Shaetlan Wird o' Da Day

[crofter]

 

bing

 

Graet muckle bing o craws

 

bong

 

Gae 'im anidder bong wi' da muckle hammer.

[whalsa]

Spaegie = Aching muscles. = Too many 12 hour days.

 

I hoop at your no forgettin aboot da whalsa wird fur it, hansper

 

Im no sure if dats jst a whalsa wird ur if dirs idder places a shetland dat suys it tae??

[trout]

'ting' as in thing

 

Whar does dat come fae? You hear afro-caribbean/afro-american/afro-english cultures using 'ting' for 'thing' .. how come Shetland spiks we dat wy tö? Serious question ... kinda winderin?

[Guest Anonymous]

'ting' as in thing

 

Whar does dat come fae? You hear afro-caribbean/afro-american/afro-english cultures using 'ting' for 'thing' .. how come Shetland spiks we dat wy tö? Serious question ... kinda winderin?

there is no "th" sound in original Shetland , like S. Ireland . Norse origin as you will know theres no "th" sound there either

[trout]

^^ Indeed. Hence the question regarding cultural adoption of English variant further afield Thanks for the reply mind you

[MuckleJoannie]

Axe (ask) is anidder een dat is used in Afro-Caribean dialect. Hit is da owld English pronunciation.

 

 

"Men axed hym, what sholde bifalle," (The Canterbury Tales)

[Guest Anonymous]

grit eh? an dan dir eyrands an da lobby , bit dü we gyit ony credeet fir it ava , no

[trout]

Axe (ask) is anidder een dat is used in Afro-Caribean dialect. Hit is da owld English pronunciation.

 

 

"Men axed hym, what sholde bifalle," (The Canterbury Tales)

 

Good point. So I wonder are these surviving remnants within our own tongue of 'owld English' as described? Are they also then the same in those 'tongues' detailed prior?

[Rasmie]

Dey also use da and de for "the" in the Carribbean dialects. Perhaps we have a connection . There is an oral tradition of an Afro person shipwrecked on Quarff a dim ago , who settled down and was given a croft. Perhaps he has had some influence on da wye we spik?

[Kavi Ugl]

There is a th sound in old norse and it's preserved in Iceland in the very same word Pingvellir(the P letter isn't listed above!) meaning the parliament.

 

The P letter is pronounced as "th" and we even have one of these letters here in Shetland in the gateway signs for Tingwall where they've included the original/old norse form of Tingwall on the signs. Have a look next time you pass the signs and also see page 11 of The Shetland Times today.

 

[MuckleJoannie]

I've often wondered about connections between Shetland and the Caribbean. After the one of the main shipping routes in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries was the Atlantic Trade Triangle. There must have ben many Shetlanders manning the ships.

 

I believe that Peterson is a common surname in parts of the West Indies, and a famous reggae producers is Sonia Pottinger

[Ghostrider]

The folk that I find can understand Shaetlin quickest and easiest are those in the U.S. deep south, particularly areas where their roots and obviously speech, originates in the old original penal colonies which were predominantly Irish, which became areas with significant slave populations, and finally had a significant number of German immigrants.

[Fjool]

There must have ben many Shetlanders manning the ships

 

I recall seeing something along those lines in the Tangwick Haa museum when I was there last year, but it might have been Australia/New Zealand instead.

 

Wow - I'm useful

[crofter]

neester

[Guest Anonymous]

is dat alang da sam lines is peester?