Copyright 2014 by Michael Newton.

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Cover design: Cathy MacLean Design, Chéticamp, NS.

Layout: Laura Bast, Sydney, NS.

Illustrations: Arden Powell.

eBook development: WildElement.ca

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Newton, Michael Steven, 1965-, author

The naughty little book of Gaelic : all the Scottish Gaelic you need to curse, swear, drink, smoke and fool around / by Michael Newton ; illustrated by Arden Powell.

Includes bibliographical references.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

Includes text in English and Scottish Gaelic.

ISBN 978-1-927492-73-4 (pbk.).--ISBN 978-1-927492-74-1 (pdf).--ISBN 978-1-927492-75-8 (epub).--ISBN 978-1-927492-76-5 (mobi)

1. Scottish Gaelic language--Vocabulary. 2. Scottish Gaelic language--Obscene words. 3. Scottish Gaelic language--Slang. 4. Scotland--Social life and customs--Humor. I. Title.

PB1599.N49 2014 491.6’38242 C2014-900526-1

C2014-900527-X

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