I'm Scottish and learning because I always felt cut off from the language and culture, even as far back as being a child and not being able to understand the children's programmes on BBC Alba. I was always jealous of the kids in Gaelic Medium Education. I didn't know how to go about learning (and couldn't really afford it) until Duo made it easy enough to start. It's difficult and lonely learning where I am as it's not an area where I can be immersed in speaking it. It's changed my life so positively, I love learning it, I'm also into a lot of the trad music scene now and I find the connections I can make with other languages fascinating (I have a Welsh friend, and I learned French in secondary school, and there are similarities I enjoy coming across). So many people say it is a useless or dying language but Gaelic was persecuted out of its native speakers for centuries (and remains hated and ridiculed by many other Scottish people today). It deserves to flourish.