My dad spent the first five years of his life on the Isle of Barra. Didnāt speak a word of English until he stepped on the mainland.
It always shocks me to see the amount of hostility I see these days to the language. Particularly, I have to say , in Glasgow. Itās somehow become fouled up with all the horrendous bigotry around football. If itās to survive, itās stupidity like that that needs to get the hoof.
I have lots of relatives who still speak the language and my daughter even studied it at uni as an elective because she wanted to understand a bit more of her family history. Itās a real shame that its on the brink.
