Talk:Out Skerries

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Anon user added :

The name Outer Skerries is actually wrong, the Out is not short for Outer it is actually derived from the old norse Ut which means East. The Ve in Ve Skerries is deriverd from the old norse for west. The Ve Skerries, are (unsurprisingly), off the west coast of mainland Shetland. The term The Skerries is a term which is used, but is also slightly incorrect. The correct term is just Skerries. This mistake is also made when naming Shetland as a whole and the nearby Orkney. These are very often called The Shetlands and The Orkneys, but no locals would use these terms.

This seems to be correct and I have made amendments. --JBellis 17:47, 4 February 2007 (UTC)