Dunveryssyn yn Tooder-Folley - The Vampire Murders

Skeeal straneagh liorish Brian Stowell: Ayrn 54
A serial story by Brian Stowell: Part 54

‘She earisheyr mish’, dooyrt Juan. ‘Vel Mainshter Wattleworth marroo?’
‘Yee oilley niartal!’ ren y mainshter buirroogh. ‘Cha nel shin laccal earisheyryn ayns shoh!’
Ren meoir-shee çheet rish. ‘Offishear, gow y fer shoh as cur eh fo ghlass!’ ren y mainshter gyllagh magh.
Hoig y meoir-shee dy row yn mainshter beggan ass e cheeall. Phrow y meoir-shee dy chiunaghey’n mainshter. ‘T’eh mie dy liooar, vainshter,’ dooyrt y meoir-shee dy feagh. ‘Neemayd scughey magh dy chooilley pheiagh nagh vel bentyn rish y chooish shoh...’
Dy doaltattym, cheayll ad soghal va brishey ny creeaghyn oc. She yn inney-veyl va soghal as gyllagh magh: ‘She ish hene ren eh! Ta tuill ayns y wannal echey!’
‘Hooin roin’, smooinee Juan rish hene. Roish my row peiagh elley abyl dy chur sthap er, hie eh dy tappee gys y lhiabbee raad va’n corp marroo ny lhie as hayrn eh y brelleein sheese beggan. Son shickyrys, va daa howl ayns mwannal y dooinney marroo, er y lhiattee hoshtal.
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She earisheyr mish..(shay-irr-ish-AYR-mish) - I’m a journalist...
‘Yee oilley niartal!’ ren y mainshter buirroogh. (YEE-ULL-ya-N’YART-al! RENN-a- MINE-shter-bwirr-OOKH) - ‘God almighty!’ the boss bellowed.
Ren meoir-shee çheet rish. (renn-MERR-SHEE-CHITT-RISH) - A policeman appeared. (‘A policeman came unto’.)
Offishear, gow y fer shoh as cur eh fo ghlass! - (off-ish-AYR, GOW-a-ferr-SHAW- azz-KURR-a-fo-GHLASS!) - Officer, take this one and ‘put him under lock!’
Hoig y meoir-shee dy row yn mainshter beggan ass e cheeall. (HIGG-a-MERR- SHEE-the-ROW-in-MINE-shter-BEGG-an-ass-a-KHEE-al) - The policeman understood that the boss was slightly unhinged. (‘..that the boss was a bit out of his sense’.)
Alternatively for ‘Hoig y meoir-shee...’: ‘Ren y meoir-shee toiggal..’
Phrow y meoir-shee dy chiunaghey’n mainshter. (FROW-a-MERR-SHEE-the- H’YOON-akh-an-MINE-shter) - The policemen tried to calm the boss.
Remember how you can get past tenses: take the imperative and chnage the first letter: ‘Prow!’ - ‘Try!’ ‘Phrow’ - ‘Tried’.
Neemayd scughey magh dy chooilley pheiagh nagh vel bentyn rish y chooish shoh... (N’YIMM-udj-SK’YUKH-a-MAKH-the-KHULL-ya-FA-ee-akh-nakh-vell- BENT-in-rish-a-KHOOSH) - We’ll remove every person who’s not connected with this business..
..soghal va brishey ny creeaghyn oc. (SAWKH-al-va-BRIZH-a-na-KREE-akh-un- ock) ..sobbing which was breaking their hearts.
Roish my row peiagh elley abyl dy chur sthap er.. (ROHSH-ma-ROW-PA-ee-akh- ELL-ya-AYBL-the-khurr-STAPP-err) - Before another person was able to stop him..(‘..to put a stop on-him’,)
Sometimes ‘Roish my..’ (‘Before..’) becomes just ‘My..’.
..hayrn eh y brelleein sheese beggan. (HARN-ay-a-brell-EEN-SHEESS-BEGG-an) - he pulled the sheet down a little.