CORONAVIRUS AND CORONAPHOBIA

By Alasdair Crosby There are two pandemics now affecting us all. Both of them, in their way, are potentially deadly.  The first, coronavirus, we all know about. I do not want to underestimate its effects,  or to undervalue those who are doing their utmost to fight it, or to disparage the measures undertaken to limit […]

EUNE FROUQU’THÉE D’JÈRRIAIS – (A FORKFUL OF JÈRRIAIS)

We continue our series of article in Jèrriais – Jersey’s own traditional native language. The ‘frouque’ in question is a digging fork, rather than a table fork. An English translation follows. Ou ch’est-i la tèrre auve tch’i qu’j’avons eune alliance politique? Par Jean Treleven La Grand’-Tèrre Tch’est qu’ou comprannez par l’expression ‘La Grand’-Tèrre?’ En Jèrriais, la […]