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I'm not sure Gaelic was ever spoken that far south in Scotland. Just a nagging doubt.

Caption is befuddling[edit]

So what's the green represent? And is the orange supposed to be included with the red in the area that Gaelic was spoken??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.247.0.139 (talk) 06:25, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WTF[edit]

This image is totally wrong. Gaelic has never ever been spoken in the Scottish Lowlands. The SE has always been English/Scots speaking. The SW was originally Brythonic and gradually switched over to English. --130.243.171.106 (talk) 21:17, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. Only very small parts of the Lowlands spoke Gaelic. In the East Lowlands they certainly didn't. The editor who created this map seems to have just wanted to include all of Scotland probably on the belief that Gaelic is the same as Scottish. There are a few Gaelic placenames in the same way that there are French placenames in England. No historical linguist would agree that Gaelic was greatly spoken in much of the Lowlands traditionally. This map should be changed as it is full of POV and innacuracies. Sigurd Dragon Slayer (talk) 03:21, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]