Gaelic, the native language of Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man evolved from an old Irish language in use about 1000 years ago. Due to isolation of the three countries at that time, the Gaelic language evolved in different ways but still recognizable as one language. The Scottish and Irish Gaelic is still widely spoken though the Manx almost died out in the late 19C, due to a large extent to Methodism which had great influence in the Island in those , not so enlightened days. It is now making a strong comeback....taught in some schools with kids growing up bi-lingual . Just wish I had that chance when I was younger....though I still speak a bit of Manx with quite a good knowledge of French as well...the perfect language, in my opinion . Anyway, if anyone is interested here are a few words in Manx.
Kys t'ou. Kanys ta shiu ? [ Hello. How are you ]
Ta mee dy mie [ I am well ]
Slane [ pronounced SLARN' ch ] [ Goodbye ]
1 to 10 ...... un, daa, tree, kiare, queig, shey , shiaght, hogh, nuy, jeih
T'eh moddey aym.....[ prounounced Teh MORE'the emm ] [ There is a dog at me ]
You can't say......'I have a dog.'.....no verb ...'to have' ...in Manx. Also no words for 'yes ' and 'no'. Ha, ha ! Have fun, it gets harder.!
Another picture for my many viewers. Peel and the Castle from the Headlands. The pathway led down to the old , open air swimming pool at Traie Fogogue. These pools [ there were several around the Island ] were just large walled off areas in the rocks which retained the water when the tide went out. Cheap and cheerful !
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Hi John. I'm having trouble getting my messages to go again. I'll see if this one flies. So good to get your message and there are more than one of the cousins reading your blog. Hopefully there will be more soon. I love your talking about the language as that interest me very much. I do hope the Manx continue to hold onto their language as they educate the younger generation.
One area of interest to me is the films that have been made in IOM. I have watched 3 now Waking of Ned Devine, Miss Potter (l love this movie) and Shergar. I found the film Shergar at a $1 store and purchased all of them they had. It is a very good movie. And I love seeing the land of IOM. Do you know of any other movies? Dona
roadrunnerHi John. I'm hoping this goes. I can't seem to figure out how to get comments to fly back to you. In your last post you wondered if anyone was reading your blog. Yes, you have many cousins here reading it. They to are having trouble posting comments back to you. So we are reading keep up the good work. Sure makes me want to visit soon!!!
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