Fys

The above is from Archibald Cregeen's Manx-English dictionary of 1835. "Fys" is pronounced "fiss". I'm a 33-year-old political researcher from London.

Administrator

I was an Administrator on Wikiquote, since 31 October 2006. If you want to check on what I've been doing, my logs are here:

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Pages I have written or significantly contributed to

British politics

Clement Attlee • Aneurin Bevan • Ernest Bevin • Tony Blair • Gordon Brown • James Callaghan • Alec Douglas-Home • Hugh Gaitskell • Diana Gould • Jo Grimond • Norman Lamont • Harold Macmillan • John Major • William Pitt the Younger • John Smith • Peter Tatchell • Harold Wilson

Other public life figures

Laurence Binyon • Charles, Prince of Wales • William Joyce • William McGonagall • Pierre Mendès-France • Danny Morrison • Robert Mugabe • Pope John Paul I • Dennis Potter • ‎Bobby Sands • Ian Smith

Miscellaneous

1066 and All That • Adam Adamant Lives! • Beachcomber • Manx proverbs • Molesworth • Quiz Show • The Sun • The Times