Saturday, 12 June 2010

Bouon annivèrsaithe! Happy birthday!

Aniet ch'est l'annivèrsaithe officiel d'la Reine, not' Duc. Châque année l'Gouvèrneux învite les gens d'Jèrri à la Maîson du Gouvèrneux à seule fîn d'célébrer l'annivèrsaithe. La fête prînt pliaiche hièr au sé.

Today is the the official birthday of the Queen, our Duke. Yesterday evening, according to the tradition, Islanders were invited to Government House by the Lieutenant-Governor.

La Russie - Russia


Russia Day banner
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Aniet ch'est la journée nâtionnale d'la Russie. En Jèrri j'avons tchiques lians historiques auve la Russie.

Today is Russia Day - the Russian national holiday. We have some material about Jersey's connections with Russia.

Friday, 11 June 2010

Thursday, 10 June 2010

Lé Nièr Beurre: Un R'tûnfîn


The official premier of the documentary “Lé Nièr Beurre: Un R’tûnfîn” / “Black Butter: Tasting the Past”, directed by Daniela Rusowsky and Stephan M. Funk, will take place on Thursday 10th of June at the Jersey Museum

Last year in late October the documentary filmmaker and visual anthropologist Daniela Rusowsky, Director of Funk Productions, worked with the National Trust for Jersey, to film for the first time in professional format the Jersey tradition of Black Butter making. The complete process, including the peeling of the apples, the stirring of the mixture in the bachîn throughout the night, the camaraderie and the jarring up was recorded to capture the essence of this ancient recipe and reveal the spirit of one on Jersey’s best kept secrets: its people.

But filming the event was only the beginning. With the support of Jersey Archive Daniela discovered some very precious and rare footage about black butter making and rural life in Jersey, which complements the film in a journey from the past that looks towards the future.

This filming was edited as a 48 minutes documentary and the soundtrack includes original recordings from traditional Channel Islands music courtesy of SocSercq Museum and Archive and L’Office du Jèrriais.
Dé: Jersey Museum to host Black Butter Premier!

Wednesday, 9 June 2010

The Town Crier

Lé neunmétho du mais d'Juîn du magâsîn d'la Pâraisse dé Saint Hélyi "The Town Crier" a eune articl'ye en Jèrriais "Par l'par" par Geraint Jennings.

The April 2010 issue of the Saint Helier Parish magazine has an article in Jèrriais about the importance of parks in Town for quality of life.

Useful vocabulary:

par = park
gardîns = gardens
bouais = tree
bliête = lawn
piquenitchi = to picnic
louga = space, elbow room
bel à jouer = playground

Henry Luce Manuel

Aniet ch'est l'annivèrsaithe dé l'auteu Jèrriais Henry Luce Manuel, tchi fut né lé 9 d'Juîn 1818.

Today is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Luce Manuel, a Jèrriais author born in 1818.

Here is an extract from one of his poems, Les Heures:

Si chtait a tout! mais che n'lest pas!... 'ou d'vez no's en vouler;
Car - pourqui, autrement, O heur's! vo's pliaire à no's happer
Jeuness' d'abord, p'is innocence, et p'is bétôt aprés
Forche - biauté - et, p'us aquor', - la raison mêm' quiqu'fais?

Fête Nouormande 2010



La Fête Nouormande 2010 (Fête des Rouaisouns) fut un grand succès. L'Assemblèye eud Normandie prînt pliaiche à Fontaine-le-Bourg (en Nouormand: Fotaine-eul-Bourg) en Haute Nouormandie. Y'avait toutes les r'citâtions dé couôteunme, la chant'tie, et coumme ou viyiz sus l'vidgo, d'la dans'sie.

This year's Fête Nouormande took place the other side of Normandy. The local Cauchois speakers found the Jèrriais and Dgèrnésiais accents a bit unusual (but they were impressed by our poetry), and the Cauchois wasn't all that easy to understand for the Channel Island contingents (but we were very impressed by the evening of theatre). The usual mix of recitations, songs, stalls and dances attracted large crowds of visitors and participants.

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

Bouônjour! Séyiz les beinv'nus!



Né v'chîn des Jèrriais tchi vos dithent Bouônjour! Séyiz les beinv'nus!

