La Séthée ès Chorchièrs - Halloween

For Jèrriais spooky poetry (plus bachîn ringing to scare away evil spirits) come to Jersey Museum today 2.30-3.30pm (at entrance, free)

 

Tréma

 Some notes on the usage of the tréma diacritic (2 dots over a vowel) in Jèrriais

placenames

 

Use of the tréma in placenames seems to follow no logical pattern and seems governed by historical precedent

 

• Ouën
• Rouën
• Caën

 

 

aï = /aɪ/

 

As in Guernésiais this represents a diphthong. Dictionary examples are nearly all in borrowed words, except for a couple of Eastern pronunciations reflected in spelling

 

• baïette
• baïonnette
• capsaïzer
• haï
• haïjatchi
• Jamaïtchain
• Laïesse
• ouaïeurer
• païen
• scaïte
• suaïse
• Thaïlandais