Our catch phrase is on its way.
Dear Fellow Earthlings,
As I create the Falkland Island English jingles, all sorts of “Falkland Islands lexical items” are coming into play. The “Day 119” jingle features tongue tip gesture training – and the word windswept (with the tongue tip gestures N, D, and t in it) proves to be useful both because of its 3 tongue tip gestures and also because the Falkland Islands are indeed windswept. Furthermore, in a land where no native plants have burrs (a word mentioned in the Day 119 jingle), Falkland Islands sheep’s wool is not degraded by having burrs in it – a factor that contributes to the high quality of wool produced from Falkland Islands’ sheep. As I worked recording informants' voices for the “Day 178” jingle, I learned that there are really no cellars in the Falkland Islands. So I replaced the word cellar in that jingle (originally created for practicing American English pronunciation) with the word shed. The “Day 211” jingle truly hits home as a “Falklands jingle” in that Stanley is the capital of the Falklands (although in the jingle, Stanley is someone’s name!) -- and Camp is the Falkland Islanders’ term used to describe any part of the Falkland Islands besides the town of Stanley itself! While the goal of these jingles is to provide jingles learners with the opportunity to develop their Falkland Islands English speech motor skills, the fact that bits and pieces of Falkland Islands cultural expression are included within a great many of them makes for some interesting practice! In the “Day 185” jingle, someone named “Trudy” is described as being a part-time customs officer. Indeed, a great many Falkland Islanders work at more than one job. This is because the unemployment rate in the Falkland Islands is close to zero! And let’s not forget that diddle-dee berries, native to the Falklands, are mentioned in the “Day 40” (“diddle-dee jam”), “Day 78” (“diddle-dee tart“), and “Day 280” (“diddle-dee berry jam“) jingles!
Steve Walker, Earthsaver and Jingles Creator
© 2013 Steve Walker, The Jingles-The Japan Foundation for English Pronunciation, Summit Enterprises.