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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from Davie P in 'non-natives' spikkin Shetland   
    Yis, dir 'saft arrrs*' seem tae be da main budder.
    (*soft pronunciation of the letter 'r', rather than pliable buttocks)
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    Muckle Oxters reacted to peeriebryan in 'non-natives' spikkin Shetland   
    A good friend of mine spiks broad Shetland wee an Argentinian accent and it's a thing o beauty!
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from peeriebryan in 'non-natives' spikkin Shetland   
    Yis, dir 'saft arrrs*' seem tae be da main budder.
    (*soft pronunciation of the letter 'r', rather than pliable buttocks)
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from Ghostrider in 'non-natives' spikkin Shetland   
    Yis, dir 'saft arrrs*' seem tae be da main budder.
    (*soft pronunciation of the letter 'r', rather than pliable buttocks)
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from Colin in 'non-natives' spikkin Shetland   
    Yis, dir 'saft arrrs*' seem tae be da main budder.
    (*soft pronunciation of the letter 'r', rather than pliable buttocks)
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from George. in 'non-natives' spikkin Shetland   
    Yis, dir 'saft arrrs*' seem tae be da main budder.
    (*soft pronunciation of the letter 'r', rather than pliable buttocks)
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from George. in Covid 19 / Coronavirus   
    Aathing is heading in the right direction.. https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2021/02/23/first-minister-to-outline-steps-towards-easing-covid-restrictions/
    So, how weel do you think Nicola Sturgeon is handling dis? I tink she's doin brawly weel
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from George. in Da surfer and his board   
    I, for one, and very happy dat da fellow wis reunited we his surfboard. But no as happy as da global media it seems!
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from Davie P in Covid 19 / Coronavirus   
    I dunna get it? She looks nothin link Ian Krankie
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from Roachmill in Covid 19 / Coronavirus   
    Aathing is heading in the right direction.. https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2021/02/23/first-minister-to-outline-steps-towards-easing-covid-restrictions/
    So, how weel do you think Nicola Sturgeon is handling dis? I tink she's doin brawly weel
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from peeriebryan in Da surfer and his board   
    I, for one, and very happy dat da fellow wis reunited we his surfboard. But no as happy as da global media it seems!
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    Muckle Oxters reacted to Colin in 'non-natives' spikkin Shetland   
    I've been here 40 years and, as far as I can tell, I still speak pretty much the same as the day I arrived. 
    I have to admit though, that some local words have crept in.
    I tend to agree that newcomers(?) who try to speak 'Shetlandic' (?) can sound a bit funny..
    Same can be true when done the other way around as well..
    Puts me in mind of a young lady at an office answering the phone to a high flying BP exec that her boss was 'kinda busy this morning, but he would be here in a little start...'
     
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from Roachmill in Have your say on Knab plans   
    Dir is somethin ironic aboot religion replacin science in an old school building!
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from MuckleJoannie in A Glossary of the Shetland Dialect   
    A belated tanks for dis link @MuckleJoannie. I've been drappin in twaree words I'd never heard afore intae conversations we my older relatives tae see if dey kent whit dey meant. Some o da time da owld eens towt I was makin words up until I shaa'ed dem dis glossary!
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    Muckle Oxters reacted to Davie P in Have your say on Knab plans   
    I believe it is
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    Muckle Oxters reacted to MuckleJoannie in A Glossary of the Shetland Dialect   
    This book by James Stout Angus is now available online
     
    https://archive.org/stream/glossaryofshetla00angu#page/n5/mode/2up
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    Muckle Oxters reacted to Roachmill in Scottish Independence Referendum 2021   
    God bless the spacebar!
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    Muckle Oxters reacted to Davie P in Shetland names fur female, male and castrated sheep   
    This is indeed a hot topic! I’m sure the answer will be somewhere in this research which Google through up The Effect of Castration and Age on the Development of the Shetland Sheep Skeleton and a Metric Comparison Between Bones of Males
    if you want to display your crofting knowledge and win back the admiration and respect of the agricultural world, try casually dropping in a couple of phrases from that research at the next Cunningsburgh Show 
    “Yis Magnie, sex seems to be an important variable influencing the age at which epiphyses fuse. Thus females fuse earliest, followed by males, and castrates are much delayed. The delay in epiphysial fusion in wethers and absence of delay in dental replacement, bodes well for Payne’s suggested method for recognising the remains of wethers in archaeological collections.”
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from Davie P in Shetland names fur female, male and castrated sheep   
    I don't tink you're takin dis seriously! I wis tinkin I was da top boy and boastin aboot my knowledge o croftin, until I was put on da spot. Noo dirs folk makin a fool o me because I hardly ken da difference atween a gimmer, a tüp and a hug. And I only pit yun funny "ü" thing above da "u" in tup tae look lik I ken whit I'm spikin aboot.
    Is a tüp joost a name for a ram dat could be ony age? Whit's da name o a castrated ram? No his personal name lik David or Peter, but a generic name Is a gimmer a yowe dat hasna had a lamb? Help me oot here!
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    Muckle Oxters reacted to Colin in Shetland names fur female, male and castrated sheep   
    Don't take it personally.  No slur was intended.
    FWIW;
    I don't have a clue either.
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    Muckle Oxters reacted to Ghostrider in Shetland names fur female, male and castrated sheep   
    Dis is whit ey happens whin you brag athin da hearin o' da wife.
    Im keepin richt oot o' it. Nae gud ever cam oot o' pruvin da wife rang, be it your ain een ur some idder boddy's een.
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    Muckle Oxters reacted to Capeesh in Shetland Space Centre   
    They're thinking about training Space Cadets in Unst now? Am I the only person waiting for the punchline? 
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from Roachmill in Shetland Space Centre   
    Dis chap tinks “tomorrow’s jobs are in space”. I doot I'll hiv ta get a new boilersuit if dat's da case!
    https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2021/02/12/unst-would-be-prime-site-for-worlds-first-training-centre-for-child-astronauts-space-teacher-says/
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    Muckle Oxters got a reaction from Capeesh in Shetland Space Centre   
    Dis chap tinks “tomorrow’s jobs are in space”. I doot I'll hiv ta get a new boilersuit if dat's da case!
    https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2021/02/12/unst-would-be-prime-site-for-worlds-first-training-centre-for-child-astronauts-space-teacher-says/
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    Muckle Oxters reacted to MuckleJoannie in Shetland Space Centre   
    If you go the SIC planning applications page you will find links to over 500 documents relating to the spaceport including the environmental impact study.
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