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It would be really interesting to see if they can make this viable and reliable. Side note: no disrepect intended, but when reading the names of some of the is
by royjacobs 8y ago
It would be really interesting to see if they can make this viable and reliable.
Side note: no disrepect intended, but when reading the names of some of the islands it feels like they're written in pig Latin.
- smackay 8y agoThe names are either old celtic or norse names. If you check out the Wikipedia page for Papa Westray, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Westray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Westray, then follow the links you get quite a history on the origins of the names.
- tom_mellior 8y agoSpecifically, the -ay, -ey, -øy suffixes that evoke Pig Latin mean "island" in places that had Norse presence. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ey#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ey#English and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ey#Old_Norse https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ey#Old_Norse