Image talk:Mist - Ensay region3.jpg

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[edit] Mistranslation?

The text for this picture claims:

"Ensay" is a Gaelic translation for Jesus."

On the other hand the article on Ensay Island reads:

"Ensay ... The name originates from the Old Norse for Ewe Island [1]"

Which is it?

A number of books show the original Norse as Engi or Engis, meaning meadow. http://www.google.co.uk/books?lr=&q=ensay+engis&btnG=Search+Books
Also, http://www.majstro.com/Web/Majstro/sdict.php shows no translation for Jesus or Ewe, but it does translate meadow to innis which is not phonectically disimilar from engis. Yes, it's OR... but it may spur someone else's imagination into finding a citable connection from Old Norse Engis, through Scots Gaelic Innis to the modern Ens (+ ey = isle). 81.179.95.88 14:32, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

It is Ewe Island. The Gaelic for Jesus is "Iosa". This is the kind of stuff that makes wikipedia a joke. --MacRusgail 15:21, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nice picture

This a lovely picture. Colinstu 20:02, 14 September 2007 (UTC)