Todays word is earth, and im sure it’s meant in a more elemental manner but this is a more interesting image than what I could have come up with for thalloo… Cruinney (π’„π’“π’π’π’Šπ’-π’šπ’–π’‰) is earth in the sense of the globe, so from what i can tell it also...
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Todays prompt is spider - doo-oallee (𝒅𝒐𝒐 𝒂𝒓-𝒍𝒆𝒆) *edit sounds more like or-lee or more specifically oar-lee? Hard to get across without using linguistic alphabet that most of us can’t read.) #gaelg #monsterfuldoodles...
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This one took far too long to do. Fiddly! Spider webb is eggey (π’†π’ˆπ’ˆ-𝒖𝒉) in Manx, but is usually suffixed by tomorrows word… #gaelg #monsterfuldoodles @monsterfulillustrations #manxlanguage #gaelic #isleofman #drawingchallenge #drawingchallenge2021...
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So this is the real reason i did a skull yesterday, I’d already done ‘candle’ last year (π’Œπ’Šπ’π’†-𝒖𝒍) and i had the time to re-do it ina more seasonally appropriate way, Plus I know WAY more manx than back in December, (Thank you @culturevannin)so i...
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I skipped todays prompt, but i did something equally seasonal. claigin means skull or cranium, or the bowl of a pipe… #manxlanguage #gaelic #isleofman #drawingchallenge #drawingchallenge2021 #octoberdrawingchallenge #drawingprompt #illustration...
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Todays prompt is beetle - caraig. This seasonally coloured little fella, is also seasonal in its nature. Caraigh oanluckee translates as ‘burial/funeral beetle’. It can seek out a corpse from miles away and then proceeds in burying it, and making a...
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Todays prompt is herbs - lus or lussyn for plural, kind of just means plants as well. #gaelg #monsterfuldoodles @monsterfulillustrations #manxlanguage #gaelic #isleofman #drawingchallenge #drawingchallenge2021...
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Todays word is Pumpkin - I’ve gone for Londeyr pumpkin (π‘™π‘œπ‘›π‘‘-𝐷𝐴𝐼𝑅 π‘ƒπ‘ˆπ‘€-π‘˜π‘–π‘›) - Pumpkin Lantern. #gaelg #monsterfuldoodles @monsterfulillustrations #manxlanguage #gaelic #isleofman #drawingchallenge #drawingchallenge2021...
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Todays prompt is fire - aile (𝑖𝑙𝑒) #gaelg #monsterfuldoodles @monsterfulillustrations #manxlanguage #gaelic #isleofman #drawingchallenge #drawingchallenge2021 #octoberdrawingchallenge #drawingprompt #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram...
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Todays prompt is crystal. The Manx gaelic is the same, but the plural is crystallyn. We have a rich history of mining here, and Quartz (pictured) was a common ‘waste’ product of those activities. Some miners would save the especially pretty ones and...
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Quick one this morning - todays word prompt is ‘ghost’. There seems to be a lot of different words for ghost in Manx Gaelic, just as there are in English. Scaan (π‘ π‘π‘Žπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘›) seemed the most appropriate. #gaelg #monsterfuldoodles...
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Todays word is meant to be healing, but yeh i’m not drawing that today. I know the limits of my abilites. So here’s the witches broom instead. Skeab (π‘ π‘˜π‘Žπ‘¦-𝑏) #gaelg #monsterfuldoodles @monsterfulillustrations #manxlanguage #gaelic...
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Todays word is buitçh (π‘π‘’π‘‘π‘β„Ž) #gaelg #monsterfuldoodles @monsterfulillustrations #manxlanguage #gaelic #isleofman #drawingchallenge #drawingchallenge2021 #octoberdrawingchallenge #drawingprompt #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram...
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Todays word is Acorn - Cro darree (𝐢𝑅𝑂 π‘‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿ-π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’*) or ‘Oak nut’ #gaelg #monsterfuldoodles @monsterfulillustrations #manxlanguage #gaelic #isleofman #drawingchallenge #drawingchallenge2021 #octoberdrawingchallenge #drawingprompt #illustration...
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