Joe Gaelic

I'm not fluent in Gaelic but I have been doing a lot of reading and listening to the language. Every now and again G talks about Joe Gaelic. I initially thought this was a character in a story he's heard at nursery and when I'd asked more G had said that Joe Gaelic was at nursery. I'd asked what this person does at nursery and G looked very confused.

It turns out it's not Joe Gaelic it's deagh Gàidhlig. The deagh is pronounced as Joe. ( Well, it's very close to Joe but not exact.) deagh Gàidhlig means good gaelic and that's what G has in his head.

I'd never seen the word good like that before. I've seen it in good morning as mhath being pronounced va. I've also seen it as math.

I was speaking to the nursery teacher about this today. Gaelic only has 18 letters so the pronunciations aren't how they appear written down. I've actually made a chart with the different combinations and how they're pronounced.

Maybe an entry that doesn't make much sense but I'd been wondering who Joe was for a while. I'm quite disappointed there is no Joe Gaelic ;) but pleased G has deagh Gàidhlig in his head!