JAStewart Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Is the word Shettish an accurate description of those from Shetland? Is Shetlandic preferred? I think that Shetlandic is an interesting one because it, to me, has more ties with Scandinavia (probably due to Icelandic, Alandic and Greenlandic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Na na bairns, dis haes ta be da warst a'm seen skrived onywhaur.I hoop dat yun wird is jöst a typo upö dy pairt JAS, if no, whaur wis du boarn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Whilst I can see the logic in "Shettish" as a term, I honestly don't think I've ever heard or seen it before. I certanly consider myself, and would describe myself, as Shetlandic. Interesting you point out the closeness to Scandanavian names, as I hadn't noticed that before but it makes me favour the term even more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddrun Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Closeness to Scandinavia...........?????I'm Norwegian, not Nowegic ........A person from The Faroe Islands is Faroese..., not FaroesicA person from Denmark is Danish, not Danic.....A person from Sweden is Swedish, not Swedic....and so on.... And where in the world do Alandics live ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Is the word Shettish an accurate description of those from Shetland? Is Shetlandic preferred? I think that Shetlandic is an interesting one because it, to me, has more ties with Scandinavia (probably due to Icelandic, Alandic and Greenlandic) Cast dee ee ower da idder treed fae twartee daes syn syne, 'Shetlandic' wis geen a trashin dere, an richtly so I tink. Hit soonds most tryin. An 'Sh*ttish' soonds twartree sots waur is hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 What's wrong with Shetlander? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 As GR says, whit's du playing at JAS? Diss his aa been spokken aboot joost nae time fae syne in da neeburin treed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bug Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 As GR says, whit's du playing at JAS? Diss his aa been spokken aboot joost nae time fae syne in da neeburin treed. I tink JAS took da "SH" da soond lik da "F" and - I dinna tink ders a link tae dat in Shetlink yet - AT might differ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagfinn Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Closeness to Scandinavia...........?????I'm Norwegian, not Nowegic ........A person from The Faroe Islands is Faroese..., not FaroesicA person from Denmark is Danish, not Danic.....A person from Sweden is Swedish, not Swedic....and so on.... And where in the world do Alandics live ???? Oddrun, I think there might be a link. The -ic ending is added to the word 'land', hence a Person from Norway, Sweden etc. cannot be '-landic', but when it comes to Icelandic and Greenlandic, it might be an English translation of the norse 'Islendsk' and 'Gronlendsk'; in all cases I think you only hear this term when it comes to these Nordic countries, don't you? You never hear the term 'Scotlandic' or 'Polandic', thus my suspicion, it's an English version of the norse '-lendsk' (though I might be wrong).If it is a Norse thing, then 'Aalandic' and 'Finlandic' would also make sense. BTW I got my ticket for Willie in Dublin, yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 ^^ Hmmm.....Google "New Zealandic" and "Falklandic". The results would seem to disprove a "nordic" only origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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