Scotland/Norway Connection

[Pour1Malt]

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Kirk, birn, ken are a few of many Nordic words used today.

P1M:
there are posts where you have seen the need to add the English words to translate from your local tongue. Interestingly enough, the Scottish words you have translated are perfectly understandable to speakers of Norwegian...

ai ken "folk" an "anorak" arr twa maire....

[Riverkilt]

Hmmm,

I'd thought the Scot Norse connections came from the Viking raids on the Isles and resulting intermarriages...?

Ron

[porrick]

Hmmm,

I'd thought the Scot Norse connections came from the Viking raids on the Isles and resulting intermarriages...?

Ron

Yepp, many a connection lies there. Later came political/military connections...

[macwilkin]

Hmmm,

I'd thought the Scot Norse connections came from the Viking raids on the Isles and resulting intermarriages...?

Ron

Some did, Ron. But that's not all. World War Two played a major role in it, as many nations occupied by the Nazis used the UK for exile, including Norway.

The famous galloglas warriors of the Western Isles that fought in Ireland had some Nordic blood for sure.

T.

[albannaich]

Dunno about any shared heritage but Norway is an example to Scotland.

I look at Norway and think of what Scotland should have, what we should be like.

Saor Alba.

[RoderickOfClanMadHaggis]

I mentioned in my intro thread that i'm 50/50 Scot/Irish, my Scot ancestry is McFarlane (Perthshire) and Brown (Orkney). The Browns came from South Ronaldsay on Orkney to Australia just after 1900, and we have their history back to the late 1600's. It seems that around 1700 the spelling was changed from Broun to Brown...whether Broun is a Norwegian or Scottish way of spelling is unknown by my family, as the racial makeup of Orcadians is mixed due to the huge influx of Vikings and Celts (mainly Vikings), added to the Pictish people who were living on Orkney for thousands of years before the Vikings arrived. Plus, back then not many people could read or write, so maybe they just spelt it phonetically...who knows?
If you ask my little brother he'll tell you he's descended from Vikings lol

[albannaich]

Imy Scot ancestry is McFarlane (Perthshire)

We share some ancestry.

[RoderickOfClanMadHaggis]

Cool lol
BTW you've got 38 years of birthday presents to catch up on


Actually i was reading on a genealogy testing site how they can test two people with the same ancestral origins and tell you how many generations back you shared a common ancestor. Interesting stuff.
http://www.familytreedna.com/default.asp

[Pour1Malt]

Dunno about any shared heritage but Norway is an example to Scotland.

I look at Norway and think of what Scotland should have, what we should be like.

Saor Alba.

gie us an example please... ai dinnae ken as much aboot Norway as ai shuid... :rolleyes:

[Freelander Sporrano]

I who actually live here would be interested on this one too.

Most of the Scotsmen I know here in Norway are in the Oil game or working under contract for the oil companies.

My view on Norway is a little biased.I love the country however never a day goes by without me being reminded that I'm the foreigner here. I live with the teasing and the misunderstandings.

I love it here.However Norwegians are rather a difficult bunch to get to know well. Pub culture here is very different from what I'm used to. Things are more home and house oriented. I've never lived in such a place before where the sound of hammering and sawing is a constant pest. Norwegians must be the worlds DIY experts.

This is tuning into a rant...I'll stop