Ciamar a tha sibh! Tha beag Gaelic agad.
Any one willing to teach me the important words???
I need to begin expressing certain phrases in another language…
PM me of course. 
Tapaidh Leat!
There’s lots of books and tapes on Scots Gaelic. In fact, anything you see that calls itself “Gaelic” is probably Scottish, as Irish Gaelic is normally referred to simply as “Irish”.
How intense are you on learning Gaelic? There are summer schools in Nova Scotia that teach this.
djm
Tha mi gu math, tapadh leibh. Ciamar a tha sibh, fein?
Tha Gàidhlig glè bheag agamsa.
There are a few resources here:
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/ionnsachadh/
Here’s an online dictionary from Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (the Gaelic
college in Scotland). If you’re putting in an English word to get
translated into Gaelic, make sure the drop-down box says “Beurla”
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/sbg/lorg.php
'S math sin! Tha mi gu doigheil, chan eil cail as ur. (besides the fact I can t find accented vowels on my computer) I will hit those sites!
There’s a couple of ways to get the extra characters with accents. One way is to select a keyboard mapping other than American English, but this will require you to memorize a whole bunch of complicated key combinations. I found it easier to just create a written list of ALT sequences and stick it on the side of my monitor. Here’s how:
If you are using Windows, there’s a utility that you can link a shortcut to your desktop called Character Map (C:\WINDOWS\system32\charmap.exe). Select a comprehensive font like Times New Roman. This has just about any character you will ever need. Place your cursor over any character and you will get the numeric code that goes with it in a little pop-up box. Hold down the Alt key and type in the numeric code.
For Gaelic letters, these are:
Á = Alt + 0193
É = Alt + 0201
Í = Alt + 0205
Ó = Alt + 0211
Ú = Alt + 0218
á = Alt + 0225
é = Alt + 0233
í = Alt + 0237
ó = Alt +0243
ú = Alt +0250
Hope that helps,
djm
You know, I’ve always wondered how much Celtic languages have affected English; I know of things absorbed from the Irish/Scots Gaelic like “galore”, “bloke”, “slogan”, “slew”, etc., but I figure there might be a lot more than one might think. For instance, the above sounds a lot like “smashing”. Coincidence?
Very helpful, Deej, but you’ve only provided the diacritics for Irish. Scots Gaelic has both acute and grave accents. I suppose that’s to get back at the Irish for that scary eclipsis thing they do in writing.
“is mashín” means wonderful. It is the source of the English term, “smashing,” and for the epithet “Smasher.”
djm
Hi CHasR,
Found just what you are looking for! Look at your PM’s.
Cass.
You’re right, but I’ve also given the method, so that anyone can do something similar to meet whatever their needs demand.
We are all looking at CHasR’s PM. Not sure how that is supposed to help, Cass.
djm
Yes, most cryptic indeed.
I used to be on a mailing list called Gaidhlig4U, for beginners, and
since you couldn’t be assured that diacriticals would be universally
displayed, the standard was to put a backslash after the vowel to
denote that it should have the grave accent, slash for the acute accent.
So, dòigheil would be written as do\igheil.
Not surprisingly, banshee is from the Irish “bean sídhe”, or fairy woman.
Tha e d`ireach ceart, Cass!!! Tapaidh leat!
Nanohedron, also Moccasin; "mo Casan’ (my feet)
them accents are a pain in the mas to do , djm…not a task for ‘an drasda’…maybe tomorrow
Okay, not to nitpick, but I think THAT’S a coincidence based on an apocryphal story.
“moccasin etymology
[Of Virginia Algonquian origin; akin to Powhatan mäkäsn, shoe, and Ojibwa makisin.]” (from yourdictionary dot com)
“1612, from an Algonquian language of Virginia, probably Powhatan makasin “shoe” (cognate with Ojibwa makizin, Narragansett mokussin, Micmac m’kusun). The venomous snake of southern U.S. is perhaps a different word.” (from etymonline dot com)
Here’s another site that may or may not be useful.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/
One unfortunate problem for learning it though is finding others to parlay in Gàidhlig with. Not a lot of that going on in Suffolk, England I can tell ya that.
O mo craigh se as thainig.
Hallo a chairdean!
Ciamar a thandbag?
Chan eil mi fileanta anns a’ Ghàidhlig, ach 's toil leam Gàidhlig ionnsachadh gu leòr.
ChasR–what sort of words are important for you to learn?
Cofaidh–I understand your frustration about the lack of Gaelic speakers in Suffolk, but you’re in a comparatively better position for learning than I am (I live in Portland, Oregon). You could hop in your car and be at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on Skye within a day. I, on the other hand, would have to hop on a bus downtown, take a train to Seattle, take a 10-11 hour flight to Glasgow (most likely with a layover in someplace like Newark. Yecchh…), a bus down to Steisean Sràid na Banrighinn (Queen St. Station), a three-hour train ride to Arisaig, a two-hour ferry ride to Skye, and then hitch a bit up to SMO.
There are several very active Gaelic groups in London, which would be a bit closer to you than driving to Scotland. Try checking Sabhal Mòr Ostaig’s webpage for information on Gaelic classes in London and elsewhere in England.
Cumaibh oiribh!
Hi Sporting Pitchfork,
Well, it wouldn’t be the SMO, but to the best of my knowledge there are regular Gaelic classes in Seattle, just a bus + train ride away for you. So you’re not as badly off as you might think.
Oh yeah, forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me. Would those be the Slighe Nan Gaidheal classes? I’d completely forgotten about them. I should shoot them an e-mail.
There’s one other Gaelic speaker that I know here in Portland, though I’ve been told there are a few others lurking around. There used to be a class here, but as far as I know, it hasn’t been active for a good few years…
Tha gu math, Tapaidh leat; tha mi a gle trang ag argumaid le mo Bhean,
tha i a gradh " Chan eil thu a guidheachan ( le Beurla)".
Tha mi a 'gairraidh a guidheachan aig Gaidhlig. Mar Seo! 
De do chor, Sporting Pitchfork?
Did I completely murder that? its a pretty complex sentence…sorry if so. 
Been a while since Ive tackled Gealic, used to have a little more, but if ya dont use it…
Is that a cross-lingual pun? Is there a word for that?