Prood ta be bi-lingual!
Learning to read and write Shetlandic as well as to listen and speak? There is a storybook an a CD of stories for you to enjoy!
Here's a little quiz for you to try!
Read the Reviews
"On first listening to the CDs, I was struck by how all the stories have been written to blow away the stereotypes of dialect literature that it is old-fashioned and set in the past...the recorded accents of the readers have a familiarity with them that relaxes the listener."
Review of 'Prood ta be bi-lingual! - 2 to 5 years', The Shetland Times, 9th of September 2005 (Read the full review)
About the Stories
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Get someone to read you the story ‘Ellie an da Sail Needle’. It was written by Iris Sandison, from Walls. You can listen to the story read by Iris on the CD ‘A Hansel o Stories – 1’. |
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The drawings were done by John Cumming. John was born and brought up in Burra but lives in Orkney. |