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The ZE come from zetland. Which im sure it was before it became shetland

 

Yes I know that, but lots and lots of places use the biggest town the area, eg B for Birmingham.

 

So, I was just wondering why they didn't use LK1-3 instead of ZE1-3.

 

Possibly for reasons of clarity, there are a number of other "L" postcodes. The same goes for "S" postcodes, there are no other "Z" postcodes as far as I'm aware.

 

Using largest town is the majority, but there are a number of exceptions, the Western Isles are on "HS" (Hebrides), and of course all of London are non-location related. Plus, I would imagine that a large chunk of the Scottish Highlands including a number of towns are less than delighted they're on the "KW" (Kirkwall) postcode.

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Does Shetland use the name Shetland Isles or just Shetland as it's name reference?

 

To answer your query, as you can see from the site logo "Shetlink - Connecting Shetland" at the top of this page, just using "Shetland" more than adequately covers most eventualities.

 

Does anyone think renaming this site "Shetlinks" may be more appropriate? ;)

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you see what happens when they cut fiddle lessons.

http://poisonpopcorn.bandcamp.com/

good luck on your album

 

cheers paulb! :D

 

i'm terribly sorry about everybody posting links to it. i didn't ask anyone to do so. and i know it must be taking up valuable space which could otherwise be filled with the usual parochial whingeing and bickering about spelling.

 

and don't worry unlinked, not hearing it is as easy as not pushing play, just like the clogged up what are you listening to now? threads...

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....... Plus, I would imagine that a large chunk of the Scottish Highlands including a number of towns are less than delighted they're on the "KW" (Kirkwall) postcode.

 

Indeed they are.

 

There's nothing more entertaining than spending half your life on the phone trying to convince some companies despatch dept that KW1 is actually Caithness on Mainland Scotchland and not Orkney.......

 

Oh, how we used to laugh.

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"The survey results also showed that those in the Outer Hebrides, Shetlands and Orkney Islands were among the happiest in Britain, compared to residents of London, Edinburgh, Luton, Reading, and Slough, who had the lowest happiness ratings."

 

If I lived in Lunnun' Auld Reekie or any other of those God forsaken places, I'd be miserable too. :P

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Hector, we should start calling everywhere south of Shetland by the following:

The Londons, The Edinburghs, The Aberdeens etc then they may get the point :D

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