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Originally Posted by Rhianne
If it's all about education then I think I can help out the writer of the quote in Bruce's opening post and anyone else who plans a visit. The plural of Orkney is Orkney. It is fine to say Orkney Islands or refer to the whole archipelago as Orkney but Orcadians get really annoyed by the word Orkneys so if you want to make friends when you're there...
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The writer of this work appears to have been under no misapprehension about the singular nature of Orkney.
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Bloody Orkney: this traditional song has been attributed to a Captain Hamish Blair, RN, said to have been stationed at Scapa Flow during WWII.
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