Dooinney ny Fainnaghyn-Cleayshey Airhey

Dooinney ny Fainnaghyn-Cleayshey Airhey

She ashlish v’ayn, foddee. Shoh ny ta fondagh—hyndaa mee laa dy row ass jingey caayrey, as roshtyn ny cabbagyn as fakin keiyghyn shliawin goll sheese ‘syn ushtey dy eaynagh as geayney, as fakin yn awin lheeah ‘oawragh snaue my haghey as ny reddyn cailltey aynjee sheer-chassey, as smooinee mee er ashoonyn as Traa neuerreeishagh, as fakin as goaill yindys jeh ny lhongyn reinoil noa er jeet veih’n cheayn.

By eisht eh, mannagh vel marranys orrym, honnick mee fer lieh-lhie er boalley as jeeaghyn rish ny lhongyn, dooinney as fainnaghyn cleayshey airhey echey. Va blass dorraghey fir ny jiass er: va renaigyn deyll-ghoo e farveeal er ngiallaghey beggan ec sollan; v’eh ceau jaggad gorrym dorraghey myr ta marrinee ceau, as bootsyn lhiennoo shiaulteyr; agh va’n tooill echey jeeaghyn ny sodjey na ny lhongyn, myr dy chronnee eh ny reddyn sodjey hene.

Eer tra loayr mee rish cha hayrn erash eh y jeeaghyn shen, agh dreggyr eh mish fo’n vlakey soit cheddin myr dy row e smooinaght freayney er faarkaghyn foddey lomarcan. Denee mee jeh cre’n lhong haink eh er; shimmey lhong v’ayns shen. Va ny lhongyn shiauill ayn, as ny shiauill oc fillit as ny cruin oc jeeragh as kiune, myr keyll yeuree ; va ny gaaltanyn ayn, as laineyryn mooarey heid jaagh liastey seose ‘syn aer conghorraghey. Dreggyr eh nagh daink eh er fer erbee jeu. Denee mee jeh cre’n colught v’eh gobbraghey ayn, as eh ny hiaulteyr dy baghtal; dimraa mee enmyn mie er enney, agh cha row enney echeysyn orroo. Eisht denee mee jeh c’raad v’eh gobbraghey as cre’n obbyr v’echey. As dooyrt eh: “Ta mee gobbragh’ ayns Mooir yn Amlee, as she mish fer s’jerree ny roosteyryn marrey, y fer s’jerree ta faagit bio.” As chrie mee e laue reesht as reeshtagh. Dooyrt mee: “Va aggle orrin dy row shiu marroo. Va aggle orrin dy row shiu marroo.” As dreggyr eh dy trimshagh: “Cha nel. Cha nel. Ren mee peccaghyn ro-hrome er y wooir Spaainagh: cha nel eh lhiggit dou baase y gheddyn.”

---

The Man With The Golden Ear-Rings

It may be that I dreamed this. So much at least is certain—that I turned one day from the traffic of a city, and came to its docks and saw its slimy wharves going down green and steep into the water, and saw the huge grey river slipping by and the lost things that went with it turning over and over, and I thought of the nations and unpitying Time, and saw and marvelled at the queenly ships come newly from the sea.

It was then, if I mistake not, that I saw leaning against a wall, with his face to the ships, a man with golden ear-rings. His skin had the dark tint of the southern men: the deep black hairs of his moustache were whitened a little with salt; he wore a dark blue jacket such as sailors wear, and the long boots of seafarers, but the look in his eyes was further afield than the ships, he seemed to be beholding the farthest things.

Even when I spoke to him he did not call home that look, but answered me dreamily with that same fixed stare as though his thoughts were heaving on far and lonely seas. I asked him what ship he had come by, for there were many there. The sailing ships were there with their sails all furled and their masts straight and still like a wintry forest; the steamers were there, and great liners, puffing up idle smoke into the twilight. He answered he had come by none of them. I asked him what line he worked on, for he was clearly a sailor; I mentioned well-known lines, but he did not know them. Then I asked him where he worked and what he was. And he said: “I work in the Sargasso Sea, and I am the last of the pirates, the last left alive.” And I shook him by the hand I do not know how many times. I said: “We feared you were dead. We feared you were dead.” And he answered sadly: “No. No. I have sinned too deeply on the Spanish seas: I am not allowed to die.”

---

Ta'n skeealeen shoh çhyndaait ass The Man With The Golden Ear-Rings liorish yn Çhiarn Dunsany. Ta'n lioar vunneydagh ry-lhaih er Project Gutenberg.

Orc jingit

Ta rouyr stoo aym. Cha noddym shassoo noi ny sodjey.

Er dy daag mee thie ny kynney, ta mee er gummal ayns daa chummal-rea, as nish ayns thie. ‘Sy ghaa chummal-rea, v’eh orrym cur lhiam my chooid thie hene, chammah’s stoo aarlee. Agh lesh arraghey dys Aah yn Ollee, v’eh orrym co-chummal ayns thie. Ta Aah yn Ollee deyr atçhimagh, as cha nel ad geeck monney faill da cooneyderyn-lioarlann boayl erbee, gyn çheet er Aah yn Ollee; boayl myr shoh, as ymmodee sleih by vie lhieu cummal ayn (ny tannaghtyn ayn erreish daue faagail yn olloosoill), ta yeearreyderyn dy lioar ayn nagh vel eh orroo eeck faill vie. As ta mee ayns shoh er y fa dy nee y staartey ynrickan çhebb ad dou! Fy-yerrey, hooar mee oayll ayns thie t’ec agglish Christadelphian Aah yn Ollee, liorish co-obbree aym ta ny oltey jeh’n agglish shen. She thie beg ardaneagh t’ayn, caghlaait (dy moal) veih thie mooinjer dys thie cooie da tree sleih lomarcan.

Aghterbee, ren mee geddyn rey rish y chooid smoo jeh’n stoo thie v’aym, agh cha nel eh dy liooar. Shoh my vea: ta mee cummal ayns shamyr 10’x10’ myr orc ta freayll arrey er coyr. Ta brat phlastagh ghuaragh er y laare, er y fa dy vel mee cummal rish yn awin, as er lhieu nagh vel eh feeu cur sheese brat gheyr ayns caa dy jed ee er baih laa ennagh. Um... choud’s ta fys aym, cha jagh yn ard er baih ayns cooinaghtyn deiney bio, agh quoi mish dy yannoo argane? ‘Sy çhamyr shoh ta mee jingey y vea aym. Ta’n lhiabbee staillin ‘eddanagh; va lhiabbee stooalt ‘sy çhamyr tra rosh mee. Cre’n ommidjys? Shamyr veg dy liooar gyn reamys erbee fo’n lhiabbee dy chur stoo fo. Fy-yerrey dooyrt mee dy gionneein lhiabbee noa my lhiggagh ad dou, as ren mee. Hug lhiam ee, peesh er pheesh, veih’n steat çhynskylagh heose y raad, er barrey ren mee geeassaghey veih shapp beiyn thie. Ta kishtaghyn pabyr creoi foee, lane dy lioaryn son y chooid smoo, agh ta bee ayns shen foast. Ta stainnaghyn elley fo’n choir chishteigagh aym as buill erbee elley ta mee feddyn, er y fa nagh vel reamys aym ad y hashtey ‘sy çhamyr aarlee veg, raad ta un skelloo ‘sy choyr rioee, fer elley ‘sy rioder, as cubbyrt beg. Ta messyn lhie harrish leac yn uinniag, as carnane dy arran as poppadumyn creaghit er kione lioaraghan. Ta kishtaghyn dy phabyr sheeidey, clag, radio, poagaghyn, kishtey greieyn, as reddyn quaagh elley gyn boayl cooie jingit ayns scolt erbee.

Ta’n lhiabbee lhieeney mysh kerroo ny shamyr. Ta boayrd as caair lhieeney kerroo elley. Ta co-earrooder boayrd aym, cha nel mee coontey monney jeh glioontagyn, as t’eh cur dou ream dy hashtey straih dy JABEyn er skelloo erskyn y taishbyner. She co-earrooder mooar yiarn t’aym, ayns shenn chishtey trome meain, as shen reih jioinagh aym ren lhiettal sleih veih goaill eh tra vrish ad stiagh ‘sy çhamyr aym ‘syn olloosoill. Agh t’eh jeant ass y noa tree keayrt neayr’s shen as ta co-earrooder niartal ‘sy çhenn chrackan. Ta lettyryn as notyn as cappanyn as kishtaghyn-speckleyryn as skeabanyn foltey as dagh ooilley red skeaylt harrish y voayrd gollrish duillagyn fouyir. Ny keayrtyn, ta mee glenney eh, agh dy firrinagh, cha nel boayl erbee elley aym dy chur ooilley’n stoo shen er, as myr shen t’eh gaase coodagh noa rish laa ny ghaa. Ta’n doilleeid cheddin ayn bentyn rish y çhamyr hene.

Erskyn ooilley, she lioaryn ta jingey’n çhamyr. Ta mee lhaih dy jeean, as ta sleih cur lioaryn dou dy mennick. Tammylt erash, hug mee my ner nagh row eer fys aym er ny lioaryn v’aym, as ghow mee toshiaght jannoo ymmyd jeh LibraryThing. T’eh ny t’eh clashtyn dy ve, ynnyd-eggey ta lhiggey dhyt jannoo catalog jeh ny lioaryn t’ayd liorish fysseree veih lioarlannyn, Amazon as buill elley. She obbyr liauyr v’ayn, agh fy-yerrey ta recortys aym er dagh ooilley lioar ‘sy thie. As myr shen, foddym insh dhyt dy vel, ec y traa t’ayn nish, 431 lioar aym, as 128 jeu, cha nel mee er nyn lhaih. 431 lioar, cha nel y lane haglym aym (ta ny smoo ayns thie my ayr as moir, atreih) agh gee reamys ‘sy çhamyr veg jingit 10’x10’ shoh ayns Aah yn Ollee. Rouyr dy jarroo.

Ta mee jannoo feer eab y çhaglym y hangaghey, my ‘ockle er, agh she obbyr doillee t’ayn. Ta fir jeu nyn lioaryn fysseree nagh vel ry-lhaih, agh ry-chur er skelloo as geddyn fysseree assdaue nish as reesht; cha nel eh cho aashagh geddyn red roo. Ymmodee fir elley, t’ad nyn lioaryn ynsee çhengaghyn. Wahll, oddin kuse jeu y cheau magh, foddee, mannagh bee ny smoo ymmyd ry-gheddyn assdaue aym; agh t’eh gennaghtyn feer sonnaasagh shen y ghra, nagh vel? As shimmey lioar nagh by aashagh eh coip noa y feddyn dy row mee son lhaih ee reesht: t’ad shenn lioaryn far-skeeal sheanse ass clou, t’ad ayns çhengey elley as cheau mee fuill ad y gheddyn ‘sy toshiaght. As ta lioaryn elley ayns straih as nagh by vie lhiam geddyn rey rish y clane job-lot. As, as, as... ta leshtal da dagh ooilley lioar, faggys.

Nagh aashagh eh lioaryn noa y gheddyn, nagh doccaragh eh ad y cheau magh!

Shirrey glioonag

Cha dod mee shassoo noi ny s'odjey. My leshtal...

Kiaull ayns ny 1920yn

Va mee clashtyn rish fynneigag jeih-aignee YSDC jea, as ga dy vel eh dy kinjagh mie, v’eh anaasoil ass towse y cheayrt shoh. Cheau ad lieh-oor rish cowag er kiaull ayns ny 1920yn; v’ad loayrt er ymmyd as scansh kiaull ‘sy ghamman cloie paart yindyssagh Call of Cthulhu, agh va’n chooid smoo jeh’n choloayrtys jus resooney magh y chooish as v’eh lane drualtagh. My leshtal, agh she fynneigag da jeih-aignee er lheh t’ayn, as mannagh vel oo cur argid da YSDC cha dod oo clashtyn rish y stoo anaasoil shen. Atreih!

