No Knap Pin (Daniel Clark)

A wearable welcome to Shetland Dialect.

Designed by Daniel Clark, packaging Riso printed in the Gaada Workshop, Burra, Shetland. Pin designed in the Gaada Workshop and made sooth.

The pin is 3cm across.

Knap or Knappin (v)
To speak with affectation, especially a Shetland speaking ‘proper’ English

The inside of the card reads: A rich spoken landscape of language exists in Shetland, though it is often out of earshot of the visitor! Speakers of Shetland dialect have a tendency t o alter their speech and drop the dialect when conversing with mainland folk. This of course, makes for easier communication but also “knappin” lessens opportunities to share Shetland’s unique language with the wider world. I (Daniel) made the NO KNAP PIN, as a way to show others that I’m interested in Shetland Dialect and please don’t knap to me! For Shetland Dialect to continue flourishing we need fluent Shetlanders to share these wonderful words. Afterall, the best way to keep language alive is to speak it!

To the new visitor: Come du, dinna be faird o geein it a peerie go, pit on a NO KNAP PIN!