From: cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn)
Subject: Re: GAELIC-L, What is it?
Organization: Digital Equipment Co. Ltd., Reading, England
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 08:30:09 GMT


In article <1992Sep25.184559.15176@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, c162-dz@po.berkeley.edu (wade shen) writes...
>I've been seeing quite a few references to this GAELIC-L
>organization recently.  Can anyone tell me what this is?
> 
Here is some information about the Gaelic-l bulletin board and how to 
subscribe to it.

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Gaelic-l is a multi-disciplinary discussion list set up to facilitate the 
exchange of news, views and information in Scottish Gaelic, Irish and Manx. 
Read on for instructions in Scottish Gaelic (SG) Irish (IG) and Manx (MG).
SKIP TO "ENGLISH NOTES" TO CONTINUE READING INSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH.
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IG:  Ta/ se/ fosgailte do achan duine teachtaireacht a chur isteach chuig
IG:  chuig an liosta seo, ach an teachtaireacht sin a bheith i nGaeilge
IG:  na hE/ireann, i nGa\idhlig na hAlban, no/ i nGaeilg Mhanainn.
IG:
IG:  Cuir do theachtaireachtai/ chuig
IG:
IG:                GAELIC-L@IRLEARN                o/ EARN no/ BITNET
IG:           no/  GAELIC-L@EARN.IRLEARN           o/ JANET
IG:           no/  GAELIC-L@IRLEARN.UCD.IE         o/ ghre/asa/n eile
IG:
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SG:  a liost, fad's a bhios e sgriobhte an Gaeilge na h-E/ireann no
SG:  Ga\idhlig na h-Alban no\ an Ga\idhlig Mhanainn.
SG:
SG:  Cuir do bhrathan gu
SG:
SG:               GAELIC-L@IRLEARN                bho EARN no BITNET
SG:           no  GAELIC-L@EARN.IRLEARN           bho JANET
SG:           no  GAELIC-L@IRLEARN.UCD.IE         bho li\on eile
SG:
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MG:  Ta failt rosh pyagh erbee cur chaghteraght dys yn list, houd as
MG:  t'eh scrieu eh ayns Gailck ny ayns Yernish ny ayns Nolbynish.
MG:
MG:  Cur y chaghteraghtyn dys
MG:
MG:          GAELIC-L@IRLEARN                wosh EARN ny BITNET
MG:      ny  GAELIC-L@EARN.IRLEARN           wosh JANET
MG:      ny  GAELIC-L@IRLEARN.UCD.IE         wosh boayll elley
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ENGLISH NOTES continued:

Gaelic-l is a listserver list, all mail goes to all subscribers and it is
set up so that replies are broadcast too.  There are a lot of learners on
the list, so people who post in Gaelic often provide a translation or
vocabulary; also, some items are posted specifically to provide reading
material for learners.

There's over 250 people on the list at the moment all over the world.
The Gaelic college on Skye, Sabhal Mo/r Ostaig recently joined the list.

Because many machines cannot handle 8-bit ASCII, in order to represent
the accented vowels in Gaelic, the convention adopted on Gaelic-l is:

a\ = a with a grave accent
a/ = a with an acute accent (fada)
etc

eg. Am Ma\irt would be the Gaelic-l representation for March (Scots Gaelic)

To subscribe to the list, send a mail message to listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie
containing the single line

SUB GAELIC-L <your name>

eg SUB GAELIC-L Craig Cockburn

To send a message to everyone on the list, send it to gaelic-l@irlearn.ucd.ie

To reply to a message on the list, broadcasting to everyone, use the normal
reply facility of your mailer; to reply to sender only, use the restricted
reply facility of your mailer (not all mailers have the restricted reply
facility)

To quit the list,

send a one-line message to listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie

SIGNOFF GAELIC-L

A log is maintained of all messages that have been sent to the list, one
log file for each calendar month. GAELIC-L also offers an online library
service, containing useful programs and data files, such as a help sheet
for beginners, a London Scots Gaelic information sheet, Gaelic programs and
so on. There are listserv commands (sent as mail messages) to get a list of
the files available, and to get individual files (these are also sent back
to you as mail messages) so you can get hold of all the logfiles going back
to when the list started in May 89 if you so wish.

Send a one line message HELP to listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie if you want to find
out about these facilities.

General queries concerning GAELIC-L may be sent to any one of its owners:
    Marion Gunn                MGUNN@IRLEARN.UCD.IE
    Caoimhi/n P. O/ Donnai/le  caoimhin@smo.ac.uk
    Craig Cockburn             cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com
Queries concerning GAELIC-L's electronic library should be directed to:
    Marion Gunn                MGUNN@IRLEARN.UCD.IE
Queries concerning subscription difficulties should be directed to:
    Craig Cockburn             cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com

We'll look forward to seeing you on the list!

kind regards -  le durachdan bla\th

                Craig, Caoimhi/n and Marion
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  Craig Cockburn, Digital Equipment Co. Ltd, Reading, England.     Suas
  Internet: cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com                           leis
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