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Title    : Vocabulary: outdoor sports
Author(s): Laureen Johnson

Copyright holder(s): Laureen Johnson

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(1) water-based

black calm; a flyin gell;
a tap flöd; plaise deesel;
a boddam ebb; hing aff;
cummled; dooking; baff;
wrang ert; he’s aisin; flanny;
a grain o swall; caa canny
      
(2) land-based

drooshy; blashy; shooers;
poor ootlook; twartree ooers;
slester; soomin; platsh;
guttery; elted; clatch;
nae simmer; windy sky;
closs; midgies; brunt; led by
      
(3) spectating

dreepin; drookled; weet;
gansey; cot; cowld feet;
on-lyin; winna alter;
stivvenin; lee side; shalter


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Method of composition: Wordprocessed
Year of composition: 2005
Word count: 76

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Published: Publication year: 2005
Place of publication: Shetland
Part of larger text: Contained in: The New Shetlander, No 234, 2005
Editor: Laureen Johnson and Brian Smith
Page numbers: 12

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Author id: 969
Forenames: Laureen
Surname: Johnson
Gender: Female
Decade of birth: 1940
Educational attainment: University
Age left school: 17
Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism
Occupation: Retired teacher
Place of birth: Lerwick
Region of birth: Shetland
Birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh
Country of birth: Scotland
Place of residence: Voe
Region of residence: Shetland
Residence CSD dialect area: Sh
Country of residence: Scotland
Father's occupation: Clerk / crofter
Father's place of birth: Voe
Father's region of birth: Shetland
Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh
Father's country of birth: Scotland
Mother's occupation: Machine knitter / housewife
Mother's place of birth: lunnasting
Mother's region of birth: Shetland
Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh
Mother's country of birth: Scotland

Languages:
Language: English
Speak: Yes
Read: Yes
Write: Yes
Understand: Yes
Circumstances: In formal situations, or wherever required
Language: French
Speak: Yes
Read: Yes
Write: Yes
Understand: Yes
Circumstances: As appropriate
Language: Scots
Speak: Yes
Read: Yes
Write: Yes
Understand: Yes
Circumstances: Incl. Shetland dialect. At home and elsewhere