Thursday 29 November 2012

Scarrey caarjyn, as caashey greddan

Ren co-chummaltagh aym faagail y thie noght, erreish da tree bleeantyn cummal marym. Va fys aym dy yinnagh rish meeghyn, agh ta ennaghtyn quaagh 'sy chooid ny yei shen. T'ou uss çheet dy ve ainjyssagh rish sleih ayns lheid y traa, as ta'n thie beggan lomarcan nish - ga dy vel co-chummaltagh elley ayns shoh foast. Nagh quaagh eh yn aght ta assaaraght ny red fondagh ny keayrtyn?

Ta'n "oast" ain nyn goonceil chillagh, as she "traa dy liooar" y fockle arrey oc son y chooid smoo, agh by vie lhieu dy voin ynnydagh jee dy leah. T'ad gra "veagh Jerrey Geuree dy mie" - wahll, daue, foddee. Cha nel mee son goaill toshiaght co-akin as surranse peiagh ennagh ymmyrkey stiagh 'sy traa tarroogh shoh roish y Nollick - va boirey dy liooar ayn hannah mleeaney!

Er cooish elley, ren Pear loayrt er bee as ymmyrkey geuree, as dooyrt mee dy nee caashey greddan eh y reih vee-gerjee aym. Shoh heese ny share lhiam:

Caslys jeh caashey greddan er arran greddan oarlagh er çheeid, as ymmodee caaylag chammah.  Ard-vlasstal!

Yiar mee daa veer d'arran oarlagh er çheeid, as ad y ghreddaney rish thurrick do veagh eh brishlagh (agh myr vaikys oo, foddee, ta'n arran shoh greddaney dy tappee). She arran gyn enney v'ayn, chionnee mee eh voish Sainsburys er lhiam, agh va breck resh lus y chadlee ooilley harrish. Eisht yiar mee Red Leicester 4-5 millimeadar e.ç. as eh y laaraghey er yn arran. Ersyn skeayll mee beggan Cheddar lajer, er son aalid as anaase blassagh. Er y derrey yeh vreck mee pibbyr doo, as er y jeh elley druight ny marrey as teim, er lhiam. Myr glasseraght, vroie mee carnane caaylagagh: y reih ghlasserey aym, s'cosoylagh. Son y chooid smoo ta mee gaarlaghey daa ny tree glassraghyn, agh er lhiam dy vel caashey greddan ny lhongey neuchrampit as glen; share dou gyn milley feerid ny beaghey liorish mestey rouyr blassyn aynsyn.

V'eh yindyssagh.


English

(As per, this is a broadly similar rewrite, not a translation. Translating is hard.)

My old, established housemate has just moved out, and left the place feeling pretty odd somehow. It's that weird point where absence feels like a presence, if that makes sense. My other housemate's still around though. I've know for ages she'd be moving out to bigger and better things (and cheaper housing, I suspect) but it still takes some adjusting to.

The "landlord" - actually a church owns my house, but it's not much different from any landlord - are normally very laid-back, but have started saying it'd be nice to get a new tenant by January. Not for me, it wouldn't. There's been quite enough kerfuffle and stress this year without trying to cram in interviews and yet another bout of disruption to the house before Christmas. Also I'd rather not have (potentially) a new housemate left on their own during Christmas after very little time in the house. Next year's time enough.

Moving on, Pear talked about winter food and habits and I mentioned I like slabs of cheese on toast, which in my idiolect I call "mak". The pic above shows a prime example I made this week.

It's a couple of inch-thick slabs of some bread I picked up in... Sainburys?... with poppy seeds on, not that that matters. I toasted it for half a minute to get it a bit crisp, although it turns out it toasts very quickly as you may see. I put a layer of Red Leicester 4-5mm thick on it, then spread a bit of strong Cheddar for interest and colour. I put black pepper on one slice, and (I think) rosemary and thyme on the other. I had a mound of sprouts for vegetables, they being my favourite and newly available. Normally I make a few veg with any meal, but I appreciate cheese on toast as a simple, well-defined meal and I don't like diluting that by throwing in a lot of different flavours.

It was beast.

Monday 26 November 2012

Raaueyn thooilley

Lesh yn emshir t'ayn nish, ta'n awin ard as tappee dy liooar, agh cha nel mee boirey er shen dy cadjin. Ny yei shen, tra ta'n co-chummaltagh ayd cur çhaghter dhyt dy vel meoir-shee er jeet shaghey as cur raaue er thooilley, as oddagh ee scughey dys shamyr er y nah laare...

