Tekel Towers » BBC ALBA

Tek · 19/8/2018 4:02 am

Are they not showing Championship matches this season?

All very quiet, thus far.

Tangerine_Army · 19/8/2018 3:52 pm

If I remember correctly they didn't show any till about November last season.

blackandtangerine · 19/8/2018 4:21 pm

Fuck bbc alba. Fuck gaelic. Fuck police vehicles in dundee with the gaelic name for police on their pandas. No need.

Tek · 19/8/2018 4:30 pm

blackandtangerine wrote:
Fuck bbc alba. Fuck gaelic. Fuck police vehicles in dundee with the gaelic name for police on their pandas. No need.

Fuaraigh amach.😉

PatReilly · 19/8/2018 4:37 pm

blackandtangerine wrote:
Fuck bbc alba. Fuck gaelic. Fuck police vehicles in dundee with the gaelic name for police on their pandas. No need.

What about train station signs? 👹

blackandtangerine · 19/8/2018 4:51 pm

PatReilly wrote:
blackandtangerine wrote:
Fuck bbc alba. Fuck gaelic. Fuck police vehicles in dundee with the gaelic name for police on their pandas. No need.

What about train station signs? 👹

They piss me off tae. I get it if they are in Tain or Ullapool or that. Nae need for Dundee or Burntisland tho.

blackandtangerine · 19/8/2018 4:53 pm

Tek wrote:
blackandtangerine wrote:
Fuck bbc alba. Fuck gaelic. Fuck police vehicles in dundee with the gaelic name for police on their pandas. No need.
Fuaraigh amach.😉

See, that disnae even have the same affect as the English equivalent.

Beharder · 19/8/2018 4:56 pm

blackandtangerine wrote:
Tek wrote:
blackandtangerine wrote:
Fuck bbc alba. Fuck gaelic. Fuck police vehicles in dundee with the gaelic name for police on their pandas. No need.
Fuaraigh amach.😉

See, that disnae even have the same affect as the English equivalent.

Not often i say this but 100% agree with you
B&T

PatReilly · 19/8/2018 5:58 pm

To be fair, there would be hardly any programmes produced in Scotland if it was not for those made by BBC Alba. Having said that, the BBC are to blame for restricting the amount of cash that is directed for overall Scottish content, and BBC Alba is always under threat and review.

The BBC is funded via Westminster by our money as a (supposed) state broadcaster. All the signage on the likes of police cars, train stations and public buildings is paid for by us, via the Scottish government.

As someone who is tri-lingual, I think both governments are very wasteful of our money.

Mind you, my three languages are Bad, Rubbish and fuckin' English.

Beharder · 19/8/2018 6:06 pm

The real reason for the promotion of Gaelic is it is another attempt by the SNP to try and create the illusion that Scotland is a completely different place to England.
It keeps the braveheart re-enactment society happy.

PatReilly · 19/8/2018 6:38 pm

Beharder wrote:
The real reason for the promotion of Gaelic is it is another attempt by the SNP to try and create the illusion that Scotland is a completely different place to England.
It keeps the braveheart re-enactment society happy.

Don't really think this is true: as an example, the Gaelic signage on trunk roads was implemented in the early part of this century, when Labour was in control, and bilingual signs were placed in the Highland Council area in the 'eighties. The Highland Council project was led by an Englishman, who was Director of Transport Services. The Council itself had 52 seats, of which 3 were held by the SNP.

The use of Gaelic on government buildings throughout Scotland was introduced by the Scottish Executive, run by Labour when they took power in 1999.

Gaelic names on train stations was introduced in the mid-'nineties, pre-Holyrood. The Tories were in charge at the time.

As an aside, I'm not an SNP voter.

Tek · 19/8/2018 7:00 pm

Beharder wrote:
The real reason for the promotion of Gaelic is it is another attempt by the SNP to try and create the illusion that Scotland is a completely different place to England.
It keeps the braveheart re-enactment society happy.

Or maybe it's just an attempt to keep our old language alive in some aspect.

Tangerine'n'Black · 19/8/2018 7:42 pm

Tek wrote:
Beharder wrote:
The real reason for the promotion of Gaelic is it is another attempt by the SNP to try and create the illusion that Scotland is a completely different place to England.
It keeps the braveheart re-enactment society happy.
Or maybe it's just an attempt to keep our old language alive in some aspect.

And an attempt to broadcast more than EBC propaganda to our Gaelic speaking countrymen ( and wummin before somebody picks on me) ?

