LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.08.02 (06) [E]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Lowlanders,

I understand that the language varieties of the Orkney Islands are
different from Shetlandic ones (and different from Mainland Scots ones).

Questions:

(1) Can any of you tell us just a bit more about it?

(2) Is any of you able to translate our web welcome into Orcadian
    or can persuade a non-subscriber to do so?

The best I've been able to find about it is the following:
http://www.xrefer.com/entry/443227

And of course references in our own Andy Eagle's works:
http://www.scots-online.org/grammar/pronunci.htm

I haven't found any online language samples.

And who is willing to inform the author (sandystevenson at thefreesite.com)
of the following page that "Scottish English" is not the same as
"Scots"?

Thanks and regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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