Haink mee 'sy traa kirbyl aym dy 'eddyn magh c'red va goll er. Ta lught ass y Jantys Çhymmyltaght troggal cleigh scarree awiney ree, dy shickyr. Ren mee cooney lhee stooghyn scanshoil y scughey voish y laare, do veagh beggan traa dyn sauail my ta thooilley çheet, agh cha nel monney elley ymmydoil dy yannoo. Cha jagh y raad ain er baih ayns cooinaghtyn deiney bio, myr shen er lhiam dy vel shin sauçhey.

Ny yei shen...

Reayrt voish uinniag harrish straid veg as awin freaynagh
Reayrt er awin freaynagh, as thieyn feer faggys jee.  Er y çheu yesh, ta deiney ayns jaggadyn stroo-hoilshagh troggal cleigh scarree rish yn awin.

Saase Jeeragh Ankiagh

Kyndagh rish feysht er Cowag, ta mee er geau beggan traa er croo paggey Anki ass cooid Saase Jeeragh. T'eh goaill stiagh kuse dy heeanyn ass fockleyr cluinagh Learnmanx.com.

Ta'n paggey ry-gheddyn ayns shoh: AnkiWeb Saase Jeeragh. T'eh çheet cooidjagh marish co-earrooderyn, myr shen foddee oo jannoo ymmyd jeh'n un phaggey er ymmodee co-earrooderyn. Chammah's shen, tra veesmayd cur stiagh kaartyn ny cooid noa 'sy phaggey, lhisagh ny kaartyn çhent ayds jannoo y red cheddin tra t'ou uss ad y noaghey. Cha nel lhieggan çhellvane Anki 2 aarloo foast, dy meeaighar, as myr shen cha nod oo jannoo ymmyd jeh er shooylvane.

Sunday 25 November 2012

Shalee lhaih 03

Beggan rah yn çhiaghtin shoh chaie, as mish feer tarroogh. Hie mee ersooyl rish jerrey shiaghtin as mish smooinaghtyn "Yindyssagh, turryssyn traenagh liauyr; caa fondagh dy lhaih gyn goll er cleayney dys reddyn elley!" Agh va'n traen jingit, goll as çheet erash, as v'eh orrym shassoo rish cooid smoo y turrys gyn rheayms er son lioar hene! Cheayll mee rish creelaghyn-fynneigagh as accan er y chooish. Dy dooghyssagh, cha row monney traa seyr rish jerrey shiaghtin marish y lught-thie, as rish oieghyn ny shiaghtin ta mee er n'obbraghey dy anmagh, er ngoaill arrane, er n'ynsaghey Sheenish as er nyannoo obbyr yn thie. Myr shen, shegin dou goaill rish tree lioaryn 'syn çhiaghtin myr eiyrtys mie dy liooar. As fer jeu ayns Bretnish, ny jean jarrood!

Yn çhiaghtin shoh chaie, lhaih mee In Other Rooms, Other Wonders as Language in Society.

Thursday 22 November 2012

Shalee lhaih 02

Beggan rah yn çhiaghtin shoh chaie, as mish feer tarroogh. Hie mee ersooyl rish jerrey shiaghtin as mish smooinaghtyn "Yindyssagh, turryssyn traenagh liauyr; caa fondagh dy lhaih gyn goll er cleayney dys reddyn elley!" Agh va'n traen jingit, goll as çheet erash, as v'eh orrym shassoo rish cooid smoo y turrys gyn rheayms er son lioar hene! Cheayll mee rish creelaghyn-fynneigagh as accan er y chooish. Dy dooghyssagh, cha row monney traa seyr rish jerrey shiaghtin marish y lught-thie, as rish oieghyn ny shiaghtin ta mee er n'obbraghey dy anmagh, er ngoaill arrane, er n'ynsaghey Sheenish as er nyannoo obbyr yn thie. Myr shen, shegin dou goaill rish tree lioaryn 'syn çhiaghtin myr eiyrtys mie dy liooar. As fer jeu ayns Bretnish, ny jean jarrood!

Yn çhiaghtin shoh chaie, lhaih mee Codi Bwganod, Three Men on a Bummel (nah lioar y daalioar kianglt; lhiah mee y chied lioar bleeantyn er dy henney), as Halcyon Drift.

Beggan er veggan ta mee er aalhaihSunshine Sketch 6 rish fuirraghtyn er coirrey veg as reddyn myr shen. T'ee feeu!

