folks speak the language than doon here in Wales, so why are the council wasting money in mainland Argyll with dual-language road signs?
I will accept some criticism, but i will not accept the arguement, as often put forward doon here, that I am less Scottish, just because I do not agree with the Gaelic thing. I do not speak the language, I do not know anyone who does, so I say - why are the signs in dual language (helmet on, taking cover )

[WC1]

Don't altogether disagree. Gaelic was basically extirpated in Kintyre, apart from a few isolated pockets, with the implantation of lowlanders over 300 years ago. But there's a financial aspect. The government has made funding available for the promotion of Gaelic. It supports, among other things, Sabhal Mor Ostaig (the Gaelic college) BBC Alba, and bilingual shop and road signs. Hence the Co-op has Gaelic signage in its stores and councils are putting up these new road signs. Let's face it, if you were a cash-strapped council and you could get a grant for new road signs in Gaelic and English or just put up English ones and pay for them yourself, what would you do?

[doogs8]

Completely agree Swanseajock, well said.