Ta fys y theay aym er jazz as speakeasies as lheid ny reddyn, agh hoilshee magh ad ram stoo elley nagh smooinee mee rieau er. Myr sampleyr, va kiaull screeuit foddey ny smoo scanshoil; ren sleih moylley arraneyn noa da’n cheilley as eisht kionnaghey y chiaull screeuit as cloie eh dys feddyn magh my v’eh mie ny dyn. As b’oayllagh daue goaill arrane ry-cheilley ny clashtyn rish carrey ennagh cloie. Tra va mee ‘sy scoill ren mish as my chaarjyn goaill arrane ny keayrtyn tra va giense ayn, agh va shinyn ‘syn çheshaght chiaullee. Cha s’aym dy vaik mee lheid y red rish bleeantyn, agh smooinaghtyn er filmyn as skeealyn yn eash shen, dy jarroo, v’eh scanshoil. Myr dooyrt ad, ta kiaull as arraneyn scanshoil da skeealyn Bertie Wooster as y lheid. Va pianney ayns kerroo dagh thie oast as va arraneyn ym-yiense mie er enney (smooinee er George Formby, ard-chiaulleyder yn eash).

Cha s’aym cre’n fa scuirr sleih veih goaill arrane ry-cheilley; s’cosoylagh dy nee obbyr veggan er veggan v’ayn, as kiaull çheet dy ve ny red ta kiaulleyderyn jannoo, cha nel sleih cadjin. My ta recortyssyn ayd jeh kiaulleyderyn mie, cre’n feeu uss prowal dy ghoaill arrane, as coraa moal ayd? As mannagh vel oo goaill ayrn ayns kiaull y theay ‘sy thie oast, ny ayns thie dy charrey, cha b’oayllagh dhyt eh as cha bee oo cho arryltagh dy yannoo eab. S’treih shen. Er lhiam myrgeddin nagh vel y co-fys cheddin ain nish; cha nel kiaull ny red rheynnit eddyr ain wheesh as v’eh. Cha nel mee clashtyn rish kiaull noa dy mennick, dy firrinagh; ga dy vel mee geaishtagh rish y radio ny keayrtyn, son y chooid smoo ta mee croghey er MP3yn as y cloieder aym. Foddee cagh geaishtagh rish e reih chiaull e hene. Ta kiaull goit ry-chlashtyn ayns kuse dy vuill, agh cha nel eh cho cadjin jiu (v’eh boirey er sleih, er lhiam). Chammah’s shen, cha gooin lhiam y cheayrt s’jerree hug mee shilley er carrey as deaisht shin rish kiaull ennagh. Liorish ooilley shen, ta fys mie aym nagh vel enney aym er kiaull ennoil jeianagh, as shen cadjin dy liooar er lhiam; ta cagh geaishtagh rish ny s’mie lesh eh as cur neuhastey da reddyn elley. Ta ny sloo sleih goll ‘syn agglish chammah, as shen traa elley b’oayllagh da sleih goaill arrane as ynsaghey kiaull ayns ny shenn laghyn.

Red elley: er lhiam nagh vel kiaull jeianagh wheesh aashagh dy chloie as va kiaull shinney. Shen eiyrtys çhaghnoaylleeaght, ayns ayrn; my ta bree yn arrane croghey er obbraghyn lectraneagh ny sheeanyn co-earrooder, cha nel eh aashagh eh y ghoaill eddyr uss as dty charrey share. Agh cha nel ooilley’n stoo shoh heose agh my varel neuynsit hene.

Loayr ad er aghtyn dy ghoaill stiagh kiaull as cooishyn kiaullee 'sy ghamman ayd dys cur er ennaghtyn ny smoo fondagh; ny keayrtyn ta gammanyn cur geill da ny ta ny cloiederyn jannoo as neuhastey da reddyn elley, agh t'eh faagail y theill myr red follym as faase. Chammah's shen, ta feerid shennaghyssagh cur bree as blass yn eash as ny çhymbyllaght da gamman (ny da skeealyn). S'doillee eh cur er sleih ennaghtyn dy vel ad cloie ayns ny 1920yn ayns ynnyd ny 2010yn; agh my ta ny caarjyn oc shirrey orroo çheet harrish as goaill arrane, ny my ta'n naboo-dorrys oc ny chreckeyder kiaullee screeuit da shappyn kiaullee, ny my ta sleih cronnaney arraneyn s'noa ny hallaghyn-kiaullee tra t'ad fo-raad (as ta fys ec cagh orroo!), bee blass diunid as bioys ayn. Shen cowrey baghtal nagh vel reddyn ‘sy skeeal myr t’ad jiu, as she mynchooishyn nagh vel sleih jerkal noadyr.

Çhengaghyn gyn baarnaghyn

Ta mee cur geill da ynsaghey beggan Shapaanish, er daa oyr. Yn derrey oyr, shen dy vel kuse dy studeyryn as leaghteyryn-joarree ass yn Çhapaan ‘sy rheynn aym, as by vie lhiam dy noddin cur fockle ny ghaa daue ‘sy çhengey ghooghyssagh oc. Ta Baarle feer vie oc son y chooid smoo, agh ny keayrtyn t’eh ny sassey reddyn y hoilshaghey magh ayns çhengey ny mayrey. Smooinee: my she cooish neuchadjin t’ayn, cha nel y tasht-fockle neuchadjin Baarle ec cagh dy hoiggal ny ta mee gra. Er y laue elley, my ta mee cur geill er lheh da ynsaghey raaghyn er lheh dys soilshaghey magh ny cooishyn shen, foddym eh y hoilshaghey magh da cagh gyn scansh da’n Vaarle t’oc. Yn oyr elley, shen dy vel anaase mooar aym er çhengaghyn, as ta’n Çhapaanish ny çhengey scanshoil bentyn rish cultoor, as ta’n çhengey hene anaasoil myrgeddin.

As mish goaill toshiaght dy ynsaghey çhengey dou hene, ta mee çhaglym raaghyn ymmydoil. Cha nel monney bree ayns ynsaghey focklyn nyn lomarcan; cha dod oo jannoo monney ymmyd jeu. My t’ou uss ynsaghey raaghyn er dty hengey, foddee oo loayrt rish sleih, as shen scanshoil da creeaght. Ny yei shen, ta’n chooid smoo dy hasht-fockle myr shen bentyn rish turrysee as y lheid; cha nel ymmyd erbee oc dooys er son coloayrtys ‘syn obbyr. As mish shirrey raaghyn ymmydoil, hooar mee y feysht shoh:

When looking at a sentence consisting of Japanese characters, how can you tell when words end and begin? In English each word is seperated, while in Japanese they all run together. Usually I can't tell if the character I'm reading is at the beginning, middle or end of a word. I've tried finding solutions that can help but haven't been successful. (ayns shoh)

As shoh y un ‘reggyrt v’ayn (wahll, ny h-ayrnyn scanshoil):

Hi, there are mainly 3 types of characters in Japanese, hiragana, katakana and kanji, excluding romaji which is the roman characters used to help foreigners for pronunciation.
...[soilshaghey ny 3]
As such, it's possible to write the whole sentence consisting of only hiragana characters. However, this will make the sentence difficult to read because many kanji are pronounced with not only one but few hiragana characters.
...[soilshaghey]
In order to know how Japanese words are formed, you need to have a basic understanding of the above 3 Japanese characters. You can go to the following pages to find out more on each character...
...
You may also want to refer to this page where there are many Japanese words and vocabulary available. You can then see how different combinations of Japanese words are formed.

I am not very sure why you cannot tell when words end and begin in a sentence consisting of Japanese characters. If you understand how Japanese words are formed (as explained above), you shouldn't have any problem with that.

The only problem I can guess is that you may be confused about kanji, because a kanji can be formed with few kanji. For example this kanji 飲 (no) is made up of 2 kanji 食 and 欠. While kanji are more complicated as compared to hiragana and katakana, the theory is the same behind how Japanese words are formed.

I hope I have not confused you further in my explanation. Let me you if you need more help. Or you can give some examples to show your problem.

Ta mee cliaghtit rish y doilleeid shen; ta’n red cheddin taghyrt ‘syn Çheenish nagh vel jannoo ymmyd jeh baarnaghyn noadyr. Er lhiam nagh vel y freggyrtagh er doiggal cre’n doilleeid t’ayn.

Shoh y feysht, er lhiam: mannagh vel y çhengey ayd hannah, cha cosoylagh eh dy eddyraghey raa baghtal as fondagh veih stroo dy hillabyn gyn keeall erbee.

Goaill ort hene nagh vel Baarle ayd hannah (s’cosoylagh dy vel), lhaih shoh:

“iamnotverysurewhyyoucannottellwhenwordsendandbegininasentenceconsistingofjapanesecharacters”

Cre’n aght ta shin cur enney er focklyn mannagh vel baarnaghyn ayn, aghterbee? Wahll, er lhiam dy vel kuse dy obbraghyn ‘sy chooish. Dy dooghyssagh, cha nel glare beill y red cheddin; ta shin jannoo ymmyd jeh toan, stroos as reddyn elley dy ghoaill greim er ny focklyn t’ayn; agh ta mee çheet er glare screeuit.

1. Ta shin cur enney er focklyn ta shin oayllagh roo.
2. Ta shin goaill tastey jeh dhossanyn dy lettyryn cadjin ta cowraghey ayrn er lheh jeh focklyn.
3. Ta shin goaill tastey jeh dhossanyn dy lettyryn nagh vel lowit (ny nagh vel cadjin).

Dy dooghyssagh, my ta beggan ny çhengey ain, ta shin cur enney da focklyn mastey’n stroo. Fodmayd reih magh ayrnyn ta shin toiggal.

Chammah’s shen, ta kuse dy ghossanyn ayn ta cadjin dy liooar as keeall er lheh oc. ‘Sy Ghaelg, ta dhossanyn myr “-agh”, “aghey” as “-aghyn” cowraghey jerrey fockle son y chooid smoo, chammah’s “-ljyn”, “-it” as “-ey”.

As dy scanshoil, ta shin fakin kuse dy ghossanyn nagh vel lowit, as ta fys ain dy vel brishey ayn, ny nagh vel brishey lowit ayns boayl elley faggys daue. Smooinee er: Crenaghttashincurenneyerfocklyn? Wahll, cha vaik mee rieau “ghtt” as myr shen s’cosoylagh dy vel brishey ayn; as er y fa dy vel “-ght” cadjin dy liooar, as cha nel “tt-” lowit ec toshiaght fockle, ta’n brishey eddyr y ghaa “t”. Cha nel “-nc-” cadjin ‘sy Ghaelg noadyr, she “-nk-” son y chooid smoo, as myr shen s’cosoylagh eh dy brishey eddyr oc. Ta “ren” ny fockle cadjin, agh dy reihagh shin “ren” ass mean y raa, aagagh shin fockle as “-cu” ec y jerrey as fockle elley as “ney-“ ec y toshiaght; cha nel yn derrey yeh ny’n jeh elley lowit ‘sy Ghaelg.

Liorish ny saaseyn shen (as fir elley, foddee?) ta shin feddyn keeall y raa eer mannagh vel enney ain er dagh fockle.

Cre mysh sampleyr Baarle jeh’n ‘reggyrtagh?:

“iamnotverysurewhyyoucannottellwhenwordsendandbegininasentenceconsistingofjapanesecharacters”

• Cha nel ‘ia’ cadjin ec toshiaght ‘ockle.
• Cha nel ‘tv’ lowit.
• Cha nel ‘rys’ cadjin.
• Ta ‘wh’ ec toshiaght focklyn agh cha nel eh ry-akin dy mennick ayns buill elley.
• Cha nel ‘yy’ lowit er chor erbee.
• Cha nel ‘db’ cadjin agh ayns focklyn jeant jeh daa ‘ockle (“handbag”, as shen focklit magh myr “hambag”).
• Cha nel ‘inina’ ry-akin.
• Cha nel ‘fj’ ayn agh ayns “fjord”.
• Cha nel nb, md, mg, sg, sd, rj, as ymmodee piyryn elley lowit.

“i-amnot-very-sure-why-youcannottell-whenwordsendand-begininasentenceconsistingof-japanesecharacters”

Lesh shen, ta reddyn jeeaghyn ny s’assey. As goaill rish dy vel beggan Baarle ayd, foddee oo feddyn focklyn cadjin ayns shoh:

“i-am-not-very-sure-why-you-can-not-tell-when-wordsend-and-begin-in-a-sentenceconsisting-of-japanesecharacters”

Er y laue elley, ta reddyn ayn dys molley oo:

“i-am-not-very-sure-why-you-can-not-tell-w-he-nw-or-d-send-and-beg-in-in-as-en-ten-cec-on-s-is-tin-go-fjap-an-esechar-act-ers”

Liorish feddyn cohaglymyn neuliklee dys rheynn ny focklyn, as feddyn focklyn liklee ‘sy raa, as fys grammeydagh (ta –ing as –ed jerrey breearyn ‘sy Vaarle dy cadjin; ta –s yn yl-rey dy cadjin) foddee oo geddyn eie mie jeh; agh ta ram crampyssyn ‘sy lane obbyr. As shen fa scanshoil dy vel baarnaghyn screeuit ayns çhengaghyn heear. Ta baarnaghyn (as lettyryn mooarey) lhiggey dhyt eddyraghey ny focklyn veih y cheilley: my t’ou fakin “bunneeaght”, ta fys ayd nagh vel oo fakin “bun nee aght” ga dy vel ny lettyr cheddin ayn.