Tuesday 13 November 2012

Stoyral caabylyn

Beggan er dy henney, hug peiagh ennagh kiangley da rolley karraghyn bea feer anaasoil. Honnick mee nyn mast'oc eie dy stoyral cooid ghlennee ass roshtyn paitçhyn ayns cummeydane croghee braagyn. Wahll, cha nel y feysht shen aym, agh er lhiam dy nee eie vie v'ayn as hirr mee er ymmyd elley. Dy leah, daachooinnee mee dy row doilleeid beayn aym er coontey caabylyn: cha nel boayl baghtal dy stoyral ad ayn, myr shen t'ad nyn lhie ayns shoh as ayns shen, do nagh aashagh eh ad y 'eddyn. Myr t'ou ad y chur ayns kishtey ennagh (as c'raad vees y kishtey cummal?), t'ad cassey ry-cheilley gollrish cassag ardnieughyn, myr shen s'boiragh eh fer ynrican y hayrn magh as er lhiam dy nod oo jannoo assee daue liorish shen. Agh cre mysh cur ad ayns poagaghyn er lheh ta croghey er cooyl dorrysh?

Ta mee jeant bwooise lesh derrey nish. Cha nel caabylyn nyn orçh er fud ny shamyr, as foddym feddyn ad tra erbee by vie lhiam. Tra ta mee er chur jerrey er obbyr ennagh, ta boayl baghtal dou cur ad erash ayn. Er son costys £8 goaill stiagh leagh postagh? She reih leayr t'ayn.

Sunday 11 November 2012

Shalee lhaih 01

Wahll, yn jerrey shiaghtin shoh ta mee er lhaih tree lioaryn, goaill stiagh fer ayns lioar skeealyn çhaghlit ghow mee toshiaght dy lhiah mysh tree bleeantyn er dy henney. Whoof! Va fer elley ta mee er lhiah rish kuse dy laghyn 'sy traa kirbyl aym, agh fy-yerrey ren mee briwnys jea nagh row mee son boirey er jerrey'n skeeal. Cha row eh anaasoil dy liooar, cha row ny karracteyryn tayrnagh dy liooar, as er dy fa dy row er liauyr as beggan ro-ghraney* dou, cha row eh feeu.

*dy ghra myr shen, bentyn rish reddyn broigh as garroo, loayrt mychione sleih sallagh as reddyn groamagh, broid as dunverys as sollaghey-laue as brah - cha nee skeeal breinn v'ayn.

Er y laue elley, neayr's shen ta mee er veddyn shey lioaryn nagh row er y rolley ry-lhaih aym foast, as myr shen... mollaght, ta mee coayl foast!

Lhaih mee Geijutsuka Art Design Class 01, Bakuman 03, as treeoo lioar The Ravenor Omnibus.

Lieh-lhaih mee The Chatelet Apprentice (y lhieggan Baarlagh, cha nel 'sy Rangish...).

Saturday 10 November 2012

Ro-lioarys

A tower of used books - 8451

Wahll t'eh tayrn dys traa ny Nollick, nagh vel, as nagh bee taittin lhiam eh fakin baase ny bleeaney shoh t'ayn. Ta laghyn ruggyree y lught-thie faggys da'n Nollick as myr shen ta shin goaill toshiaght kionnaghey reddyn da'n cheilley ny (ny s'cadjiney) geearree er y cheilley cur cowrey ennagh - cowrey erbee! - er ny by vie lhieu geddyn da'n laa ruggyree as da'n Nollick.

Rere oash, ta mee geddyn lioaryn, as v'eh foym jus cur roish kuse dy lioaryn by vie lhiam ad y gheddyn. Cha nel shen doillee, eh? Hoi, tannee, ghooinney. Scuirr jeh kiart nish. Nagh vel lioaryn ayd nagh vel oo er nyn lhaih foast?

Yeeagh mee. Hoshiaght, va teaym aym: er lhiam dy row 143 lioaryn aym gyn lhaih. Agh cha nel, shen neuchiarailys: va 149 ec y chooid sloo. S'cosoylagh dy vel lioar ny ghaa elley nagh dooar mee foast. Wahll cha noddym (er chor erbee) lhaih y clane job-lot jeu roish y Nollick, agh t'eh foym jannoo red ennagh 'sy chooish, as myr shen ghow mee orrym pene y rolley y yiarrey dys 100 roish y Vlein Noa.

Wahll, shen lioar dagh laa, as fer elley dagh Jesarn as Jedoonee, fo ny harrish. Foddym ceau daa oor 'sy laa dy lhaih, dy shickyr?

Shoh y doilleeid noa: she lioaryn doillee t'ayn son y chooid smoo. Ta 38 jeu ayns çhengaghyn elley (na Baarle as Gaelg), goaill stiagh 8 ayns çhengaghyn nagh lhaih mee rieau lioar ayndaue. Shen obbyr feer voal, adsyn y lhaih! Ta 6 elley nyn eiyrtysee da lioaryn elley nagh vel mee er lhaih. Ta 40 elley jeant jeh tekslioaryn, ny lioaryn feer vooar nagh noddym lhaih ayns laa er chor erbee. Myr shen cha nel reih seyr aym...

Wahll, shegin dou goaill toshiaght, gyn screeu artyn bloggey!