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Douglas, the capital city in the Isle of Man, home to the seat of government, is where most Government offices and the parliament chambers are located. The Civil Service has more than 2,000 employees and the total number of public sector employees including civil servants, teachers, nurses, police, etc. was 7,413 full-time equivalent on 31 ...
The English language has replaced Manx as the dominant language on the island. The native dialect is known as Anglo-Manx or Manx English, and has been employed by a number of the island's more notable writers such as T.E. Brown and "Cushag". which distinguishes itself by considerable influence and a large number of loanwords and phrases from Manx Gaelic.
Local government on the Isle of Man is based partly on the island's 17 ancient parishes. There are four types of local authorities: a corporation for the City of Douglas and bodies of commissioners for the town districts of Castletown, Peel and Ramsey; the districts of Kirk Michael and Onchan; the village districts of Port Erin and Port St Mary
A bilingual sign in the Isle of Man featuring Manx Gaelic and English. The official language of the Isle of Man is English. Manx Gaelic has traditionally been spoken but is now considered "critically endangered". [1] The Manx Gaelic language is a Goidelic Celtic language and is one of a number of insular Celtic languages spoken in the British ...
Manx English (Manks English), or Anglo-Manx (Anglo-Manks; Manx: Baarle Ghaelgagh), is the historic dialect of English spoken on the Isle of Man, though today in decline.It has many borrowings from Manx, a Goidelic language, and it differs widely from any other variety of English, including dialects from other areas in which Celtic languages are or were spoken, such as Welsh English and Hiberno ...
The Authority was renamed the Isle of Man Education Authority in 1923. The Isle of Man Education Act 1949, which was based on the UK 'Butler Act' of 1944, preserved this two-tier structure, the Board assuming the role of the Ministry of Education and the Authority that of a local education authority.
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Shimmin was born in Douglas in 1960 and educated at St Ninian's High School and the Worcester College of Higher Education.. He was then a teacher (Physical Education, Mathematics, General Studies) from 1982 in several areas of the UK - Crewe, Tamworth, Knowsley before returning to teach in Douglas (St Ninian's High School) where he was also Head of Year from 1989 to 1996 [1] until entering ...