I am seeing a lot of references to the people of Orkney as "Orkneyans" I am pretty sure that the correct appellation is "Orcadians" taken from the Latin version, Orcades. Anne who learned "Orcadian" from her grandmother, whose parents WERE.

Yes I'd agree Anne. Orcadians is the correct term of reference. I tend to use "Orcadians" when speaking about people born in Orkney, and "orkney folk" as a more general term to include those of us who are incomers. Although I know some of the incomers also consider themselves Orcadian but that's a whole 'nother topic we discussed some months back! :-) Sian Graemsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Slater" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 6:01 PM Subject: [ORCADIA] Grammar Police Moment >I am seeing a lot of references to the people of Orkney as "Orkneyans" > > I am pretty sure that the correct appellation is "Orcadians" taken > from the Latin version, Orcades. > > Anne who learned "Orcadian" from her grandmother, whose parents WERE. > _______________________________________ > 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 >