Norman Maclean's homecoming (subtitled)

Writer Norman Maclean tells Am Pàipear editor Archie Mackay the story of how he returned to live in Uist, referring to his poor health, and relating how he came to find a new home in Daliburgh despite initial misgivings. Part of the "Island Voices" series: https://guthan.wordpress.com/about/.

This video has been freshly subtitled in English here for the "Talking Points with Norman Maclean" series of Mediating Multilingualism discussions - specifically for Session 3 on "Language Contact: Bilingual Balance?" -    • Language Contact - Bilingual Balance? Talk...  .

Notably, from a linguistic point of view, the clip features frequent code mixing and/or switching. The subtitled translations from Gaelic into English are in plain script, while English sections (or single words) are in italics. (The occasional use of Gaelic place or personal names in an English sentence is not distinctively marked.)

Aside from these points of linguistic interest, we can count ourselves very lucky to have been able to record Norman for posterity, not only - as here - soon after he returned to Uist, but again and again after he settled. He was extremely generous with his time, and became a prolific contributor to Island Voices, particularly towards the end of his life, offering copious comic relief as well as serious insight into his life and times.