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Nombre: Leticia Badía Torrente

Edad: 21 años

Carrera: Filología Inglesa, 4º año

E-mail: lele@alumni.uv.es

Exercise 2

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HIGHLANDS

• The word 'Gaelic' is pronounced /geilik/ by RP speakers but people from Barra pronounce it /galik/
• Outsiders are called 'people without the island' by the inhabitants of Barra.
• The highland game of shinty is similar to Irish hurling.
• Gaelic is spoken in the Highlands and the Islands.
• Highland English sounds like Irish because their source is the same.
• The battle of Culloden was in 1765.
• After the Culloden the highlanders were not permitted to wear their native dress.
• What was the name of the removal of Gaelic speakers from their lands? The Highland Clearance.
• The Highlanders moved to Australia, New Zealand, Nova Scotia.

INDIA

• There are at least 14 competing linguistic traditions in India.
• English is considered a neutral language in some things according to Professor Braj Kachru.
• English is needed by girls to marry.
• English represents education according to one of the girls.

AUSTRALIA

• The first first penal colonies were in a) Sidney b) Tasmania
• What are some of the animals with Aborigine names? Kangaroo, wallaby, bandicoot, budgerigar, wombat, koala, dingo.
• The greatest number of the first settlers came from London.
• What are the meanings of the following words?
  • Wowser - killjoy
  • Cobber - friend
  • Larrikin - youth
  • Corker - very good thing