Karen, you are so right. Though equally it is important to retain the way things are said and not give in to the interpretations of Victorian cartographers. Cheers Steven p.s. you should hear how people pronounce 'Heddle' (I go for 'Haydl' myself- it could be wrong!) ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Brough of Birsay One has to rehearse diligently before a trip to Orkney to properly say "I went from InverNESS to STROMness." It's all too easy to make them both alike, one way or the other, or to get it backword which will offend everyone. Of course I'm not offended that no one there can pronounce my name "correctly." There are really more important things to worry about. Karen In a message dated 9/27/2007 9:21:02 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: On Sep 26, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Steven Heddle wrote: > Also Stromness is not 'Strohm-ness' but 'Strumnis!' Is this an implied change in stress, from StromNESS to STROMness? We need to Skype some of these conversations so we can both see and hear one another! Janice Langland _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message