Cha nel y Vaarle feer vie ‘sy chooish shoh, er y fa nagh vel y corys screeuee eck myn-heeanagh; t’eh rere shennaghys, bun-ocklaght as reddyn elley. Chammah’s shen ta fys ayd (s’cosoylagh) er focklyn ny Baarle. Cre mysh y Vretnish, ny çhengey vyn-heeanagh er screeu?

Shoh sampleyr Bretnish:

“dwiddimynsiwrpamnadwyttinmedrugwelddechrauadiweddygeiriaumewnbrawddegsyddwediiysgrifennuynsymbolausaipaneg”

• Shegin da -tt- ve eddyr daa ockle; cha nel -tt- ayns fockle erbee agh enmyn ass y Vaarle. Shen y brishey eginit ynrican ‘sy chooish.
• S’coyolagh dy vel -ii- eddyr daa ockle, agh foddee eh cowraghey î.
• Cha nel w- cadjin ec toshiaght ‘ockle (agh ta gw- boggaghey dys w-), as cha nel agh un ‘ockle as yt- ‘sy toshiaght.
• Cha dod ns-, rp-, mn-, ld-, hr-, ua- ve ec toshiaght ‘ockle er chor erbee.
• Cha dod -mn nt -tt ve ec jerrey fockle.

“dwiddimynsiwrpamnadwyt-tinmedrugwelddechrauadiweddygeiriaumewnbrawddegsyddwedi-iysgrifennuynsymbolausaipaneg”

Cha nel shen feer ymmydoil...

Cre mysh shirrey focklyn?

“dwi-ddim-yn-siwr-pam-na-dwyt-ti-’n-medru-gweld-dechrauadiwed-dy-geiriau-mewn-brawd-deg-sydd-wedi-iysgr-ife-nnu-yn-sym-bolau-sai-pan-eg”

...ny shen noadyr.

Shoh y feer chummey, yn un raa honnick shin ‘sy Vaarle:
“dwi ddim yn siwr pam nad wyt ti’n medru gweld dechrau a diwedd y geiriau mewn brawddeg sydd wedi’i ysgrifennu yn symbolau saipaneg”

Ta’n Çhapaanish as yn Çheenish ny smessey foast. Cha nel abbyrlhit erbee oc. Ta’n Çheenish screeuit lesh “hanzi”, cowraghyn ta lane shillab as ta çheet er eie er lheh.

新语丝之前从来没有也不准备揭露没发表的学士或硕士论文抄袭，从来没有用新的规范去要求之前符合规范的文科论文。(shoh sampleyr gyn tort; cha nel eh çheet er y chooish heose)

Ta’n Çhapaanish screeuit lesh tree coryssyn: kanji (sorçh dy hanzi), as daa chorys “kana”, nyn sheelaghtyn, dy ghra myr shen, ta dagh cowrey çheet er shillab ennagh (myr ‘ka’, ‘te’ ny ‘mu’), cha nel er myn-heean.

多くの人が第二言語としてマン島語を学んだ結果、今日では英語との併用ではあるものの、マン島語を母語とする人々が再び現れている。 (ta’n sampleyr shoh mestey y ny tree coryssyn: kanji, hiragana as katakana; cha nel eh çheet er y chooish heose; t’eh ass art Wikipedia.jp er y Ghaelg, dy firrinagh!)

Agh t’ad ooilley screeuit liorish cowraghyn shillabagh, as foddee adsyn ve currit ayns oardagh erbee. Myr shen, cha nel y treeoo haase (dhossanyn meelowit) ayd. Ec y traa cheddin, my t'ou uss gynsaghey çhengey, cha nel enney mie ayd er ooilley ny focklyn, as ta'n chied haase moal dy liooar myrgeddin.

‘Syn Çheenish, cha nel aafilley ayn dys cowraghey my she jerrey breear t’ayn ny mean ennymockle. Ta’n Çhapaanish cowraghey aafilley breearyn ec y chooid sloo, bwooise da Jee! Agh mannagh vel brishey erbee dys cowraghey c’raad ta jerrey ny toshiaght ny focklyn, as mannagh vel y çhengey ayd hannah dy glen, nagh agglagh eh feaysley magh ny focklyn! T’eh ny smessey foast er y fa, dy mennick, nagh vel ad cowraghey enmyn ayns aght er lheh. T’ad jeant ass focklyn cadjin, ‘syn aght “folt grayse sheear” as “ard goll lajer”, as ga dy vel kuse jeu cadjin myr enmyn, cha nel ad enney orroo ec ynseydee. Myr shen, t’ou jeeaghyn er raa rish eash gyn feddyn keeall erbee ayn, as fy-yerrey t’ou feddyn magh dy vel enmyn buill, ny sleih, ny colughtyn ‘sy vean echey ta cur ort far-hoiggal. Ayns çhengaghyn heear, son y chooid smoo, ta lettyryn mooarey er ny focklyn shen (ta ny Germaanee cur ad ec toshiaght dagh ennymockle).

Shen bun as bree y chooish: my t’ou uss gynsaghey ny çhengaghyn shoh, cha nel fys dy liooar ayd dy chur enney er ny focklyn smoo cosoylagh mastey stroo dy hillabyn; as cha nel ny cowraghyn oayllagh ain (myr lettyryn mooarey as baarnaghyn) ayn dys jannoo baghtal ny brishaghyn. She obbyr voal as tooilleilagh t’ayn resooney magh cummey ny focklyn lesh prowal-as-failleil.

Chammah’s shen, ta thousaneyn dy chowraghyn ayn, as thousaneyn dy chovestaghyn jeu oddagh ve nyn vocklyn gyn enney ain orroo. Eer my t’ou uss fakin cowrey ainjyssagh dhyt, foddee dy vel eh ayrn jeh fockle smoo. Chammah’s shen, ta’n Çhapaanish aafilley dy jeean, as myr shen s’doillee eh cur enney er cummey bunneydagh y fockle eer my ta’n cummey bunneydagh er enney ayd. Cha nel Shapaanish (ny Sheenish) kenjal da ynseydee!

C’red ta ny sassey?

1. いいレストランをご存知でしょうか?
2. いい  レストラン  を  ご存知  でしょう  か?

Dy dooghyssagh, s’cosoylagh eh feaysley magh ny focklyn liorish traa as toilleil, agh nagh nhare eh as baarnaghyn ayn! Sheenee, Shapaanee, ta mee guee erriu, my ta shiu er son skeaylley ny çhengaghyn eu, gow toshiaght focklyn y eddyraghey!

Double Fine Adventure

Vel fys ayd er y chooish Double Fine Adventure? Cha s’aym wheesh dy Ghaelgeyryn ta cur geill da gammanyn. Ta Double Fine Productions ny cholught gammanyn co- earrooder jeant jeh sleih ass LucasArts as colughtyn elley. Hug magh ad Psychonauts, gamman mie er enney chossyn ram moylley fy-yerrey ga nagh chreck eh dy mie ‘sy toshiaght (t’eh ny chlassic cultagh nish). Ta’n fer toshee oc, Tim Schafer, er nobbraghey er gammanyn ennoil contoyrtys Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle as Grim Fandango.

Wahll er 3oo Toshiaght Arree, dooyrt Schafer ayns co-akin marish Digital Spy dy row eh er jebbal shalee Psychonauts 2 da ymmodee soilsheyderyn, agh cha row anaase oc er . Ga dy vel ard-jeeaneyderyn shirrey er y gamman y chroo, cha dod eh jannoo eh gyn argid fondagh.

The founder of Double Fine studios said that he receives daily requests for the sequel, but fans often do not understand how game publishing works.

"I mean I get a lot of, on Twitter or whatever, daily questions about Psychonauts 2. And I would love to do Psychonauts 2, I've actually pitched that to publishers several times and no-one has taken the bait so far," he told Digital Spy.

"I'd love to do that game, but I'd have to convince someone to just give me a few million dollars, that's all."

Shen y chied red.

Gyn jerkallys peiagh erbee, dreggyr Notch: "Let's make Psychonauts 2 happen. " She crooteyr Minecraft eh Notch (Markus Persson), as ta ram argid cosnit echey liorish y gamman shen ren eh gyn soilsheyder erbee.

Hug shen greesaght er ram sleih as ghow ad toshiaght cur ram geill da’n chooish. As shen y nah red.

Nish, s’treisht lhiam dy vel fys ec cagh er Kickstarter. Ta’n ynnyd-eggey shoh lhiggey dhyt ve dty yeih-aignagh, as dty varrantagh, da shaleeyn: shaleeyn ellynagh, ronsaghey oaylleeagh, troaryn noa çhynskyllagh, as reddyn elley. Ta 2 Player Productions ny cholught çhellveeish ta jannoo fillym feer-skeealagh bentyn rish cultoor as colughtyn gamman co- earrooder. T’ad hannah jannoo feer-skeeal Minecraft : the story of Mojang liorish argid cosnit liorish Kickstarter . Eisht va anaase oc er nyannoo feer-skeeal bentyn rish Double Fine as yn aght t’ad jannoo gammanyn. Dooyrt Schafer nagh by chosoylagh eh fillym jeeragh y yannoo dy beagh laue soilsheyder ‘sy chooish, as adsyn er son gurneil dy cruinn y fys as co- yalloo harragh magh. Cha row argid ec y ghaa cholught dy yannoo gamman gyn cooney soilsheyder, as myr shen reih ad dy reaghey argid ec y theay liorish Kickstarter.

Schafer: We were talking about what game we could have access to because if we were using one of the games in production, the publisher might not like that, they might not like their coverage of that being so broad. We were worried about secrets and unannounced stuff and all the hassles of getting approval for everything, so we thought: “Let’s just start a new project and we could have Kickstarter fund that, too.”
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/16-million-and-counting/3981/

Ec y traa cheddin, v’ad smooinaghtyn er y ghamman myr shallee beg oddagh ve ny vun da’n ‘eer-skeeal, cha nel myr “ feer “ ghamman per se. Er shen, reih ad gamman contoyrtys er y fa nagh vel lheid y ghamman goll er croo dy mennick jiu (wahll, cha nel ec colughtyn ennoil; ta crooteyryn neuchrogheydagh as ard-jeeaneyderyn ad y yannoo ny keayrtyn er ping ruy). Cha nel soilsheyderyn gamman cur geill daue; cosoylit marish gammanyn LKP* as cloiederaght wooar oc, cha nel ad cosney monney argid as ta soilsheyderyn cruinnaghey er ny gammanyn ta cosney smoo. Agh ta shennaghys fondagh ec Double Fine er nyannoo gammanyn contoyrtys mie, as s’mie lesh Schafer lheid ny gammanyn. Er lesh dy row cloiederyn ayn nagh vel goll er tendeil liorish gammanyn jeianagh, agh by vie lhieu gammanyn contoyrtys reih -as- crig ny s’melley as ny s’meeiney dy cloie. Ta mish nyn mast’oc; cha nel mee mie ec LKPyn er chor erbee, agh s’mie lhiam ronsaghey seihill noa as feaysley feyshtyn. As myr haghyr eh, t’eh jeeaghyn dy vel sleih ayns coardailys rhym. Ghow toshiaght yn aghin Kickstarter er 7oo Toshiaght Arree shirrey $400,000; shen kerroo da’n ‘eer-skeeal as tree kerrooyn da’n ghamman hene, as er lesh Schafer she yn argid sloo oddagh ad jannoo gamman lieh -vie liorish, ga dy beagh eh ‘fo langeid’.

