A special event celebrating the Orkney dialect will be held at the historic Kirbuster Farm Museum this July.

Titled ‘The Wey Wae Speak’, the event brings together two well-known local voices, Tom Rendall and Neil Leask, for an informal conversation about how Orcadians talk.

The pair will cover a range of topics and delve into some of Orkney dialect's richest sources, exploring everything from farming and the weather to words that were once used every day but have since fallen out of favour, alongside others that have survived, and Norse-rooted place names which are still abundant across Orkney today.

A number of poems in the vernacular will also be recited, which will give the dialect a chance to be heard in its natural, spoken form.

Kirbuster Farm Museum provides a fitting backdrop for the conversation. The oldest part of the building, known as the ‘firehoose,’ dates back to at least 1595 and is thought to be the last unrestored example of its kind left in Northern Europe, and has a wealth of objects which have inspired their own local names.

‘The Wey Wae Spaek’ is free, and all are welcome. It will be held on Saturday 25 July between 1400 and 1530.

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