Note: This site is completely a work of fiction, a background for my fictional language Wessisc. For real information on tourism on the Isle of Wight, a site we may suggest is http://www.iwight.com/.
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Wight
is the largest island in England, situated off the South Coast, near Portsmouth.
Linked to the mainland by a roadbridge and several ferries, Wight is the
perfect place for holidays or commerce, with investment in the area increasing
since the opening of the second road bridge to the mainland in April 2001.
The capital of the Island is Newhythe, a small university town, and the Island has approximately 130,000 inhabitants.
Today on Wight there is still a quiet feeling of independence felt by the people of the Island. Despite the uprising in 1497, where 20,000 Wessishmen rose up and marched to London, generally with the decline of the Wessish language has come a sense of political apathy on Wight. There are several local political groups, including the Wight Independence Party. They have only gained seats at local council level however. Any such recognition of the Isle as any autonomous independent body and the hope of devolution is very much laughed about by serious politicians in London. The Wessish people are today a part of England.
The main focal point of the Wightian economy is tourism. Wessish language courses are popular among these types due to the myths that Wessisc has linking her with the mythical land of Lyonesse.
(C) 2001 Damon M. Lord
