Claudias Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 What does one call the main island of Shetland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 I believe it doesn't have a name other than Mainland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorit Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 What does one call the main island of Shetland? I don't know. What does one call the main island of Shetland ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortio Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 What does one call the main island of Shetland? one calls it "mine" http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/03/13/queen_wideweb__470x298,0.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 What does one call the main island of Shetland? One could of course call it Greater lerwick! *sits back and waits for the flak!* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marooned in Maywick Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 What does one call the main island of Shetland? I WAS expecting someone to reply with 'Yell', 'Unst' etc depending on their background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudias Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 I was not being facetious or asking a trick question. In the past,when stating that I was going to the mainland to visit Brae, Lerwick or Scalloway I was told by friends and relatives that the Mainland was that huge mass where Aberdeen and Edinburgh are situated. The main island of the Shetland group was merely Shetland.Now this was fine whilst Shetland was part of the County of Zetland but the Boundary Commission decided not only to remove the bonny name of Zetland but to decide that the title County was not appropriate for a group of islands so,instead of Shetland County Council we were stuck with SIC.But old ideas die hard and we still celebrate the County Drama Festival and inter county matches between Orkney and Shetland.Now,whilst the Shetland Islands may be singular metaphorically they can not physically be singular,so the term The Shetlands is politically correct.Just the same. I am going to the mainland today to visit the Gilbert Bain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlander Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 What does one call the main island of Shetland? One could of course call it Greater lerwick! *sits back and waits for the flak!* 'Great' and 'Lerwick' in the same sentence! Bit of a contradiction innit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowrie Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Wir family always caa'd it 'Da Mainlaund'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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