The Manx Language Samples Page has two samples of spoken Manx recorded over half a century ago; I was thinking of using the longer one (The Pig and the Parson [.wav file]) as a Language Quiz a la Language Log, but I figured the URL would give too much away. (Via Incoming Signals, which got it from my favorite medievalist, Lisa Spangenberg, in a Making Light thread that contains discussion of the revival of Manx along with much else).
Posted by languagehat at June 28, 2005 04:46 PM
http://tinyurl.com
I'm sure you know that this free site converts lengthy urls into user-friendly form. It has the added virtue of disguising the true address.
It could be useful for quizzes.
Posted by: aldiboronti at June 28, 2005 06:44 PMAh, I hadn't even thought of that. I am not, shall we say, totally in synch with the 21st century.
Posted by: language hat at June 28, 2005 08:01 PMAldi, he gets upset when people try to force him to change his ways.
You didn't know this, of course, and no one blames you. His wife and friends will just have to keep an eye on him for the next week or so. But that's OK.
Posted by: John Emerson at June 28, 2005 08:57 PMFor more up-to-date Manx, Manx language broadcasts can be heard from Manx Radio:
http://www.manxradio.com/
Either tune in at the right time and day for live feed of Manx language programmes, or click on the Audio Vault for the week's archived programmes.
Posted by: Geraint Jennings at June 29, 2005 07:03 AM