Hey, what happens here?

I've just come doon from the Isle o' Skye,
I'm no very big and I'm awful shy,
and the lassies shout when I go by,
"Donald where's your troosers?"

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>>68204018
John o'Groats is the most boring place I've ever been to as a tourist.

Orkney isles have a nice flag.

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>>68204101
>>68204158
so i assume, trees, sea, and nothing?

>>68204374
There are an incredible amount of farm houses and villages that have been left abandoned after the entire male population got slaughtered in ww1.

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>>68204018
not much

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>>68204551
>>68204590
with the dense population of england, why don't more people move to the islands?

>>68204018
Evangelical Christianity, whiskey distilleries but no pubs, the last Celtic communities on earth - this is the Outer Hebrides, haven't been to Orkney.

>>68204650
No work.

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>>68204650
that's a good question, just checked orkenys population and its the same as as my uni lmao
I guess it's just really remote and boring, though I think they are quite involved with the scandinavian countries though in terms of trade and that

>>68204158
kek what were you expecting

>>68204650
few jobs
poor infrastructure
little housing

and because there is none of one, the other two won't appear

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>>68204936
>>68204834
oh i see.
On google earth it looks like heaven to me.
I'd love to be able to live and farm there
>>68204703
what is the difference between celts and anglos

>>68204018
The British government tested an extremely nasty strain of anthrax on one of those islands. It was so dangerous that they literally had to remove the soil from the whole island just to make it inhabitable, 50 years after the test.

>>68205007
older folk don't speak English as a first language
really old people might not even be able to speak English above a limited conversational level

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>>68204158
>he didn't go to the piss-up at John O'Groats' Rollercoaster World™

>>68205083
is this true?
>>68205084
What do they speak?
Also do they look different?

English history is so fun, a couple of beers, wikipedia, 4chan and google are making this weekend a great time

>>68205083
yup biological weapons testing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruinard_Island

>The island was made dangerous for all mammals by experiments with the anthrax bacterium, until it was decontaminated in the late 20th century.

aftermaths was very interesting too

>>68205084
>older folk don't speak English as a first language
Eh? This is definitely not the case in Thurso.

>>68205197
>English history
delet before a scot gets here kek

>>68205197
>What do they speak?

Scottish. You didn't think that most Scots speak Scottish, did you?

>>68205262
Well not on Britain, I'm talking about remote areas of the small islands

>>68205197
>English history
FUCK OFF YANK

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>>68205236
holy shit
>>68205262
what is the case then?
>>68205278
fuck'em
They can suck a fat yank cock
They voted remain.
>>68205309
i had no idea scottish was a language
>>68205354
be nice dad.

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What a load of bullshit said in here. It's awful.

Orkney Islands are one of the cutest and simplest community of Great Britain. It's been voted in the top 3 places in terms of quality of life recently (2014).
Orkney have been Norwegian Islands until the 14th century, where they have been given to the scottish crown. That's why they have Norwegian influences. They even celebrate the norwegian national day.
Orkney are connected to Shetland also. Shetland are much more independant due to both remoteness and fuel resources and offshore industry.

No one speaks Scot in thoses Islands. Some old norse remain, and quite a lot of people speak Norwegian as a second language.

No one speaks Scot either in the Outer Hebrides. Many (60%) speak a Celtic language, much closer to Welsh or Breton in France. But all speak English.

To summarize : both Orkney and Outer Hebrides are quiet, beautiful, peaceful and yet lively places. Languages spoken are : English/Norwegian and Celtic/English.

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>>68205083
>>68205236

Elves and oil

>>68206029
They do speak Scots in Orkney.

>>68204374
Some of them don't even have trees. The winds are too strong.

selkies

>>68206813
Never mind.

I though Orcadian was an isolated dialect, but you're right. Orcadian is classified as one of the sub-dialect of Scots.

http://www.scotslanguage.com/Scots_Dialects/Insular/Orkney_uid1243