Beharder · 19/8/2018 9:00 pm

Tek wrote:
Beharder wrote:
The real reason for the promotion of Gaelic is it is another attempt by the SNP to try and create the illusion that Scotland is a completely different place to England.
It keeps the braveheart re-enactment society happy.
Or maybe it's just an attempt to keep our old language alive in some aspect.

Its not our old language it has never been spoken in central and lowland Scotland.
Like the vast majority of Scots i dont understand a word of it.

learn Spanish Mandarin Russian things that may be of some use to you.

Whatever this Gaelic project is costing the country it is a complete waste of money

Tek · 19/8/2018 9:28 pm

Beharder wrote:
Tek wrote:
Beharder wrote:
The real reason for the promotion of Gaelic is it is another attempt by the SNP to try and create the illusion that Scotland is a completely different place to England.
It keeps the braveheart re-enactment society happy.
Or maybe it's just an attempt to keep our old language alive in some aspect.

Its not our old language it has never been spoken in central and lowland Scotland.
Like the vast majority of Scots i dont understand a word of it.

learn Spanish Mandarin Russian things that may be of some use to you.

Whatever this Gaelic project is costing the country it is a complete waste of money

That's simply not true. Scots Gaelic was spoken centrally and as far down as Dumfries and Galloway.

P.s. it's only some words on signs. Hardly worth bothering about.

19/8/2018 9:36 pm

Tek wrote:
Scots Gaelic was spoken centrally and as far down as Dumfries and Galloway.

Never ceases to surprise me how many don't know this.

Beharder · 19/8/2018 10:14 pm

The spread of Gaelic is debated by most historians. However it is as good as defunct. Its a lot more than a few roadsigns. Millions have been spent on what the nats called" a concerted effort to revive the language. As i said before its an attempt to create division with the RUK The SNPs raison detre

TheShed · 19/8/2018 10:46 pm

Can’t wait for an independent Scotland to make Gaelic compulsory in schools instead of English. Then in a few years we’ll be able to take the English of the signs and save all that money again. We can then spend the saved money on bringing tartan back properly and having kids wearing kilts to school like they should always have been.

Bring on the SNP’s division. (As caused by the Tories and labour as Pat has already explained)
Bloody Facts!!

Tek · 19/8/2018 10:51 pm

wylie1 wrote:
Tek wrote:
P.s. it's only some words on signs. Hardly worth bothering about.

It's a lot more than just signs. It's an entire television channel funded by BBC licence fees which are being blatantly misused.

I like ALBA.

Has shown live matches and made good football documentaries (the Utd '87 apart).

The biggest part of their budget (which will be modest) will be spent on their football output.

Tek · 19/8/2018 10:53 pm

wylie1 wrote:
"Scots Gaelic was spoken centrally and as far down as Dumfries and Galloway."

The relevant words are "was spoken" ....past tense! Not today in the 21st century.

It's not 'past tense' though.

There are still people speaking it.

Strange how some of my fellow Scots feel threatened that our indigineous language is promoted and given a platform.🤔

Rick Dagless · 19/8/2018 11:00 pm

I've been told by a colleague in work whos first language is gaelic that a lot of the signage is incorrect.

Been a bit controversial up in Aberdeenshire as well since Doric was the historical language there, not Gaelic.

annanarab · 19/8/2018 11:25 pm

Tek wrote:
wylie1 wrote:
Tek wrote:
P.s. it's only some words on signs. Hardly worth bothering about.

It's a lot more than just signs. It's an entire television channel funded by BBC licence fees which are being blatantly misused.

I like ALBA.

Has shown live matches and made good football documentaries (the Utd '87 apart).

The biggest part of their budget (which will be modest) will be spent on their football output.

Thinks they also spend a good chunk on musical (and other cultural/heritage) activities, of which there is a substantial following in Scotland and around the globe.

Billy_Hainey · 20/8/2018 7:35 am

Dinna watch Alba an awfy lot but, it's showed some no bad Scottish music stuff eg. Celtic Connections over the years including ane that did some good renditions oe Dundee street songs, and ane whar they took the p1ss oot oe Trump pus.

There's also thon blonde bit stuff that always appears at live gehms, that wears kinky leather baets. She was in that United 87. A candidate for WYOWYN

blackandtangerine · 20/8/2018 10:54 am

I'd say Scots is more relevant than gaelic.

20/8/2018 10:54 am

Billy_Hainey wrote:
Dinna watch Alba an awfy lot but, it's showed some no bad Scottish music stuff eg. Celtic Connections over the years including ane that did some good renditions oe Dundee street songs, and ane whar they took the p1ss oot oe Trump pus.

There's also thon blonde bit stuff that always appears at live gehms, that wears kinky leather baets. She was in that United 87. A candidate for WYOWYN

IW but SW'nt