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I'm wondering why there's a link to http://www.fotw.net/flags/gb-heb.html, where it is stated that Benbecula has no flag? mat_x 14:15, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
"Tricolour flags were virtually unknown in the British Isles." Before when? This one dates from 1848. Joestynes
I concur. The whole Flag section seems mostly nonsense to me. There doesn't appear to be anyone around to defend it though. mat_x 18:43, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Text moved from main article. No conclusive evidence at the External Link about flag. Google throws little up either.
Benbecula is a tricolour flag.
Tricolour flags were virtually unknown in the British Isles and it has been widely suggested, especially with Benbecula's small population which hardly warrants a flag, that this is a modern design. [1]
See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Craigstrome. Johnleemk | Talk 08:18, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Is there any reliable source for most of the population being Roman Catholic? My experience is that the population is fairly evenly split. Velkyal 13:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
The gaelic name is Beinn na Faoghla which means the hill of the fords. It is call this because it is a relatively flat island with one prominent hill and the island lies between North and South Uist and is joined to both islands by tidal fords. I will check back in a week with the intention correcting this error if no-one has challenged the information passed on to me by older and wiser heads. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Macljotr ( talk • contribs) 22:19, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
"Older and wiser heads" they may be, but if you cannot supply a verifiable source per WP:CITE the information is likely to be removed. Ben MacDui (Talk) 07:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
I put something into the article about B/BH/F but I was far too tired to write coherently, so it was quite rightly expunged.
What I was trying to get at was that the English name is in fact simply an old Latinisation of the Gaelic name.
The article already alludes to the fact that the accent on the island generally doesn't distinguish between BH and F, devoicing BH so that to other Gaelic-speaking ears it sounds the same as F. The Latin name is used by some as evidence to suggest that the modern Gaelic F is likely a corruption of an older BH in the name. In fact, the fact that there is a B in Benbecula at all suggests two possible explanations:
The latter seems unlikely, as it would suggest that the Gaelic name has been corrupted extremely heavily over the years, when Scottish Gaelic is generally considered fairly conservative. Prof Wrong ( talk) 11:23, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
There is no mention of Benbecula previously being part of Inverness-shire, the same might also apply to other islands in the Western Isles. -- jmb 16:03, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
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I checked the population. It is 1330 not 1303. If you have a reason to not use the census figure, please be explicit and also state it. I note that the "usually resident" population is referred to, but is this useful? It's much better just to stick with what the census says, first, and make some comment otherwise... ? https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/strategy-performance-and-research/outer-hebrides-factfile/population/island-populations/ also — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.196.13 ( talk) 18:43, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
@ SovalValtos: You have added this to a sentence in the Tenancy section. The sentence structure may be a little clumsy but I don't know what you think needs clarifying.
You also seem to think that the existence of a mermaid is 'dubious'. I don't think anyone would disagree, which is why it is described as a 'myth'. I am at a loss to know how this could be made more clear, but if you have a suggestion about this or the Tenancy section I'd be happy to help in re-framing it. Ben Mac Dui 12:16, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
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I'm wondering why there's a link to http://www.fotw.net/flags/gb-heb.html, where it is stated that Benbecula has no flag? mat_x 14:15, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
"Tricolour flags were virtually unknown in the British Isles." Before when? This one dates from 1848. Joestynes
I concur. The whole Flag section seems mostly nonsense to me. There doesn't appear to be anyone around to defend it though. mat_x 18:43, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Text moved from main article. No conclusive evidence at the External Link about flag. Google throws little up either.
Benbecula is a tricolour flag.
Tricolour flags were virtually unknown in the British Isles and it has been widely suggested, especially with Benbecula's small population which hardly warrants a flag, that this is a modern design. [1]
See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Craigstrome. Johnleemk | Talk 08:18, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Is there any reliable source for most of the population being Roman Catholic? My experience is that the population is fairly evenly split. Velkyal 13:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
The gaelic name is Beinn na Faoghla which means the hill of the fords. It is call this because it is a relatively flat island with one prominent hill and the island lies between North and South Uist and is joined to both islands by tidal fords. I will check back in a week with the intention correcting this error if no-one has challenged the information passed on to me by older and wiser heads. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Macljotr ( talk • contribs) 22:19, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
"Older and wiser heads" they may be, but if you cannot supply a verifiable source per WP:CITE the information is likely to be removed. Ben MacDui (Talk) 07:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
I put something into the article about B/BH/F but I was far too tired to write coherently, so it was quite rightly expunged.
What I was trying to get at was that the English name is in fact simply an old Latinisation of the Gaelic name.
The article already alludes to the fact that the accent on the island generally doesn't distinguish between BH and F, devoicing BH so that to other Gaelic-speaking ears it sounds the same as F. The Latin name is used by some as evidence to suggest that the modern Gaelic F is likely a corruption of an older BH in the name. In fact, the fact that there is a B in Benbecula at all suggests two possible explanations:
The latter seems unlikely, as it would suggest that the Gaelic name has been corrupted extremely heavily over the years, when Scottish Gaelic is generally considered fairly conservative. Prof Wrong ( talk) 11:23, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
There is no mention of Benbecula previously being part of Inverness-shire, the same might also apply to other islands in the Western Isles. -- jmb 16:03, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
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I checked the population. It is 1330 not 1303. If you have a reason to not use the census figure, please be explicit and also state it. I note that the "usually resident" population is referred to, but is this useful? It's much better just to stick with what the census says, first, and make some comment otherwise... ? https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/strategy-performance-and-research/outer-hebrides-factfile/population/island-populations/ also — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.196.13 ( talk) 18:43, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
@ SovalValtos: You have added this to a sentence in the Tenancy section. The sentence structure may be a little clumsy but I don't know what you think needs clarifying.
You also seem to think that the existence of a mermaid is 'dubious'. I don't think anyone would disagree, which is why it is described as a 'myth'. I am at a loss to know how this could be made more clear, but if you have a suggestion about this or the Tenancy section I'd be happy to help in re-framing it. Ben Mac Dui 12:16, 29 May 2020 (UTC)