Talk:Lerwick

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I'm not a linguist but, it seems to be that the name Lerwick is more correctly related to Old Norse or Norn than the modern Norwegian language, so I'm about to edit the link. If someone knows better, great.

Chaikney 16:09, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

The name means 'muddy bay' and it is old norse.

[edit] Distance to Oslo - must be wrong

Lerwick can't possibly be 350 miles away from Oslo. If you go that distance west from Oslo, you approximately reach Bergen. Could it be that Bergen is in fact the city which is meant here? --Barend 19:33, 23 January 2007 (UTC)