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Thread #7921   Message #48152
Posted By: Bobby Bob, Ellan Vannin
05-Dec-98 - 02:04 PM
Thread Name: Macaronachas / Macaronic Songs. Language mixing
Subject: RE: MacarĂ³nachas / Macaronic Songs. Language mixi
I'm having problems at the moment. I'll try again now.

The short answer is no. Songs have generally been written Manx Gaelic with occasional loan words. There haven't really been that many in English about Mann.

The most famous has been the 1853 song by Eliza Craven Green, an actress from Leeds who did summer seasons in Mann and loved it. The song has recently been recorded by The BGs, who were born in Mann. Most people seem to think they were born in Australia, but they emigrated later.

So back to the original question, yes there are odd examples, but generally no.

Shoh slaynt,

Bobby Bob