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Hi John. Its good to hear from you.

You said
  =8>I understand that Scots Gailic is much the same as Irish and
  =8>that Welsh is much the same as Bretton... Is this fact?

Yes, this is true to some extent. Welsh, Cornish, and Bretton make up
the Brythonic straion of British Celtic, whereas Irish, Scots Gaelic and
Manx make up the Goidelic strain of British Celtic.

You also said
JB=8>I began an interest in Irish Gaelic when I became interested in Celtic
  =8>art about a year ago.. I have Mr Jim Fitzpatrick to thank for
  =8>that... After I began reading some of the old tales, I
  =8>wanted to be able to understand some of the poetry as
  =8>well... After the encouragement of my family and a little
  =8>look into the family tree I was hooked.. But I have had no
  =8>one with any similar interest so it has been slow going...

What old tales were you reading? I became interested in Welsh after
reading some of the tales in the Mabinogion as well as after digging
into my ancestry. Our family on my fathers side hails originally from
the old princedom of Gwent in South Wales, what is now the counties of
Monmouthshire, Glamorganshire and Brecknockshire. On my mothers side I
have the blood of the Ross clan of northeast Scotland running through my
veins.
From where in Ireland and in Scotland do your ancestors hail?
I believe that the Bretton language sounds rather strange because of the
overlay of French over the essentially celtic language. Apparentally
Brittany is an exceptionally beautiful part of France.

 You say that your normal profession is as a seaman. What ecxactly do
 you do as a seaman. What sort of boat or ship do you work on  and
 where? Also what is your not so normal profession?

Why don't we practice saying simple things to each other in Celtic? I'll
start the ball rolling by speaking in Welsh:

Sut rydych chi? Ydych chi'n edrych yn dda iawn?

ie How are you? Are you feelin really good?

Bore da.........Diolch

ie Good morning.......Thanks

If you would prefer to correspond by snailmail my address is
    125 SHORE  ROAD,
    REMUERA,
    AUCKLAND 5,
    NEW ZEALAND

What is your slowmail address?


Bye  or  Hwyl nawr ( cheerio),

Andrew
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