...it was going to be a cool, cute, little fun game, but it would probably be kind of hobbled as far as adventure games go. It wouldn’t have compared [to] Day of the Tentacle or our old games because it was going to be a fraction of the price.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/16-million-and-counting/3981/

Hebb ad leaghyn da sleih hug symm daue: coip jeh’n ghamman er son $15, jeh’n fillym as y ghamman er son $30, as jeh lioar shalee (chammah’s y fillym as y ghamman) er son $60. Va forum cowag ayn da cohoyrtee coloayrt er y ghamman, as reddyn elley. As shen y treeoo red.

As eisht: rouan.

Rish 9 ooryn 9 ooryn va’n $400,000 cosnit oc. Rish laa, va $1 millioon oc. Ta ny smoo cohoyrtee ec y çhalee na v’ec shalee Kickstarter erbee rieau. Rish jerrey’n aghin, va ny smoo na $3,000,000 oc.

Tree millioon dollar. Mysh £2,130,000.

My t’ou cur geill da’n naight, shen argid shiaght bleeantyn da’n Vunscoill – agh cha nel lheid y chosoylagh ymmydoil, er lhiam. Ta’n argid shen ny smoo na’n daa ghamman laadey neose s’noa oc, Costume Quest as Stacking, as ad jeant er son $2 villioon y pheesh. Agh ta leagh gammanyn “AAA” foddey ny smoo: $10 millioon er son un chorys, as $50 millioon er son gamman yl-choryssagh. Ta kuse jeu consey erash yn argid ayns thurrick: chossyn Halo 3 $170m ‘sy chied laa, er leagh mysh $30m (BBC).

Credjal dy vel shen leagh agglagh da eer ghamman co- earrooder? Wahll, er lhiams chammah dy vel, agh scuirr tammylt, eh? Quoid ta poageen fillym Hollywood? Eddyr $100 as $200 ayns ny 200yn leah. Dy ghra myr shen, keead wheesh ny smoo . Ghoym rish dy vel aghteyryn ennooil as ooilley shen ‘sy chooish nagh vel (son y chooid smoo) ayns gamman. Cha s’aym cre’n oyr dy vel feme ec fillymeyr erbee cur feed millioon dollar da peiagh erbee tra ta aghteyryn elley ass towse ry-gheddyn, agh shen skeeal elley. Smooinee, ta fillym cadjin ny sloo na daa oor. Ta beggan gammanyn neuchrogheydagh oor ny ghaa er lhiurid, agh t’ad goan. Ta gammanyn cadjin 5 ooryn er y chooid sloo, gyn çheet er cooid reihyssagh. Ta 10-20 ooryn ny s’menkey, as bentyn rish GCPyn as y lheid, cha nel 50 ooryn red yindyssagh (Xbox & PC). Shen y traa dy chloie un cheayrt, gyn çheet er gammanyn as yl-chloie oc (cloie noi cloiederyn elley), ny gammanyn oddagh oo ad y chloie ymmodee keayrtyn ayns caghlaaghyn aght (myr GCPyn).

Myr shen, ta gamman cur dhyt foddey wheesh ny smoo cooid (myr ta “ cooid ” y traa taitnyssagh ta ry-gheddyn ass), 30 wheesh ny keayrtyn. Cha nel shen moal er rheynn beg jeh’n argid cheddin.

Aghterbee, as yn argid shen cosnit oc, ta Double Fine er gaghlaa y shalee va foue. Ayns ynnyd jeh gamman beg quaagh, t’ad jannoo lane ghamman vees ry-gheddyn er dagh corys smoo as bee coraaghyn ry-chlashtyn ayns queig çhengaghyn (Baarle, Frangish, Germaanish, Iddaalish as Spaainish – gyn Gaelg, atreih!). Chammah’s shen, t’ad er chur stiagh aundyryn elley da cagh hug ram argid daue: ellyn bunneydagh er son $5000 (as dagh ooilley aundyr elley); bee as cowag marish y lught er son $10000 (adoae); goaill ayrn ‘sy ghamman myr karracteyr er son $50,000 (adoae); as eer geddyn coip bunneydagh coadit oor-noa jeh kied ghamman Schafer, fer jeh kiare t’echey foast (adoae) er son $150,000! Ta mee credjal dy vel ad ooilley goit ec sleih.

Schafer says all of the donated money will go towards making the product bigger and better. It will now launch on multiple platforms, including PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android. It will also feature voice acting and localized text in French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/21/double-fines-tim-schafer-on-kickstarter-success-i-did-not-expect-this-interview/

Cre’n scansh? Er lhiam nagh nee toshiaght irree magh cadjin ‘syn aght ta gammanyn goll er jannoo. Cha noddagh y chooid smoo dy ‘leih geddyn wheesh argid; ta ram oayllys as shennaghys prowit ec Schafer as Double Fine; hayrn Notch anaase ram sleih da’n chooish liorish çheet er Psychonauts, as hug ad geill tannaghtagh da Double Fine ga nagh nee Psychonauts 2 t’ad jannoo nish; as erskyn ooilley, v’adsyn y chied. Ta noaid cur blass anaasoil er reddyn nagh bee er y nah eab ec colught elley. Ny yei shen, nee colughtyn elley yn eab, as haink rish eh er son kuse jeu (as brishee fir elley).

Er y laue elley, ta’n chooish cowraghey dy baghtal dy vel ram sleih ayn as anaase oc er gammanyn elley, gammanyn nagh vel casley rish ny fir smoo ta soilsheyderyn cur argid daue. Foddee dy nee ee ad y ghreinney dy chur ny smoo geill da reddyn quaagh daue,as bee seihll cloie ny smoo anaasoil er son shen. Shoh mish as treisht orrym dy nee.

GCP: Gamman Cloie Paart (Role-Playing Game), gamman raad t'ou uss goaill ort hene enney karracteyr as goaill ayns 'sy vea-skeeal oc. Son y chooid smoo ta feyshtyn, caggey as bishaghey persoonagh ayn. LKP: Lhiggeyder Kied Phersoon (First Person Shooter), gamman raad t'ou uss jeeaghyn trooid sooillyn fer caggee ennagh as goaill ayrn ayns caggey liorish lhiggey fir ny cretooryn ny robotyn a.r.e.

Jerrey'n imbagh

Ta jerrey’n imbagh er jeet nish, as ta reddyn çheet dy ve ny s’kiuney.  S’aalin eh, son y chooid smoo.  S’mie lhiam ny studeyryn ta çheet da’n lioarlann, she adsyn cree yn obbyr aym; t’ad cur bree as gennalys er y voayl, as nish ta’n obbyr hene ta faagit ayms beggan dree.  Ny yei shen, ta mee laccal beggan kiunid erreish da imbagh tarroogh as tree bleeantyn boiragh.  Ta ny smoo boirey ry-heet chammah, agh rish tammylt ta caa ain beggan fea y ghoaill.  Cha nel ny turrysee lane my vlaa foast, myr shen ta'n chaayr tostagh dy liooar.  Ta mee jus ceau wheesh traa as fondagh liorish shooyl mygeayrt dy kiune as lhiggey da reddyn lheie ersooyl.  Dy firrinagh, ta mee er ve fo 'troos rish eash er dy daink çhingys er yn ard-ven ain 'sy toshiaght, as cha bee reddyn ny share derrey jerrey'n arraghey oik ta foin 'sy touree shoh.  Agh cre'n feeu accan?  S'treisht lhiam nagh bee eh myr shoh er son dy bragh, as myr shen cha nel eh orrym agh surranse rish tammylt.  Rish jerrey'n imbagh, ta shin dooney ny s'leaie as myr shen ta ny smoo traa seyr aym er son ceaughyn traa as reddyn elley.  Lesh shen as aase ny greiney rish yn arragh, ta mee roie ny s'menkey as ta shen yindyssagh.  S'doillee dhyt credjal eh - wahll, by ghoillee douys eh y chredjal - dy vel taitnys erbee ry-gheddyn ass roie mannagh vel uss roie hannah, agh erreish dhyt geddyn barriaght er neuollanid erbee 'sy toshiaght, tra foddee oo roie tammylt gyn scuirr, ta seyrsnys as boggaghey ennagh ry-gheddyn ass jus roie, obbraghey muskylyn as lhiggey da'n inçhyn cadley.  Share dou roie roish yn obbyr, myr saase dooishtee, agh t'eh cur orrym yeearree cadley 'syn obbyr ny keayrtyn...

Red quaagh er lhiam, shen y scansh eddyr pobblaght y lioarlann ‘syn imbagh as y phobblaght t’ayn nish.  Rish yn imbagh ta pobblaght cheaghlagh ain, agh nish she lught gillyn t’ayn dy fondagh; deiney jeean as smooinaghtagh as glioonagyn oc.  Ta ny mraane cho goan as airhey, bunnys.

Enney Marranagh

Enney Marranagh

As Foaynoo shooyl ayns ard-valley ‘syn ‘astyr, honnick ee eddin daahghit Imraaghys jannoo mooar jee hene fo lostan gas, as shimmey peiagh v’er e ghlioonyn roee er laagh yn ‘traid.

“Quoi uss?” as Foaynoo roee.

“She mish Foaynoo,” as Imraaghys.

Eisht heel Foaynoo ersooyl dy kiune gyn peiagh erbee cur geill jee.

As lurg tammylt hie Imraaghys magh, as dirree ny h-ooashleyderyn as eiyrt urree; as leeid ee ad, dy kiart as cooie, da’n Ooig ghooie eck.

Notey: Ta'n skeeal shoh ry-gheddyn myr skeeal clashtynagh lhaiht aym pene: recortys MP3

---

A Mistaken Identity

Fame as she walked at evening in a city saw the painted face of Notoriety flaunting beneath a gas-lamp, and many kneeled unto her in the dirt of the road.

"Who are you?" Fame said to her.

"I am Fame," said Notoriety.

Then Fame stole softly away so that no one knew she had gone.

And Notoriety presently went forth and all her worshippers rose and followed after, and she led them, as was most meet, to her native Pit.

---

Ta'n skeealeen shoh çhyndaait ass A Mistaken Identity liorish yn Çhiarn Dunsany. Ta'n lioar vunneydagh ry-lhaih er Project Gutenberg.

Yn Çheer Gyn Vardaght

Yn Çheer Gyn Vardaght

Haink y bard stiagh ayns çheer vooar nagh row bardaght erbee aynjee. As ren eh boirey dy mial er son yn ashoon shid gyn arrane beg ommidjagh erbee dy ghoaill ‘syn oie.

As dooyrt eh fy-yerrey: “Neeyms screeu er nyn son kuse d’arraneyn beggey ommidjagh do beagh ad gennal ‘sy raad as gearagh roish yn çhiollagh.” As rish ymmodee laghyn ren eh daue arraneyn eddrym, jeh’n torçh ta doodeeyn goaill er cruink ny çheeraghyn shinney s’maynrey.

Eisht hie eh da sleih ny çheerey as ad nyn soie as skee liorish tooilleil yn laa, as dooyrt eh daue: “Ta mee er screeu diu kuse d’arraneyn eddrym rere ny skeealyn meeresoonagh beggey, beggan gollrish y gheay ayns glionyn my aegid; foddee dy by vie lhiu ad y ghoaill rish ny h-oieyn meegherjoilagh eu.”

As dooyrt ad da:

“My t’ou credjal dy vel traa dy liooar ain ny laghyn shoh er son lheid yn ommidjys, s’baghtal nagh vel monney fys ayd er immeeaght chochionneeaght jeianagh.”

As ren y bard keayney as gra: “Atreih! T’ad caillt.”

Notey: Ta'n skeeal shoh ry-gheddyn myr skeeal clashtynagh lhaiht aym pene: recortys MP3

---

The Songless Country

The poet came unto a great country in which there were no songs. And he lamented gently for the nation that had not any little foolish songs to sing to itself at evening.

And at last he said: "I will make for them myself some little foolish songs so that they may be merry in the lanes and happy by the fireside." And for some days he made for them aimless songs such as maidens sing on the hills in the older happier countries.

Then he went to some of that nation as they sat weary with the work of the day and said to them: "I have made you some aimless songs out of the small unreasonable legends, that are somewhat akin to the wind in the vales of my childhood; and you may care to sing them in your disconsolate evenings."

And they said to him:

"If you think we have time for that sort of nonsense nowadays you cannot know much of the progress of modern commerce."

And the poet wept for he said: "Alas! They are damned."

---

Ta'n skeealeen shoh çhyndaait ass The Songless Country liorish yn Çhiarn Dunsany. Ta'n lioar vunneydagh ry-lhaih er Project Gutenberg.

