Airson ‘aiteal’ leugh ‘aitnach’
Airson ‘bodhaig’ leugh ‘bouk’
Airson ‘breisleach’ leugh ‘brashloch’
Airson ‘cac’ leugh ‘cack’

Airson ‘amadan’ leugh ‘amitan’
Airson ‘caora’ leugh ‘cairie’
Airson ‘caochan’ leugh ‘keechan’
Airson ‘gille’ leugh ‘keelie’

Airson ‘bacan’ leugh ‘baikie’
Airson ‘ceapaire’ leugh ‘caper’
Airson ‘bod’ leugh ‘bode’
Airson ‘clochar’ leugh ‘clocher’

Airson ‘buarach’ leugh ‘bourach’
Airson ‘breac’ leugh ‘brockit’
Airson ‘broth’ leugh ‘broch’
Airson ‘clacharan’ leugh ‘clocharet’

Airson ‘bìdeag’ leugh ‘bittock’
Airson ‘cearban’ leugh ‘cairban’
Airson ‘cromag’ leugh ‘crummock’
Airson ‘collaid’ leugh ‘colliebuction’

Airson ‘clàrsach’ leugh ‘clarsach’
Airson ‘canach’ leugh ‘cannach’
Airson ‘closach leugh ‘clossach’
Airson ‘cladach’ leugh ‘claddach’

A Gaelic poem by Rody Gorman, inspired by Matthew Fitt’s Scottish National Diction.