These people can say Hello and Welcome in Jèrriais - and so can you!

Thursday, 3 June 2010

Des niv'lot'ties! - Ooh look, shiny!

Tout drait d'l'înmprînm'thie et prêt pouor la Fête Nouormande chu weekend: du butîn! J'avons des nouvieaux stiqueurs et mèrtcheurs auve un amas d'slogans en Jèrriais.

Hot off the press and raring to go for this weekend's Fête Nouormande: stuff! New stickers and bookmarks with a range of slogans in Jèrriais.

Among the enticing hotness:

  • bouônjour!
  • mêfi'-ous!
  • tréjous l'Jèrriais!
  • j'sis un p'tit crapaud, mé!
  • tch'est qu'est chenna?
  • bouonne niet
  • liêthiz-mé du Jèrriais!

Collect them all, if you dare!

L'Arnitoile

L'Arnitoile - El gazette du Rouchi - est un magâsîn Picard êcrit dans "l'parler picard du Valenciennos". J'avons justément r'chu l'neunmétho spécial Juîn-Septembre 2010 tchi mèrque lé 20e annivèrsaithe d'l'Association Patoisante Georges Fidit. Parmi l'cont'nu: "Nu comme un vier" d' Roger Bar; des ditons; Lucas, l'cat-marotte ed' Joëlle, pouor les mousses; des pièches dé thiâtre; eune articl'ye entouor l'thiâtre des poupettes (tch'est eune tradition en Picardie).

We have just received the latest issue of the Picard magazine L'Arnitoile - a special double issue (Nos. 189-190) celebrating the anniversary of an association that promotes the language. If you can read Jèrriais, then some Picard (if you squint and concentrate hard) is not all that difficult to read. The latest issue contains regular features and special articles (including the Picard tradition of puppet theatre). More information can be found on the corresponding website:

http://picardrouchi.org/

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

L'annivèrsaithe d'la Couronnâtion


Tea & Cake!
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Aniet ch'est l'annivèrsaithe d'la Couronnâtion en 1953. Ch't' année-là, L'Assembliée d'Jèrriais publyit chu texte dans lus Bulletîn d'Quart d'An:

A L'OCCASION D'SAN COURONNEMENT...les vrais Jèrriais d'Jèrri envyient à la Reine Elîsabé lus miyeu complyîments, lus félicitations et toute lus r'connaîssance louoyale, lî souhaitant jouaie et eune longue et heutheuse vie, à yi et toute sa famil'ye. Jé faîsons ch'la, pas en rînmes ni en vèrsets, mais dans la vielle langue nouormande dé Jèrri comme nou la d'vise acouo dans nouos campangnes entre sé vièrs Jèrriais, Nouormands d'èrage, et sans pus d'alibêle ni sifèches j'criyons... VIVAT! .. et.. HOURRAS!... et... HOURRAS!... et... HOURRAS! . . . nouos comptant comme dé vieillèche les preunmièrs et les pus solides, les pus dêvoués et les pus humbl'yes sujets dé nouot' Duchêsse, Sa Majesté LA REINE ELISABE II .


N'oubliez pon qu'les fêtes et l's annivèrsaithes sont l'thème du préchain neunmétho des Nouvelles Chroniques du Don Balleine. Env'yez-nous vos mémouaithes (et vos portraits d'mogues, étout...)! Et Dgieu sauve la Reine, not' Duc!

Tuesday, 1 June 2010

La Lettre Jèrriaise

La Lettre Jèrriaise sus BBC Jèrri du 29 dé Mai 2010: Françouais Le Maistre pâle d'eune vîsite dé jeunm'lage à Coutanches, d'la Fête Nouormande (Fête des Rouaisouns) lé weekend tchi veint, et d'la plyie auprès la saiethon sècque et d'la conséquenche qué les Rouoyales gouôtent bein mus ch't' année.

In this week's Lettre Jèrriaise on BBC Jersey, François Le Maistre talks about twinning, the upcoming Fête Nouormande just outside Rouen, and the welcome break in the drought - the struggle the crops have had does, however, mean that the Royals taste better this year.

Listen again: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0021cbk