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Originally posted by veggiechicken
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It's however it's spelt properly! You're asking a dyslexic
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So, this translation is to scottish gaelic apparetly for common sandpiper - a ’chlach-ghainmhich
No idea how to pronounce it though!!Comment
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I’d ask a native Mull Gaelic speaker, the oldest outdoorsy type you can find. There are a few different names listed on natural history museum site. The second one has the word fast then bread.!
bodhag
luatharan
sgrailleagElsieComment
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I hope its bodhag ,,,i really like that...sorry thats just me ..hee hee.Comment
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I put that into the link VC put up. Gaelic to English obviously and it came back with the sandstoneOriginally posted by SarrissUK View Post
Pleased someone else has found it as bodhag. Now things are looking a little more promising on the planning front, we'll hunt down a native Mull Gaelic speaker. We didn't want to waste people's time if it wasn't going to happen ( still hoping for a yes ).Originally posted by elsie-scot View Post
Me tooOriginally posted by Ms-T View Post because it could easily be misheard as bog hag which describes me perfectly 
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^^^you into mud wrestling/bog diving then???
When we decided to give our house a name we thought long and hard and came up with a really pretty name which involved our surname and reflected the age of the house (400yrs).
We mentioned it to our neighbour before making it official and they burst out laughing .
It's exactly the local dialect for a whore house!!!
Needless to say we chose something else !
So yes!...absolutely do ask a local
Still got my fingers and toes crossed for you!
"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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I like "bodhag" because its short and I can attempt to say it and write it. It needs to be something I can write on an envelope when I send you stuff (Says VC who has a Welsh address that even the locals can't say or spell).Comment
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Out of interest I looked for the Welsh name - Pibydd is Sandpiper and Pibydd y Dorlan is the Common Sandpiper.
https://danrouse.org.uk/2018/11/12/w...sh-bird-names/Comment
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We might end up sticking with the English spelling! We'd still like to know the proper spelling and pronunciation of it in Gaelic. The last thing we want is to have to spell it out every time we give someone our address! Especially if it's something I can't spell or pronounce myself.
It takes me ages to write your address VC
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As you can imagine, I have to spell my address every time! It takes ages - be warned.
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That quite sedate for the Welsh languageOriginally posted by veggiechicken View Post. I like, it wouldn't take me long to learn to spell that either 
When my friend was here last we were discussing it because she's a Welsh speaker. She thought there were a lot of similarities between the two languages.Comment
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An ex-neighbour (a Scot) who spoke some Gaelic was learning Welsh and said the same. Apparently, Welsh speakers can converse with Bretons too.
The naming of houses is as difficult as the naming of dogs and chickens.
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Sandpiper...translated to Irish/Gaelic is Gobadan.
And when your back stops aching,
And your hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.
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I like that bramble. Do you think anyone would notice if we used Irish GaelicOriginally posted by bramble View Post.
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