Talk:Orkney and Shetland (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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Name[edit]

Was it Orkney and Shetland or Orkney and Zetland, or were Zetland and Shetland interchangeable? I was under the impression that Zetland was the preferred official term.

JASpencer (talk) 19:46, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The name is Shetland. The zed was a printer's substitute for the yogh in the Middle-Scots spelling Ȝetland. The Dictionary of the Scots Language says that actually pronouncing the name as "Zetland" started in the early 19th century as a social affectation. Opera hat (talk) 00:53, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]