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The Orkney Wordbook
The dialects of Orkney and Shetland are unique...
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The Orkney Wordbook
9781902957524
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The dialects of Orkney and Shetland are unique - a synthesis of Norse, Scots and Modern English. This dictionary is based on a collection of Orkney dialect words and phrases brought together by the author in the 19080s, to which has been added Orkney Norn.
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by Gregor Lamb
The dialects of Orkney and Shetland are unique - a synthesis of Norse, Scots and Modern English. This dictionary is based on a collection of Orkney dialect words and phrases brought together by the author in the 19080s, to which has been added Orkney Norn, the earlier study by Dr Hugh Marwick in the 1920s.
This 3rd edition, produced due to popular demand, has been extensively revised by the author.
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