We bide in Shetland!

Hit's aa idda details: Shetlanders bide in (no on) Shetland, an hit's a archipelago maed up o da Shetland Isles. It ISNA "the Shetlands". Der isna sicca plaess. Hit tirgs at Shetlanders tae hear dir plaess bein caaed "the Shetlands".

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"The Shetlands" is, if onythin, shorthaand øsed by sum fokk tae refer tae da native Shetland breed o kye, sheep or horse (also caaed Shetland ponies or Shelties). An while wir spaekkin aboot details: da kye, sheep or ponies irna Viking imports. Archaeological evidence shaas at da Shetland kye an sheep wir brocht here by da Neolithic fairmers, nae laetter as 3600BCE, an da Shelties nae laetter as da Bronze Age aboot 2000BCE. So dey wir here a good 3-4000 year aerlier as da Vikings, but de wir laekly some interbreedin wi livestock brocht by da Norse settlers.