2020 Day 31
2020
Dedh Üdnek
warn Ügens
De
Gwener, üdnegves
warn ügens mis Genver
Friday,
31st January
Hedhyw
ew an diwettha dedh an mis. Avorow a vedh an kensa dedh a vis
Whevrel. Nag ew hedna pur nojejek, whei a lavar. An keth tra a wrüg
wharvos e'n vledhen eus tremenys. Saw an vledhen ma ew deffrans.
Diwedh ew a neppeth brâssa.
Thera nei ow cara an Unyans Europeek. Ma lavar coth en Jowan Chei a
Horr: “Na wrewgh gara an vorr goth rag an vorr nowydh!” Pandr'ew
an vorr goth? Benyn goth o vy ha my ell remembra dalla Kemeneth
Economek Europeek, gen Kevambos Rôm,
termyn my a veu môs
en scol. Na veu bes whegh pow e'n “Clubb” e'n dedhyow-na: Frenk,
Almayn, Pow Belj, An Iseldiryow, Luxembourg hag Italy. Thera whans
dhodhans a gres en Europ – ha lowen o ga whel-oberow glow ha metol.
Òja
whegh bledhen e veu whans dhe Vreten Veur a jûnya
ewedh, rag chêsonys
economek. “Marhas Kebmyn” o. Bes Pedn-leder de Gaulle (Pow
Frenk) a lavaras “Non!” Breten Veur hag Europ o ankesplegadow –
avel calgh ha keus (po mel ha manyn). Thera dhe nei policys deffrans
en politegieth, economegieth ha tibyans socyal. Nei a wrüg
“mires a-bera”. Nei a wrüg
jûnya
en mil naw cans trei ügens
ha terdhek. Lebmyn, dogens bledhen ha seyth môy
diwedha, ma eth warn ügens
stat esel bes thera nei ow cara arta. A wrüga
nei besca treylya? A vedh an vorr nowydh da genen?
Today
is the last day of the month. Today will be the first day of
February. That is not very remarkable, you say. The same thing
happened last year. But this year is different. It's the end of
something bigger. We are leaving the European Community. There is an
old saying in John of Ram's House: “Don't leave the old way for the
new way!” What is the old way? I am an old woman and I can remember
the start of the European Economic Community with the Treaty of Rome
when I was a girl in school. There were only six countries in the
“Club” in those days: France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands,
Luxemburg and Italy. They wanted peace in Europe – and their coal
and steel industries were happy. After six years Great Britain wanted
to join too, for economic reasons. It was the “Common Market”.
But President de Gaulle (France) said “Non!” Great Britain and
Europe were incompatible – like chalk and cheese (or honey and
butter). We had different policies in politics, economics and social
ideas. We were “inward-looking”. We did join in 1973. Now, 47
years later, there are 28 member states but we are leaving again. Did
we ever change? Will we like the new way?
Deg
ger rag hedhyw: Ten words
for today
ankesplegadow
incompatible
an
vledhen eus tremenys last
year, the past year
calgh
(m) chalk
chêson
(m) reason
glow
(m) coal
keus
(m) cheese
kevambos
(m) treaty,
agreement
metol
(m) steel
nojejek
remarkable, notable (you
can also use anwejek)
tibyans
(m) theory,
idea
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