Thanks, Steven. That was very helpful. Now, can you please add the accents? For instance, is Yesnabee pronounced YESnabee, yesNAbee or yesnaBEE? Janice Langland On Sep 26, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Steven Heddle wrote: > No, it's like 'broch', with the -och bit as in the Scottish > pronunciation of loch. > And Birsay is pronounced 'Birsee' > And 'of' is prounced 'oh'. So 'broch-o birsee' > > In general the '-ay' at the end of island names is pronounced '- > ee', and even Hoy is more like 'Ho-ee'. Also Harray is pronounced > the same as Harry. And Yesnaby is 'Yesnabee'. You get the idea. > > Also Stromness is not 'Strohm-ness' but 'Strumnis!' > Finstown is 'Finstoon' > Dounby is 'Doonby' > Holm (the parish) is 'Ham' > Holm (as in small island) is 'home' > Deerness is 'Dernis' > KIrkwall is 'the Toon' > The rest of the UK (apart from Shetland) is 'Sooth' > The nearest part of which is 'Scotland', which we will only > grudgingly admit to be being part of after a major sporting success > for that country. > > So placenames are straightforward enough. Now lets move onto common > areas of confusion (may vary from parish to parish)... > > 'How' is 'hoo' > 'Who' is 'whar' e.g. 'Whar's that?'- 'Who are they?'' > 'Where' is also 'whar', but with an extra 'at' often added e.g. > 'Whar's that at?'- 'Where is that?' > 'How?' is also often 'Whut wiy?' e.g. 'Whut wiy hid?- 'How has this > come to pass?' > > This takes me back to Sigurd's Word of the Week, which stopped > before we got to T is for Trulls. > > Cheers > Steven > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Janice Langland > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:54 PM > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Brough of Birsay > > > I've always heard it BRUFF, like the Three Billy Goats Gruff. > > Janice > > > On Sep 26, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Isabella Moreland wrote: > >> How is Brough pronounced, please ? >> Isabella >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:06 am >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Brough of Birsay >> To: [email protected] >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Anyone trying to follow this conversation will think you have to >>> dance the >>> way over!! Well a few hops and skips were necessary >>> anyway. But worth every >>> step. Don't anyone who hasn't been get discouraged by all >>> this. It's an >>> experience one shouldn't miss. >>> >>> Karen >>> >>> I >>> >>> in a message dated 9/26/2007 7:58:38 A.M. Central Daylight >>> Time, >>> [email protected] writes: >>> >>> >>> Dear me, Karen, you led me astray with your misleading >>> subject line! OK, >>> here's how I responded: >>> >>> >>> Well, as you may well recall, it's not always such a great >>> way to get to >>> the Brough, Karen: >>> >>> http://www.orcadian.co.uk/archive/2002/broughbirsay.htm >>> >>> Norman Tulloch >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 ORCADIA- >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> Isabella >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

On 27/09/2007 Janice Langland wrote: > This takes me back to Sigurd's Word of the Week, which stopped > > before we got to T is for Trulls. <ROFL> Love it. Another word that can cause confusion is 'wait', pronounced 'wet'. I remember an Orkney crofter being interviewed on TV a while ago. He told his collie dog to "wet there noo" - "wait there now". The interviewer asked him why he was telling his dog to pee on the floor :-) -- Mike Clouston