Talk:Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)

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Pronunciation, please? Many thanks. 81.155.67.217 21:00, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Best I can do, as a Gaelic speaker with no background in linguistics: Na/hye-lan(1)-an/an/ear(2) (1: as in "land" with no d) (2:as in ear lobes).  If anyone can translate that into IPA, SAMPA or whatever it might be useful. Maccoinnich 23:40, May 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Well, that might suggest - in IPA - næhailænæn æn i&#601;r BUT the only way to get an accurate description is from someone who knows both Gaelic sounds and IPA (since Gaelic sounds are unlikely to correspond precisely to English ones). -217.44.206.239 19:34, 4 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Nah hellen'un un ear is quite close. --MacRusgail 21:49, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Map
Is that map really a good idea? Although it shows perfectly well the area covered by the constituency, it's actually a map of local council areas, and is therefore misleading for the rest of Scotland. Perhaps a cartographer could make some maps showing the boundaries of the different constituencies. Maccoinnich 23:07, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

I have just modified the map's caption, taking account of above. Laurel Bush 10:13, 25 May 2005 (UTC).

Pre 1918
Wondering how the area was represented pre 1918. Where does the constituency come from? What is it made of in terms of parts of earlier constituencies? Laurel Bush 11:15, 31 December 2005 (UTC).

The area covered by the present Western Isles formed part of Invernessshire and Ross-shire, later Ross and Cromarty--George Burgess 12:12, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Reverse order?
I note that this article is pretty close to unique in listing the election results with oldest at the top and most recent last - all other UK constituencies have them in the opposite order with most recent results at the top. Should the order be reversed for this article so that it is like all the others, or is it simply a case of Hebridean cussedness :) ? Grutness...wha?  01:08, 28 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Heh, everything is always different in the outer Isles....I think the reverse order comes from different editors deciding over the years that it would be best to go through history old-->new rather than the reverse. I prefer newest-->oldest, personally, but as ever with Wiki, it's all about consensus. As nobody seems to have brough the reversal problem to a wider audience, it may be best just to leave things as they are....? doktorb wordsdeeds 07:09, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

All of the constituency articles will be revised in about a week anyway (can't think why...), so maybe someone will notice this then and do something about it. I'll leave it to the regular BritPolSci editors to deal with one way or the other anyway. Grutness...wha?  08:44, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

The name
Two problems with the name:

1) It looks as though the third letter from the end is an "i" (capital eye), but in a san-serif font it is indistinguishable from an "L" (lowercase ell), and to anyone without a fair knowledge of Gaelic, it's not possible to guess whether the word is a capitalisable word or not. I think this should be explained.

2) There are two pronunciations given, one of which is "Gaelic" -- so what on earth is the other? Is there really an established "English" pronunciation (other than "Western Isles"??)

Imaginatorium (talk) 18:37, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Error in 1955 result
The percentages given for the candidates' vote shares in 1955 only come to 91.5%. Is this an error or did another candidate (or candidates) stand who would account for the other 8.5% of the vote, but have been missed from the result? Dunarc (talk) 20:58, 13 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @Dunarc. I can only find this - https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748267/cube/POL_PARTY - which has the same result. I can't think of any other source to find the missing candidate. doktorb wordsdeeds 06:58, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks @Doktorbuk I'll try to get access to a Times House of Commons for 1955 which should hopefully clarify. Dunarc (talk) 20:42, 14 August 2023 (UTC)