Oonlaghey neurahoil

Lesh oonlaghey my eaddagh riyr, ren mee ad y ghaahghey aght ennagh. Cha s’aym cre’n bun jeh, agh ta’n stoo bane er soo stiagh gorrymid ass raad ennagh. S’quaagh shen, er y fa nagh row red erbee nyn mast’oc nagh vel mee er noonlaghey keayrtyn ass towse. Nish ta’n cullee roie aym lane ghorrym glass. Wahll, ny share gorrym na bane-jiarg, foddee! As mish jiarg ‘syn eddin lesh roie, yinnin jeeaghyn gollrish moggaid dy braddan.

Embedding mp4 videos in a Virtual Learning Environment

I recently finished a fairly long project to make a DVD collection more readily available to members of a university library. The DVDs are expensive academic ones, and the library is not that keen on lending them out. Also, this would restrict usage to one person at a time, which means if they’re assigned viewing for a seminar or assignment, life becomes very difficult. This being the case, the library got permission to make the DVDs available on the university network. However, for copyright reasons and to minimise the risk of piracy, access has to be restricted to only current members of the university, which means controlling access pretty heavily; they can’t just be made available over the internet.

The small faculty library have limited influence over the university computing services, which meant that bespoke viewing solutions were not really an option. For example, they couldn’t have a special password-protected page set up that would control access through user identification. For copyright purposes, something like this with by-user watermarking would be a nice solution; but technically difficult and probably expensive, even once the basic page was set up.

The chosen solution was to make use of an existing user-restriction system: the university Virtual Learning Envirnoment (VLE). The university IT service agreed to set things up, but for various reasons were eventually forced to drop the project. Obviously (as I’m posting this) it fell to me to handle it. I thought it might be useful to post a description in case any other poor sap has to do a similar project in the future.

A complication that arose fairly early was that the VLE would not (at least at that time) allow media files to be played directly. As a result, I had to set up embedded players within the VLE to play each set of files.

There were several basic stages to the project:

• Transcribe the content descriptions of each DVD for use on the VLE. Thse came as text pages on the DVD, (not files; still text images!) which would have been somewhat nightmarish to transcribe. Fortunately the library had paper handbooks that had accompanied the original VHS versions of the DVDs.
• Rip the DVD to .mp4.
• Create XML playlists for each DVD.
• Create webpages for each DVD with an embedded player.
• Create static webpages for the transcriptions of each DVD, and an overall DVD listing page linking to the individual embedded-player pages.

Some were trickier than others, but I’ll run through them all quickly.

Transcription

The paper handbooks were invaluable here. I simply scanned the pages and OCRed them to get the basic text. Naturally there were plenty of OCR errors to correct, some of which I picked up at the time and others much later.

Ripping

For ripping the DVDs I used Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/). This is a very useful bit of kit, fully open-source and GPL for those worried about it, and usable on Windows, OS X and Linux.

To rip DVDs with Handbrake:

1. Go to Options. Set the default folder to wherever you want this lot of files stored (which saves hassle later), and set up a filename scheme. This needs to be set for each DVD if you want the files named anything useful.
2. Insert the DVD and select “DVD” as the source.
3. In my case, the DVDs were fairly low resolution, so for space-efficiency and quick processing we chose the “Iphone and Ipod Touch” setting defaults.
4. Set audio however you want; in our case it was worth mixing down to Mono because there was only a mono track.
5. Select “Web Optimise”
6. Manually select the first track, so chapters “1 through 1”
7. Check the filename and path. Manually chance the prefix to .mp4 if you want .mp4s, as it tends to default to m4v.
8. Add the chapter to the queue
9. Change the start track to the next one. This will automatically change the end track, so you’re still only picking one track at a time.
10. Repeat until all tracks are added.
11. Open the queue, check all the tracks are actually there, and off you go. Ripping will take a while, so I suggest using a machine you won’t be needing for the rest of the afternoon; it might be safe enough, but there’s always a chance of causing problems if you try to work on it at the same time.

XML Playlists

A playlist looks like this:

  <playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/">
    <title>playlist title</title>
    <info>main DVD page URL</info>
    <tracklist>
      <track>
        <title>number and title of track</title>
        <creator>copyright holder</creator>
        <info>filename.mp4</info>
        <annotation>description of track</annotation>
        <location>filepath/filename.mp4</location>
      </track>
...(repeat for other tracks)     </tracklist>
  </playlist>

Sections in red need to be filled in appropriately. In the case of the VLE I was working with, files seemed to need absolute paths rather than relative ones.

I wrote them in Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/), which keeps track of bracket pairs, quote pairs and so on, making it amazingly useful for this kind of thing. In fact I do all my HTML editing in NP++.

Pages with embedded players

The player I ended up using is called JW Player, available from Longtail Video (http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/). It supports both Flash and HTML5. I used the simpler Flash option as the VLE was liable to create enough problems, without worrying about browser issues. I believe the newest release of JWP (currently 5.9) may make things simpler, but haven’t tried it. I started the project with the January 2011 release (probably 5.0), and have not seen any particular reason to change over.

I downloaded JWP and unzipped it into a folder on the VLE. That’s about all you need to do with it.

Each embedded-player webpage looks like this:

<h2>DVD Title</h2>
<script type='text/javascript' src='../../media/swfobject.js'></script>
<div id="mediaspace">descriptive text that should not appear unless there are problems. I used it to include a warning that library catalogue machines could not play the videos</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
  var so = new SWFObject('../../media/player.swf','mpl','980','480','9');
    so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
    so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
    so.addParam('wmode','opaque');
    so.addVariable('playlistfile','DVD_playlist.xml');
    so.addVariable('playlistsize','340');
    so.addVariable('playlist','right');
    so.addVariable('bufferlength','30');
    so.addVariable('autostart','true');
    so.addVariable("repeat","list");
    so.addVariable("shuffle","false");
    so.addVariable('backcolor','52708b');
    so.addVariable('frontcolor','000000');
    so.addVariable('lightcolor','ffffff');
    so.write('mediaspace');
</script>
<p>Read the <a href="path/thisdvdsummary.html">written summary</a>
</p>
<p>Return to the <a href="path/maindvdlist.html">main DVD listing</a>
</p>

Static pages

The pages with transcriptions, DVD listings and other information were just bog standard HTML pages.

Folder structure

Just for completeness, here’s the folder structure I used for the project, with generic names instead of the specifics I used.

Main (root folder for the project)
    Main.Media (contents of the JW Player download, used to actually play the .mp4s)
    Main.DVDs (includes the homepage for the videos, and any summaries or transcriptions to the contents of multiple individual DVDs; the latter could instead have been in a specific Summaries subfolder)
        Main.DVDs.ThisDVD (includes the individual mp4s; the xml playlist; summary page for the specific DVD; and the embedded-player page).

Dy giare: craueyn clouit

Ta art beg noa screeut aym er cooish lheeys anaasoil. T'ad er gooilleeney clou craue keeilley noa da ben chaill e craue keeilley liorish osteomyelitis!

CAGHLAA: er y fa nagh vel yn ynnyd-eggey shen ayms foast, ta mee er scughey yn art. T'eh heese nish.

Craue keeilley clouit

Haink yn eie shoh jeh New Scientist 06-02-2012; 3D printer provides woman with a brand new jaw liorish Paul Marks.

Barriaght lheeys noa! Ta mee er screeu hannah er aajiooghyn jeant ass bun-chillaghyn deiney. Nish, ta laueyn-lhee Belgagh er groo craue keeilley noa liorish clou magh!

Giare-chummey

Va’n ben 83 bleeaney d’eash, as va osteomyelitis stroie y craue keeilley eck. Ren ad scanney JAM (Jallooaghey Aavuilley Magnaidagh, “Magnetic Resonance Imaging”) jeh’n chraue keeilley, do by chosoylagh eh coip jeeragh jeh y jannoo. Ren possan Jules Poukens (Biomed, rheynn ronsee bea-lheeys Ollooscoill Hasselt ‘syn Velg) stiurey y laue-lheeys as co-obbraghey marish colught clouderys Layerwise. Ta Layerwise cruinnaghey er clou 3H çhitaanium dys jannoo crooinyn feeacklagh as cuirryn craue.

Ren ad ymmyd jeh clouder 3H shinteyragh laser (“laser sintering”) dys croo y far-chraue noa. Ta’n clouder co-lheie breneenyn çhitaanium, brat er vrat, dys aachroo y kiaddey t’ad cur da. Eisht, ren ad coadey y craue keeilley fo vrat crayee bea-choardailagh (“biocompatible”) nagh boiragh er e stoo kirpey. Ta tuill as lhagganyn ‘sy chraue greinnaghey muskylyn dy chiangley rish, as thiollaneyn lhiggey da neearagyn keeilley goll ny hrooid, as ta binn ayn er son cuirryn feeacklagh my ta feme ec y ven orroo keayrt ennagh ry-heet.

Cheau ad kiare ooryn rish y laue-lheeys ayns Mean Souree 2011. Rish y nah laa, dod y surransagh loayrt as sluggey ‘syn aght dooghyssagh reesht. Ghow ad yindys dy row eh cho speeideilagh. Ta cuirryn clouit er nyn nyannoo roish shen, agh v’ad ny sloo. Aachroo ad lieh-chraue keeilley s’yrdjey ayns Finnlynn ayns 2008, liorish clowan çhitaanium clouit baiht ayns bun-chillaghyn daase stoo kirpey noa ayns brooinney y turransagh (shen bentyn rish obbyr yn aajioogh noa). Ayns 2009, ren ronseyderyn coontey jeh craueyn ordaag clouit. Shoh kesmad noa ‘sy vagher as er lesh ny commee she toshiaght t’ayn. Dooyrt reiltagh Layerwise, Peter Mercelis: “By chosoylagh eh jannoo foddey ny smoo ymmyd jeh cruinnyn jeant er son surransagh er lheh, na jeh aachuirraghyn craue deiney.”

Foddee cloudeyryn 3H jannoo bratyn micromeadaryn er çheeid as ass stoo erbee, bunnys. Ta New Scientist gra dy vel ronseyderyn shirrey aght dy chlou noadaghyn crackan da surransee lostey, as eer aght dy hroggal lane oltyn liorish cur sheese killagyn ‘sy chummey cooie. Greesee ass towse!

Jeeagh er feeshag er y chooish liorish Layerwise.

Imraaghyn

“Spare jawbone grown in gut” Sami Torma, ABC Science, Reuters.
Cha noddym feddyn art oaylleeagh bentyn rish y chooish raad erbee. Quaagh.

“Toward Regenerating a Human Thumb In Situ”, Tissue Engineering Part A September 2009, 15 (9): 2605-2615. Weinand et. al. DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0467.

Shiaghtin ghellid

She shiaghtin ghellid t'ayn. Ta çhingys sooilley as crackanagh ennagh er ngeddyn greim orrym, as hug y ben-lhee orrym gyn ceau speckleyryn ny sooillagyn lhiantagh rish ymmodee laaghyn. Cha nel shen aashagh, er y fa dy vel mee cho kyagh as craitnag. Foddym cronnaghey cummaghyn, as cur enney er kuse dy 'leih rere'n eeaddagh as aght shooyl oc, as cha nel mee tuittym ny bwoalley noi reddyn son y chooid smoo. Agh cha noddym fakin eddinyn, as erskyn ooilley, cha noddym lhaih. Wahll, cha mnoddym lhaih agh reddyn shey oarlagh veih my ghaa hooill ny ayns clou buillvollee er heu varroose. Dy aighar, ta mee clouscreeu er meir feer vie; ta mee screeu y clane art shoh gyn fakin fockle erbee jeh, as s'treisht lhiam nagh bee rouyr marranyssyn ayn. Cha cosoylagh eh cur er y teks ve mooar dy liooar dou fakin eh gyn croymmey roym as blakey er.!
Ghow mee speckleyryn rish queig bleiney d'eash as cha gooin lhiam traa tra dod mee fakin reddyn dy baghtal. Gyn scansh da shen, cha oayllagh dou shooyl mygeayrt gyn fakin; ta mee ceau speckleyryn ny sooillagyn car y laa. Taa mee faggys er nyarrood wheesh nagh noddym dy yannoo gyn speckleyryn. Agh ny laaghyn shoh, ta dagh ooilley red, bunnys, croghey er lhaih. As mish gobbraghey ayns lioarlann, she ard-ghoilleeid t'ayn. Cha noddym fakin ny dateyn çheusthie ny lioaryn; cha noddym cronnaghey my she lioar lhien ny lioar lesh lioarlann elley t'ayn dy aashagh. Cha noddym fakin ny lipaidyn skellooagh t'orroo tra ta mee cur ad erash 'sy lioarlann; v'eh oym gliooney er y laare as blakey orroo dy quaagh, ny drappal aarey as seiy my eddin rish ny lioaryn dys feddyn y boayl kiart. Erskyn ooilley shen, cha noddym fakin taishbyneryn! Nagh quaagh eh wheesh d'obbyr ta shin jannoo orroo? Cha noddym lhaih ny cur freggyrt da postyn-l, ny shirrey lioaryn er y chatalog, as cha noddym eer cur lioaryn er eeassaght as goaill ad erash agh dy moal as dy mertragh; ta'n teks ro-veg. Ga dy noddym fakin kuse ennagh jeh liorish eab, cha noddym goaill tastey jeh reddyn dy taghyrtagh, as shen red scanshoil.
Ec y traa t'ayn ta mee thie, agh ta'n chooid smoo dy cheaughyn-traaaey caillt aym. Ta mee screeu y post shoh agh t'eh creoi dy liooar. Cha cosoylagh eh lhaih lioar, ny jeeaghyn er fillym, ny cloie gammanyn. Son y chooid smoo t'eh foym ceau yn çhiaghtin liorish eaishtagh rish recortyssyn çhengey ynsee as shareaghey my hene. Heemayd!

