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Cathryn
Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 13228
Location: Ceredigion
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More Celts, how nice.  (Are Scottish people Celts?  The comment from around the dinner table is that they wear celts.  ) |
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 1418
Location: S.E. Wales
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They are most definitely celts- but I'm not sure what Shetlanders and Orkadians consider themselves....
Croeso (failte) from South East Wales  |
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alice
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Posts: 972
Location: Orkney
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They are most definitely celts- but I'm not sure what Shetlanders and Orkadians consider themselves....
Croeso (failte) from South East Wales |
Ooh, I think not 
Picts but not celts.
Don't confuse Orkney with the western isles. Gaelic was never spoken here. Orkney didn't come under scottish rule until the 15th century. Native orcadians still look fondly north, rather than south  |
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sean
Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28908
Location: North Devon
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 09 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| gz wrote: |
They are most definitely celts- but I'm not sure what Shetlanders and Orkadians consider themselves....
Croeso (failte) from South East Wales |
Ooh, I think not
Picts but not celts.
Don't confuse Orkney with the western isles. Gaelic was never spoken here. Orkney didn't come under scottish rule until the 15th century. Native orcadians still look fondly north, rather than south |
This is all getting a bit '1066 and all that'. |
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alice
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Posts: 972
Location: Orkney
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I know. It's great isn't it? |
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sean
Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28908
Location: North Devon
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 09 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Are you living in brackets? |
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swc123
Joined: 06 Sep 2009
Posts: 9
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I am just going to jump on this thread rather than start a new one, as cqueenie doesn't live too far from me!!
So hello all from another Shetlander! |
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gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 13390
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Hi there, swc123, and welcome to Downsizer
Another one from north of the border ! |
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12Bore
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 815
Location: Be vewy quiet....
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Hi, and welcome  |
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mihto
Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 2499
Location: West coast of Norway
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Norway calling Shetland!
How nice to see you! At last somebody who know what REAL fish taste like, and who can tell those celts why umbrellas are as useless as an ashtray on a bicycle.  |
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suomi
Joined: 10 Oct 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Finland
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Hello and welcome from the far north east! we are in eastern Finland about 60 km from the Russian border.
oh and it looks like our first snow is due next week!.....
welcome to the forum, livley,funny, careing and informative.... enjoy!
Suomi. |
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cqueenie
Joined: 26 Jul 2009
Posts: 148
Location: Shetland
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Hello swc123,
Nice too see you on here! How far away are you from me then? Is that you over there on the sofa?
Hii to Norway and Finland, shall we start a far north support group seeing as its going to get very dark soon! |
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crofter
Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 952
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Hello cqueenie! I'm in Unst, good luck with the broch building...
Shetlanders don't usually consider themselves scottish (unless they emigrated from Scotland) it was the picts who built the brochs here, maybe 2000+ years ago, a thousand years later Shetland was extensively settled by viking farmers (whether the vikings killed the picts and took their land, or whether it was more peaceful is a matter of some debate!) In 1469, the king of Denmark pawned the islands (his daughter married James III of Scotland and he needed money for dowry payments) Modern shetland is a mixture of people including incomers of all nationalities. Since the oil came ashore in the 70's the traditional culture and dialect has been on the decline, by the time my kids grow up it will be gone... |
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cqueenie
Joined: 26 Jul 2009
Posts: 148
Location: Shetland
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Hii Crofter!
Weisdale calling!
I wrote my signature after going to Mousa on the late night boat, just loved the Allamooties! And this is coming from someone with a bird phobia... |
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Chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 15148
Location: Quantock Hills, Somerset
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Welcome! |
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