Pooks Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 I am ashamed tae admit that I often flip atween da English and da turdlin' names for birds, fische and da lik because I dinna ken aa o' da true names. Does onybody want tae list some o' da mair common eens tae help me alang? e.g. Puffin = Tammie Norie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 I realise that I'm almost going off-topic for the second time today but... How about plants and flooers too? My wife and I are particularly interested in the Shetlin names for these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted October 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Hehe, now where did I lay that Modstick? Back to Shetlandish lingo:- Dis is exactly whit I intended dis treed tae be aboot. I could mibbee hiv wirded da topic better noo I come tae tink aboot it. turdlin' names fur birds, fische, beasties, flooers n' fauna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyumpi Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Dey ir a craetir at's been budderin me fir a while noo.I canna mind whar a'm seen or herd it afore, it micht even o been on here.Is da Shetlan wird for a Three Bearded Rockling a "brumplick"?A'm tried Google and da lik an canna fin onyting aboot it an da twartee fokk at A'm axed aboot it didna seem tae o heard o it. It ay pits me in mind o brukkin aboot da banks as a bairn an joost soonds richt fir da peerie, fat, sprikkly fellows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted October 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Nae idea. Since I posted dis thread I cam across a book athin da Tourist Office. Hit's a pocket-sized ting dat lists common turdlin' birds alang wie dir Shetlin' neems. Canna mind noo wha wrote it or whit it wis caa'ed but you can likkly fin een athi' da Times shop as weel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 A tree bearded rocklin is a a kinda ollick lik thing .. but I canna mind da name fur it. I wid fone da auld een bit he's awa rumblin aboot europe somewhar. You wid fin peeire baby wans whin you whir hockin aboot da ebb. I can pictur dem noo - do da name forgoes me. Or ahm I tinking aboot someting else? Dey wir dis peerie ollick lik things under stanes athin da ebb if you wir lucky ... kinda razor lik bak on dem?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyumpi Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 A tree bearded rocklin is a a kinda ollick lik thing .. but I canna mind da name fur it. I wid fone da auld een bit he's awa rumblin aboot europe somewhar. You wid fin peeire baby wans whin you whir hockin aboot da ebb. I can pictur dem noo - do da name forgoes me. Or ahm I tinking aboot someting else? Dey wir dis peerie ollick lik things under stanes athin da ebb if you wir lucky ... kinda razor lik bak on dem?! Da Rockling is lik a mini olicky shapit thing bit is usually a reddy kind o color. I hed eens in a sea water fish tank dat I keepit years ago an dey oosed tae shut oot fae under a stane, grip whitivir you wir feedin dem and spin roond an roond on deyr lent, muckle lik I wid imagine dere bigger cousins wid do at da haaf whaan takkin a hjuk.Da eens wi da razor bak du's tinkin o most o been da swaarfish (dats a butterfish or gunnel in Soothspaek) an dey shared da sam sort o habitat. Dey hae black spots alang deyr sides an hae a thinner, flatter profile whar da rocklin is roonder, lik an olick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Wi ösed tae fin pluckers (sea scorpions) athin da ebb. He's an ugly brute, wi a pöshnous spine--or sae wi wir telt-- on da back o da heid. I mind laundin a muckle een at da Bressa slip whin I wis fishin fir pilticks as a bairn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavy Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 We used to catch both swaarfish and brumplicks when I was young. The swaarfish is definitely the butterfish or gunnel, but I am not convinced about a brumplick being a three bearded rockling. The rockling as its name suggests has three little beards under its chin, and appears to be reddish with spots. The brumplicks we caught had only a single beard, and were olive green in colour without any spots. I formed the opinion they were probably eelpout, but it was difficult to be sure. However, the position may not be that simple. Thomas Edmondston seemed to reckon the Swaarfish and the Brumplick were the same fish, which he identified as a spotted blenny. This seemed to be taken up by both Jakobsen and James Stout Angus. Jakobsen gave Tang-Brismek as another name for the same fish. I've looked up a blenny, and it doesnt look like any brumplick I have ever seen, so despite the pundits I go back to my opinion in the first paragraph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmie Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 maalies, maas, swaabie, scories, dunters, tysties, scarfs, tammie nories, solans, rain gös, alamootie, lintie, tirrick, shalder, sillock.piltock. seid, olick, tusk, hoes, waarie codlin, plucker, partan, dratsie. selkie, whaal, pellick , (neesik),whalp, ketlin, whitterit, kyunnin, hirkie (grice), kye, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trønder Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 maalies, maas, swaabie, scories, dunters, tysties, scarfs, tammie nories, solans, rain gös, alamootie, lintie, tirrick, shalder, sillock.piltock. seid, olick, tusk, hoes, waarie codlin, plucker, partan, dratsie. selkie, whaal, pellick , (neesik),whalp, ketlin, whitterit, kyunnin, hirkie (grice), kye,What are the English names for these, for comparison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmie Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 maalies= fulmar maas, gulls swaabie= black-backed gull scories = immature gull dunter = eider ducktysties- guillemot scarfs=cormorant and shag tammie nories = puffin , solans=gannet rain gös = red throated diver alamootie, ? lintie,? tirrick = arctic tern shalder = oyster catcher bonxie = greater skua scootie allan = arctic skua sillock/piltock/seid, (all saithe from small to large) olick=ling tusk,(? ling family?) hoes, dogfish waarie codlin, ?plucker, ?partan,-edible crab dratsie = otter selkie =seal whaal = whale pellick , (neesik), = both porpoises whalp=whelp(young dog) ketlin= kitten whitterit=stoat kyunnin=rabbit hirkie (grice)-=pig , kye= cattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 a new one i learned recently brigdi/bregdi = basking shark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmie Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Curlew is WhaupSnipe is I belive Horsegok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trønder Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I have a feeling I'm going to be corrected again, but, skit au, here goes. A lot of those names look very Norwegian/West Scandinavian to me. To take some possible ones (Norwegian name to the right): maas, gulls || Måse/Måkeswaabie= black-backed gull | Svartbakdunter = eider duck || something to do with "dun" (light feather) perhaps?tysties- guillemot || Teist (Black Guillemot)scarfs=cormorant and shag || Skarvsolans=gannet || (Hav-)sulerain gös = red throated diver || the latter might be "gås"?shalder = oyster catcher || Tjeld (pl. Tjeldar/Tjelder)olick=ling || Lakewhaal = whale || Hval/Kval(neesik), = both porpoises || Nise?whalp=whelp(young dog) || Valp/Kvalpkyunnin=rabbit || Kanin (although that is for bunny)kye= cattle || ku (pl. kyr)brigdi/bregdi = basking shark || BrugdeSnipe is I belive Horsegok || might "gok" have something to do with Gauk/Gjøk (Cuckoo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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