Skeealeen daa oor

Ta mee kiart er screeu skeealeen noa. Haink yn eie dou fastyr jiu 'syn obbyr, as aght ennagh haink eh dou dy aashagh y cheayrt shoh. Dy cadjin cha noddym geddyn greim er ny h-eieyn as t'eh orrym faagail ad noi traa elley. Nee'm eh y aalhaih as glenney beggan, as s'treisht lhiam dy noddym cur er yn ynnyd-eggey aym oie ny vairagh. Red beg quaagh elley rere aght Ghunsany.

Çharon

Çharon

Chroym Çharon er oaie as ymmyrt. Va dagh ooilley red goit stiagh ‘sy tooilleilys v’er.

Cha nee cooish dy vleeantyn ny keeadyn v’ayn, agh thooillaghyn foawragh dy hraa, as shenn trommys as pian ‘syn arm v’eh er gliaghtey rish myr ayrn jeh kiaddey ny jeeghyn as myrane lesh Beaynid.

Dy beagh ny jeeghyn er chur da eer gheay chontraartagh, veagh eh er rheynn ooilley traa ‘sy chooinaghtyn echey ayns daa leac corrym rish y cheilley.

Cho lheeah va dagh ooilley red raad chum eh, dy jinnagh sollyssid erbee feiyal thurrick mastey ny merriu, er eddin benrein myr Cleopatra foddee, cha noddagh e hooill ny chronnaghey.

By whaagh eh dy daink ny merriu nyn ymmodee ‘sy traa v’ayn. Haink ad nyn dousaneyn ga dy b'oayllagh daue çheet nyn naeedyn. Cha by churrym ny mian Haron eh smooinaghtyn 'syn annym lheeah echey er cre'n oyr. Chroym eh as ymmyrt.

Eisht rish tammylt cha daink peiagh erbee. Cha b'oayllagh da ny jeeghyn gyn cur peiagh erbee neose veih'n Teihll rish lheid y tammylt. Agh share fys ec ny jeeghyn.

Eisht haink dooinney ny lomarcan. As hoie sheese y scaa beg bibbernee er beck follym as heiy yn baatey jeh'n çheer. Cha nel agh un troailtagh: share fys ec ny jeeghyn. As ren Çharon mooar as tooillit gymmyrt roish as roish rish y scaa tost beg bibbernee.

As va sheean ny h-awiney gollrish sogh vooar va Seaghyn er soghal 'sy toshiaght marish e shuyraghyn, as nagh noddagh geddyn baase myr mactullee vran deiney huitt er cruink thallooin, agh va cho shenn as traa as y pian ayns armyn Haron.

Eisht ren y baatey veih'n awin voal lheeah roshtyn thalloo Dis, as hooill y scaa tost beg er-traie as eh bibbernee foast, as ren Çharon yn baatey y hyndaa dys ymmyrt dy skee erash da'n Teihll. Eisht dooyrt y scaa, va ny ghooinney keayrt dy row.

"She mish y jerrinagh," as eh.

Cha row peiagh erbee rieau er chur er Çharon mongey; cha row peiagh erbee rieau er chur er keayney.

---

Charon

Charon leaned forward and rowed. All things were one with his weariness.

It was not with him a matter of years or of centuries, but of wide floods of time, and an old heaviness and a pain in the arms that had become for him part of the scheme that the gods had made and was of a piece with Eternity.

If the gods had even sent him a contrary wind it would have divided all time in his memory into two equal slabs.

So grey were all things always where he was that if any radiance lingered a moment among the dead, on the face of such a queen perhaps as Cleopatra, his eyes could not have perceived it.

It was strange that the dead nowadays were coming in such numbers. They were coming in thousands where they used to come in fifties. It was neither Charon's duty nor his wont to ponder in his grey soul why these things might be. Charon leaned forward and rowed.

Then no one came for a while. It was not usual for the gods to send no one down from Earth for such a space. But the gods knew best.

Then one man came alone. And the little shade sat shivering on a lonely bench and the great boat pushed off. Only one passenger: the gods knew best. And great and weary Charon rowed on and on beside the little, silent, shivering ghost.

And the sound of the river was like a mighty sigh that Grief in the beginning had sighed among her sisters, and that could not die like the echoes of human sorrow failing on earthly hills, but was as old as time and the pain in Charon's arms.

Then the boat from the slow, grey river loomed up to the coast of Dis and the little, silent shade still shivering stepped ashore, and Charon turned the boat to go wearily back to the world. Then the little shadow spoke, that had been a man.

"I am the last," he said.

No one had ever made Charon smile before, no one before had ever made him weep.

---

Ta'n skeealeen shoh çhyndaait ass Charon liorish yn Çhiarn Dunsany. Ta'n lioar vunneydagh ry-lhaih er Project Gutenberg.

Meanyn 'sy Vretnish

As mish cummal ayns Sostyn nish, cha nel monney caa aym Bretnish y loayrt as ta'n çhengey lheie ersooyl jeem beggan er veggan. Ta mee lhaih 'sy Vretnish ny keayrtyn as geaishtagh rish kiaull Vretnish nish as reesht. Aghterbee, ghow mee toshiaght shirrey creelaghyn-fynneigagh as y lheid. Ta mee geaishtagh rish creelaghyn-fynneig dy mennick: tra ta mee shooyl dys yn obbyr, jannoo obbyr yn thie, ny roie; myr shen she caa vie dy chummal seose yn çhengey. Cha dooar mee monney.

Cha nel agh kiare ry-gheddyn jeh Radio Cymru, as cha nel ad cooie dou dy firrinagh. Ta fer jeu mychione bluckan-coshey - cha nel anaase aym er ayns çhengey erbee. Ta fer elley politickagh, as ga dy vel mee cur geill da politickaght, cha nel monney fys aym er cooishyn ynnydagh Bretin nish. Chammah's shen, ta mee geddyn dy liooar jeu liorish lhaih y naight 'sy Vretnish. Ta'n claare kiaullee mie dy liooar, agh t'eh foddey ny s'doccar toiggal kiaull na coloayrtys tra t'ou shooyl rish raaidyn mooarey, as t'ad lhiettit da beggan cooishyn son y chooid smoo. Cha nel mee son lhiettal my cliaghtey Bretnish da graih, trimshaght as shennaghys y theay. Ta'n kerroo fer er son y phossan ynsee hene; my dy liooar, agh aght ennagh cha ghow eh greim orrym.

Er y gherrid, hooar mee creeley-fynneigagh jeh'n ennym Haclediad. T'eh bentyn rish çhaghnoaylleeaght, co-earrooderyn, yn eddyr-voggyl as stoo elley ta anaase aym er myr nerd fouwragh. Deaisht mee rish y chreeley s'jerree as ghow mee ram taitnys jeh. V'ad loayrt dy baghtal as va quallid mie ec y recortys. Obbyr vie dy jarroo. Chammah's shen, ta mee er ngeddyn Pengwiniaid Madagascar, as shen yindyssagh. Mannagh vaik oo Madagascar (fillym bio-chaslyssagh), fow eh as jeeagh er, t'eh feeu y traa. Ta'n claare shoh mysh jeih minnid er lhiurid, as t'eh da paitçhyn; wahll, t'ad cur eh mastey stoo paitçhyn, agh ta sleih Sheear jannoo shen marish dagh ooilley caslys-skeeal, fillym bio-chaslyssagh as skeeal erbee elley nagh vel jeant liorish feer sleih as focklyn, er fa nagh vel mee toiggal. Aghterbee, t'eh aitt as giare as myr shen t'eh snaue stiagh dy mie ayns baarney erbee 'sy claare-traa aym.

Fockley magh R

Ta mish gobbraghey ayns lioarlan ollooscoill, as ta studeyryn gobbraghey marin 'syn oie myr cooney lhieeneydagh (t'ad ny sloo deyr na obbree lane-emshir!). Ta shin caarjoil dy liooar as ta kuse jin ceau traa rish y cheilley ny keayrtyn. Aghterbee, ta ben jeu smooinaghtyn er jeet dy ve ny ben-lioarlan erreish da'n ollooscoill, as dinsh ee dou dy vel ee er chur stiagh er son Aberystwyth. Wahll, va mee ayns shen blein ny queig er dy henney (as b'wooar lhiam ee), as hug mee gaue jee dy by ymmydoil eh Bretnish y ynsaghey er y fa dy vel ad daa-hengagh 'sy lioarlan. Cha row mee jerkal eh tra dreggyr ee dy by vie lhee oyr dy ynsaghey Bretnish.

Wahll, erreish dou toiggal ee, chowree mee jee dy row yn oyr shen eck: foddee ee loayrt Bretnish marym. Ta anaase myr shen dy liooar dou goaill toshiaght er shalee, as t'eh foym cooney lhee ynsaghey iaith y nefoedd my s'cosoylagh eh. Hooar magh mee dy row doilleeid ayn tra dooyrt ee dou nagh nod ee fockley magh [r] Celtiagh. Ghow mee yindys. S'doillee dou fockley magh [ʁ] Germaanish, agh shen er y fa (choud's noddym toiggal) dy vel eh ro-chosoylagh rish [ɣ] as [x] Celtiagh as cha noddym geddyn greim er y scansh mooar t'eddyr oc. Agh cha nod ee fockley magh [r]. Dou hene, cha nel monney scansh eddyr /r/ 'sy Ghaelg as 'sy Vaarle t'ayms dy cadjin, agh ta mish my Scouser as ta frap rhotagh ain ([ɾ]). Sleih ass ram buill elley ayns Sostyn, she [ɹ] t'oc. Er lhiam dy vel eh ny s'doillee caghlaa veih shen dys [r] creoi.

Agh shoh y red - cha noddym çheet er aght dy hoilshaghey magh yn aght ta mee gra [r]. Cha nel eh jyst sheidey aer harrish birr ny çhengey; ta'n birr craa fo'n stroo dy aer as bwoalley er y charbad ymmodee keayrtyn. Er y laue elley, cha nel mee jannoo shen jeh yoin; t'eh taghyrt, shen ooilley. Foddym soilshaghey cre'n aght ta mee fockley magh sheean erbee elley, er lhimmey jeh ny craaghyn. Mollaght orroo.

Mannagh hoig oo ny cowraghyn quaagh shen ayns lhoobeenyn kerrinagh, jeeagh er artyn Wiki ny Gaelgey er yn Abbyrlhit Sheeanagh Eddyr-ashoonagh as myn-heeanyn dys ynsaghey reddyn noa!

Ronsaghey proteenagh liorish obbyr hionnalagh as gamman co-earrooder

Victory for crowdsourced biomolecule design

Nature News 22-01-2012; http://www.nature.com/news/victory-for-crowdsourced-biomolecule-design-1.9872

DOI: 10.1038/nature.2012.9872

Jessica Marshall

Ta ymmodee artyn ayn bentyn rish y chooish shoh, agh shoh y fer ynrican gyn costys. Ta daa imraa elley ec bun yn art shoh.

Giare-chummey

Ta cloiederyn co-earrooder er ngeddyn y kione share er oaylleeyn (as cur cooney mooar daue) bentyn rish strughtoor ensyme tuarastyllagh.

Ta Center for Game Science as bea-oayllee David Baker er nyannoo gamman (Foldit) ta lhiggey dhyt filley as troggal proteenyn. Ta strughtoor bree sloo cosney skensh smoo. Liorish geddyn obbyr share ny cloiederyn as jannoo prowaltys oaylleeagh urree, t'ad er ngeddyn cummaghyn noa as anaasoil.

'Sy toshiaght, cha row ny h-arryltee agh coyrt bree obbree naggyr ny co-earrooderyn oc da'n çhalee. Ta obbyr skeaylt ("distributed processing") myr shen cadjin dy liooar – myr sampleyr, SETI@home. Chaghlaa ad dys lhiggey da ny h-arryltee feaysley er strughtooryn proteenagh, as nish dys croo proteenyn noa.

Er y gherrid, ta cloiederyn Foldit er groo ensyme ta gobbraghey 18 wheesh ny smoo na'n fer bunneydagh. T'eh catalysal ym-obbraghyn Diels-Alder, obbyr ta co-haaghey ymmodee covreneenyn. Ta ny ym-obbraghyn shoh feer ymmydoil, agh cha nel fys ain er monney ensymeyn. Ayns 2010, ren Baker as e cho-obbree kiaddey ensyme Diels-Alderase noa, agh dooyrt Baker "cha nee ensyme feer vie v'ayn". V'eh moal as missilagh, as cha dod ad eh y hareaghey. Hug magh ad y feysht er Foldit, as shirrey er ny cloiederyn feaysley er feyshtyn er lheh: myr sampleyr, aachroo lhoob geayr aminagh do beagh eh bentyn rish stoo ym-obbree ny smoo fondagh; as eisht feddyn cummey anchorragh as y lhoob noa echey. Ghow ny h-oaylleeyn ny kiaddaghyn share as jannoo prowaltyssyn rere ad dys feddyn y cummey share.

Ta Foldit lhiggey da cloiederyn jannoo caghlaaghyn mooar da strughtoor ny proteenyn, foddey erskyn ny yinnagh claare co-earrooder ny prowaltys cadjin. Myr sampleyr, ta aafilley fo stiurey ("directed evolution") ceaghey possan mooar dy ensymeyn, as ad y vynscrutaghey dys feddyn caghlaaderyn ymmydoil. Son y chooid smoo, she caghlaa un gheayr aminagh t'ayn. 'Sy chooish Diels-Alderase, ren cloiederyn cur stiagh 13 geayryn aminagh noa, ny chaghlaa mooar. Dys jannoo prowaltys oardreilagh er caghlaaghyn cho mooar as shen, veagh eh er oayllee prowal proteenyn ass towse. S'doillee da co-earrooderyn prowal caghlaaghyn mooar, as dooillee er lheh my ta'n claare er ngeddyn freggyrtyn ayns "couan" beggan bree; cha mie lhieu treigeil lhied y 'reggyrt lieh-vie as goll trooid freggyrtyn bree smoo dys shirrey freggyrt bree sloo foast.

Ta'n gamman lhiggey da aghtallys as sheiltynys deiney prowal eieyn liorish keeayll ghooghyssagh. Ta ram schlei feayslee shilley ec deiney, as ta jargaght ain strateishyn feayslee y chroo as caghlaa tra ta shin gobbraghey. Ta co-hirrey ny vrod da cloiederyn, as ta co-obbraghey lhiggey daue feaysley er feyshtyn nagh dod ad gyn nyn lomarcan.

Ec y traa t'ayn, t'eh fo ny h-oayllee shirrey er cloiederyn Foldit feddyn covreneenyn dys lhiettal veeryssyn floo as cooyl-veeryssyn ("retroviruses").

Imraaghyn elley

"Increased Diels-Alderase activity through backbone remodeling guided by Foldit players", Nature Biotechnology 22-01-2012. Christopher B Eiben, Justin B Siegel, Jacob B Bale, Seth Cooper, Firas Khatib, Betty W Shen, Foldit Players, Barry L Stoddard, Zoran Popovic as David Baker. DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2109

"Predicting protein structures with a multiplayer online game", Nature 466: 756-760, 05-08-2010. Seth Cooper, Firas Khatib, Adrien Treuille, Janos Barbero, Jeehyung Lee, Michael Beenen, Andrew Leaver-Fay, David Baker, Zoran Popovic as Foldit Players. DOI: 10.1038/nature09304

Menkid lettyryn Yernish er son coadey as cronnaghey eash screeuee

Rere yn Irish Times, ta caillin er veddyn magh saase noa dy hickyraghey teksyn Yernish. Ren Aoife Gregg oltscarrey menkid lettyr er 15,000 fockle veih ynnyd-eggey'n phabyr-naight Foinse, liorish towse lettyryn, daalettyryn as treelettyryn. Ren ee cosoylaghey ny h-eiyrtyssyn marish teks giare as geddyn towseyn cosoylagh. Hooar ee sambyl towse fondagh, as A, I, H as N smoo cadjin 'syn oardagh shen.

Erreish da'n eiyrtys shen, ghow ee toshiaght jannoo studeyrys er menkid lettyryn ayns shenn docamadys as scrutaghey caghlaaghyn shennaghyssagh. Va scanshyn eddyr menkid lettyr ny docamadyn; myr sampleyr, ta A as H foddey ny s'cadjiney jiu. Hooar ee dy dod ee cronnaghey eash ny docamadyn, as shen cruinn dy liooar so y chooid smoo (ren 7 ass 10 prowaltyssyn coardail rish y traih eash ta ard-scoillaryn cur orroo).

Chammah's shen, ren sambylyn menkid as cochiangley lhiggey jee jee-choadey çhaghteraghtyn v'er nyn coadey eck hene ny ec sleih elley. Myr sampleyr, roish H ta C smoo cadjin, as eddyr A as R ta Í smoo cadjin.

Ec y traa t'ayn, s'treih lhiam gra, cha noddym feddyn teks yn obbyr hene. Ta feeshag ry-akin er YouTube jeh Aoife soilshaghey'n obbyr eck.

SOPA, PIPA, ACTA as kiarail

Ta ram stoo ry-akin mychione SOPA as PIPA ec y traa t’ayn, eer er ym-ysseraght hradishoonagh ny keayrtyn. Va artyn beggey er ynnydyn-eggey pabyryn-naightey, agh ass shilley son y chooid smoo er y fa dy row reddyn scanshoil ry-ghra mychione sleih çhellveeish as cloiederyn spoyrt ennagh nagh row enney aym orroo.

Mastey ny h-artyn smoo anaasagh honnick mee er y chooish va’n fer shoh liorish John Walker, screeudeyr Rock, Paper, Shotgun, ec botherer.org. V’eh gimraa art assagagh Chotaku ren leshtallyn er son nagh ghow ad ayrn ad ‘sy Lane-Vooghey eddyr-voggyl, as jannoo argane nagh row ad toiggal bun y chooish er chor erbee.

Dooyrt Kotaku:

SOPA is miserably vague in so many ways. Its section that classifies streaming video as a copyright infringement susceptible to all of the aforementioned website-strangling, describes a potentially problematic video stream as follows:...

It’s no wonder that an outfit like the League of Legends creators at Riot Games read that and worry that a livestream of a great LoL match could be found in violation of SOPA the moment someone starts singing the lyrics of a copyrighted song on it. Is that really the kind of stifling of the Internet the writers of SOPA and PIPA are seeking?

Dreggyr Walker:

Yes! Yes it is. That is precisely the internet they’re seeking. It seems so outlandish that so many news outlets are phrasing it as if it’s a reductio ad absurdum, throwing their hands up and saying, “This bill’s so crazy it would lead to these wacky outcomes!” as if such a result is a parody of the poorly written nature of the bill.

This is to so frighteningly miss the point as to be all but helping those crafting such bills. By reducing the very intent of terrified industries – they who built their empires around plastic squares and discs that have since been rendered pointless – to a perceived exaggeration, something apparently so laughable as to parody the bills’ intentions, is to ignore the reality of what we are facing.

The terrified industries, built up around an illusion of digital ideas having physical forms, are desperate. Like a dying wild animal, trapped in a corner, they are lashing out with their last strength, and they will do anything, go to any extent, to survive. But it doesn’t matter how many children and grandmothers they sue, how many bands and singers they bankrupt and ring out to dry, how big their lies, nor how outrageous their political influence, the reaction is always the same: “They’ll be banning us from singing in the shower next!”

Yes. They will. They are so desperate for control in a world that is increasingly recognising their irrelevance that they are attempting to shut down and dominate everything they can.

Er lhiam dy vel kiart echey. Dy mennick, ta sleih jannoo coontys jeh cooish slattyssagh ny leighagh ennagh as cowraghey magh ny reddyn ‘meeresoonagh’ oddagh taghyrt rere focklyn jeeragh y clattys. Agh cha nel ad meeresoonagh dagh keayrt. Adsyn ta cur trimmid er politickeyryn er lheid ny cooishyn, ta dean er lheh oc; as er lhiam nagh vel ad cur monney geill da fo-eiyrtyssyn yn obbyr. Y sleih ta greesaghey er son SOPA as PIPA, t’ad shirrey lane niart er yn obbyr as cooid inçhynaght oc. Cha noddym shassoo noi shen hene dy firrinagh; s’olk lhiam roosteyrys, as my t’ou uss geddyn stoo ta ry-chreck gyn eeck as gyn kiart adsyn ren eh, she roosteyrys t’ayn.

Bentynagh: cha nel mee coontey monney jeh arganeyn mychione “cha nee geid t’ayn, er y fa nagh vel oo er ngoaill y nhee veih y fer v’eh echey; t’eh echey foast”. T’eh, dy feer, agh cha nee shen y coardailys. My ta peiagh erbee cur magh red ennagh as gra: “shen yn obbyr ayms, agh lhiggym dhyt eh y lhaih (ny clashtyn, ny ee, ny cummal ayn) my t’ou uss geeck”, cha nel kiart ayd goll shaghey y çhebbal. My ta mee goll stiagh ‘sy thie ayds tra t’ou uss gobbraghey, as cadley ayn rish hoght ooryn as jannoo ymmyd jeh’n stoo ayd gyn geid ny brishey nhee erbee, cre’n assee dhyts? Agh quoi yinnagh lowal shen? Ec y traa t’ayn, cha nel mee gra dy vel y roosteyrys shoh jannoo assee scanshoil da faill colughtyn mooarey; ta ny cooishyn shoh cramp dy liooar, ta taishbyney scanshoil dy liooar, as cha nod oo gra dy vel “coip jeh gyn kiart” y red cheddin as “creck caillt”. Agh ta mee lane shickyr dy vel crootee veggey coayl argid ennagh, er y fa dy vel sleih goaill ny t’ad croo gyn eeck as cha nel ad mooar dy liooar dy gheddyn vondeish jeh. Monney argid? Cha s’aym.

Ta’n sleih er son fendeil y chooid inçhynaght oc, as shen y chooish scanshoil er lhieu. S’cummey lhieu my nod oo screeu dty varel er ynnyd-eggey coloayrtys. S’cummey lhieu my nod oo laadey neese caslyssyn-soilshey jeh’n lught-thie. S’cummey lhieu my nod oo cur magh fillym beg feer aitt ren oo marish carrey ny ghaa da sleih elley jeeaghyn er. Cre’n fa nagh by chummey lhieu? She’n obbyr oc jannoo ny oddagh ad; y currym oc dy mennick. My t’ad credjal dy yinnagh saase ennagh ad y chooney, nee ad ymmyd jeh. My ta saase ry-ymmyd oc, as cha jean ad ymmyd jeh, bee ayrniee as oltscarreydeyryn dellal coontey olk jeh. Ta DRM er gammanyn co-earrooder gyn monney eiyrtys noi roosteyrys gammanyn, as she bun ram doilleeid t’ayn da sleih ynrick ta geeck er nyn son; agh er lesh ny colughtyn dy nhegin daue red ennagh y yannoo, as t’eh lhiettal sleih cadjin veih jannoo coip jeh’n ghamman da carrey. My t’eh boirey er kionneyderyn ynrick, as eer my ta coip anleighagh gobbraghey ny share na’n coip ynrick – s’cummey lhieu.

Er lhiam dy bee y red cheddin taghyrt bentyn rish ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). Er lesh Oxfam dy jean y coardailys eh ny s’doillee da çheeraghyn boghtey geddyn stoo lheeys keintagh neugheyr. Ta lughtyn-reilley foast glackey stoo lheeys keintagh ta goll dys ny çheeraghyn lhiasaghey, as ta’n Unnaneys Oarpagh gobbal aayeeaghyn er y chooish. Nish ta Oxfam credjal dy jean ACTA y chooish ny smessey; agh ta ny çheeraghyn ta goaill ayrn gobbal taishbyney y coardailys draghtagh. Er lhiam, tra ta ny pabyryn-naightey geddyn greim er y chooish, dy bee artyn ry-akin mychione “fo-eiyrtyssyn neuchooie” y choardailys liorish focklyn neuvaghtal. Agh cha nee meechiarail t’ayn ayns ny cooishyn shoh, son y chooid smoo. She sleih tushtagh ta screeu slattyssyn dy jeeragh myr by vie lhieu, as cha nel ny deanyn cheddin oc as ain.

Geaylin ghonnagh

Cha nel ram traa screeuee er ve ayms rish tammylt.  Ta shin goan 'syn obbyr; chaill shin ben da staartey noa ec toshiaght Yerrey Geuree, as va ben elley çhin yn çhiaghtin shoh chaie, as ish ny shiaghtin s'throngey ny h-imbee.  Myr shen, ta mee er n'obbraghey ny smoo na cadjin.  S'treih lhiam gra, liorish troggal as ymmyrkey rouyr lioaryn tromey rouyr keayrtyn, ta'n yeaylin aym er vaagail jeh as t'ee gonnagh dy liooar.  Cha noddym jannoo y chooid smoo jeh'n obbyr ayms myr cooneyder lioarlan, as she obbyr olk t'ayn my t'ou cur er sleih elley jannoo yn obbyr ayds.  Erreish da'n chied laa, hug yn ard-ven orrym clibbag hroggee y cheau, as myr shen ta cagh credjal dy vel arm brisht ayms.  Wahll, nagh taitnyssagh eh feddyn magh wheesh dy 'leih ta boirey er-my-hon as siyraghey dy vriaght orrym my ta mee brisht.  She studeyryn kenjal dy liooar t'ain, er lhiam.

As geaylin ghonnagh aym, cha nel eh aashagh jannoo monney.  Cha smooinnee mee rieau er wheesh dy reddyn ta feme ayd er daa arm ad y yannoo rere yn aght chadjin.  Strulley siyn: cha ren mee shen rish traa laghyn as shegin da'n co-chummalee aym ve currit ass rish shen.  Roie: cha ghow mee lheiltys erbee rish shiaghtin er y fa nagh noddym roie gyn leaystey my laueyn.  Giarrey bee.  Ceau poagey drommey, ny cooat.

Ta red ny ghaa goll er screeu aym ec y traa t'ayn, agh er lhiam nagh noddym jerrey orroo y chur derrey vees y yeaylin agglagh shoh slane reesht.

Reading "What is morphology?", part 2

This is the second part of my discussion of What is Morphology?, and follows on from the previous post. In that post, I looked at some of the problems with their teaching style: I suggested that they present claims from authority rather than providing convincing evidence, and particularly that their use of examples is unhelpful and often fails (on closer examination) to demonstrate their points.

The second problem I mentioned was their approach to problems. Like the first post, this is a non-expert analysis and I'm willing to be corrected on any claims I make. Broadly speaking, I got the impression that Aronoff and Fudeman had got hold of a morphological hammer and every linguistic problem looked like a nail to them.

I'll stick with an example from chapter 4, which I mentioned in the first post.

(4) She’s a high voltage electricity grid systems supervisor

There is evidence that high voltage electricity grid systems supervisor is a single noun.

This is not an immediately intuitive statement, so I'm glad to see a bit of analysis follows.

First, its distribution matches that of any other noun, so we can insert it into phrases like [a good N] or [N for hire].

Second, high voltage electricity grid systems supervisor behaves as a single unit for the purposes of wh-movement. Question-answer pairs that break it up are at the very least awkward. In chapter 2 we related this characteristic of words to the notion of lexical integrity.

(5) a. Q: Which electricity grid systems supervisor did you see?

A: ?The high voltage one.

b. Q: Which systems supervisor did you see?

A: *The high voltage electricity grid one.

c. Q: Which supervisor did you see?

A: *The high voltage electricity grid systems one.

Contrast these with syntactic strings of modifier plus noun which are easily broken up, as shown in (6):

(6) Q: Which supervisor did you see?

A: The tall one.

Continuing with the notion of lexical integrity, we can ask whether it is possible to describe part of the string high voltage electricity grid systems supervisor with a modifier. When we try, the result is very awkward (7):

(7) ?A very high voltage electricity grid systems supervisor.

The most natural interpretation of (7) is the figurative one whereby very high voltage is used as an adjectival phrase modifying a smaller compound [electricity grid] giving the intermediate form very high voltage electricity grid, which in turn modifies [systems supervisor], giving the entire form in (7).

Finally we can point to the structure of high voltage electricity grid systems supervisor as evidence that it is a single noun formed by compounding. Words in English are generally head-final... a dogsled is a kind of sled, not a kind of dog... and affixed word like pollution take on the lexical category of the suffix (in this case, noun) rather than that of the stem (pollute, a verb). As speakers of English we know this, and without ever having heard high voltage electricity grid systems supervisor before, we know that it designates a type of supervisor. Phrases, in contrast to words, are less likely to be head-final. The head of [NP John’s walking into work without a tie] is walking, not tie.

Having established that high voltage electricity grid systems supervisor is a single word of the category N...

Hey, hang on a minute! Exactly when do you imagine you established that?

Just to be clear, I don’t necessarily disagree with them. There’s no particular reason to think that high voltage electricity grid systems supervisor isn’t a single noun when houseboat or penknife or bookworm all seem to be (spacing conventions aside).

However, their analysis suffers from similar problems to those I noted last time. They make a few claims about things that demonstrate noun status, without ever explaining why they think those are good tests for nounhood. At some point in the book they might eventually explain what they think it means for something to be a single noun, and whether their definition is necessarily distinguishable from a noun phrase, but I didn’t get that far.

Anyway, let’s examine their first claim.

Distribution tests for nounhood

First, its distribution matches that of any other noun, so we can insert it into phrases like [a good N] or [N for hire].

Really? Okay, let’s try it along with some similar sentences and see how they pan out.

• high voltage electricity grid systems supervisor for hire
• short-wave radio repair company manager for hire
• low-quality pulp fiction magazine publishing company for hire
• local hedgehog preservation society president for hire

Well yes, you can insert them into those structures. The resulting sentences have something in common: they all sound strange. They sound faux-portentous and self-parodying, like taglines from upcoming films. It's perhaps related to the fact that the common versions (gun for hire and so on) are short and punchy, and generally far removed in tone from these examples too. However, there are contexts where some variations of these could work; an engineering magazine with adverts for high-voltage electricity grid systems maintenance equipment for hire wouldn’t raise many eyebrows.

Let’s try the other test.

• a good low-quality pulp fiction magazine publishing company
• a good national hedgehog preservation society president
• a good mass-market lacquered hardwood violin polish

To me, these imply that good is being carefully limited by the string of adjectives; damning with faint praise, in fact (consider “a good first-year undergraduate answer”). These sentences, appearing in a business article or CV, would not be read as endorsements. Only the third seems arguable as actual praise, because deciding what violin polish to use may involve complex weighing-up decisions: only a lacquered hardwood polish is suitable for my lacquered hardwood violin, but is it worth getting the specialist stuff, or is there a decent mass-market brand available?

If we really want to convey the literal meaning of those sorts of sentences, without creating other implications, what we do is tend towards the minimum necessary information when we really want to give the literal meaning of the words. Further information can be divulged later.

• a good company
• a good president
• systems supervisor for hire

I’ll come back to this issue next time. That's plenty of post for now.

Cooinaghtyn

Cooinaghtyn

Ayns glion Nis ta’n eayst vaarnee mollaghtagh soilshaghey dy thanney, as liorish eairkyn faasey t’ee raipey raad da’n toilshey eck trooid duillagys marrooagh billey-upas mooar. As ayns cree ny glionney raad nagh roshee soilshey erbee, ta cummaghyn garraghey nagh vel cooie da sooillyn deiney. S’rank ee glasseraght ny lhargee, raad ta raiseyderyn as çhionnagyn olkey snaue mastey claghyn plaaseyn currit mow, as lhoobey mygeayrt collooghyn brishtey as leacyn quaaghey, as girree straiddyn marmyragh va jeant ec laueyn jarroodit. As ayns biljyn ta gaase dy foawragh ayns closeyn boghlanagh ta apagyn beggey corlheimmey, as magh as stiagh ny thieyn-tashtee ta ard-nieughyn snaue, as reddyn crottylagh gyn ennym.

S’buillvollee ad ny claghyn nyn gadley fo curleidyn keynnagh hash, s’lajer ad ny boallaghyn huitt ad voue. Er son dy bragh ren masoonee ad y hroggal, as dy firrinagh t’ad jannoo shirveish braew foast, da’n beayf lheeah ta cummal foue.

Ec eer-vun ny glionney ta’n awin Theinney ny lhie, lesh ushtaghyn gleiynagh as sarkylagh. T’ee girree ass çhibbyryn follit, as roie da ooigyn fo-hallooin, as cha nel fys ec Imshee ny Glionney er yn oyr dy vel ny h-ushtaghyn jiarg, chamoo er c’raad t’ad roie.

Ren Jinnee ny goullyn eaystey loayrt rish Imshee ny Glionney, as gra: “Ta mee shenn, as ta ram jarroodit aym. Insh dou obbraghyn as cummey as ennym adsyn ren ny reddyn cloaie shoh.” As dreggyr y Imshee, “She mish Cooinaghtyn, as creeney lesh oayllys traaghyn t’er ngoll shaghey, agh ta mish shenn myrgeddin. Va ny bioee shen gollrish ushtaghyn ny h-awiney Theiney, harrish toiggal. Cha gooin lhiam ny h-obbraghyn oc; v’ad jeh’n çhallid ynrican. S’cooin lhiam dy dullyr y cummey v’oc; v’ad gollrish ny h-apagyn beggey ayns ny biljyn. S’cooin lhiam dy baghtal yn ennym oc, ny drane da ennym ny h-awiney: ny bioee jea shen, hug ad Deiney orroo.”

As jettyl y Jinnee erash da’n eayst eairkagh thanney, as yeeagh yn Imshee dy cruinn er apag veg ayns billey daase ayns close boghlanagh.

---

Memory

In the valley of Nis the accursed waning moon shines thinly, tearing a path for its light with feeble horns through the lethal foliage of a great upas-tree. And within the depths of the valley, where the light reaches not, move forms not meet to be beheld. Rank is the herbage on each slope, where evil vines and creeping plants crawl amidst the stones of ruined palaces, twining tightly about broken columns and strange monoliths, and heaving up marble pavements laid by forgotten hands. And in trees that grow gigantic in crumbling courtyards leap little apes, while in and out of deep treasure-vaults writhe poison serpents and scaly things without a name.

Vast are the stones which sleep beneath coverlets of dank moss, and mighty were the walls from which they fell. For all time did their builders erect them, and in sooth they yet serve nobly, for beneath them the grey toad makes his habitation.

At the very bottom of the valley lies the river Than, whose waters are slimy and filled with weeds. From hidden springs it rises, and to subterranean grottoes it flows, so that the Daemon of the Valley knows not why its waters are red, nor whither they are bound.

The Genie that haunts the moonbeams spake to the Daemon of the Valley, saying, “I am old, and forget much. Tell me the deeds and aspect and name of them who built these things of stone.” And the Daemon replied, “I am Memory, and am wise in lore of the past, but I too am old. These beings were like the waters of the river Than, not to be understood. Their deeds I recall not, for they were but of the moment. Their aspect I recall dimly, for it was like to that of the little apes in the trees. Their name I recall clearly, for it rhymed with that of the river. These beings of yesterday were called Man.”

So the Genie flew back to the thin horned moon, and the Daemon looked intently at a little ape in a tree that grew in a crumbling courtyard.

---

Ta'n skeealeen shoh çhyndaait ass Memory liorish yn Çhiarn Dunsany. Ta'n lioar vunneydagh ry-lhaih er Project Gutenberg.