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If I'm doing anything seriously wrong, let me know ;A;
I'm a little unsure of how to characterize this guy at the moment anyway...

His personality etc. is under review because I'm.. sort of on hiatus and have to rewrite his history for the new rules of universal_high.

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General Links

Wikipedia
BBC Overview
The Representation of the Faroes in London
Faroeislands.com
Matthew Workman's Blog
Faroe-island blog
Map of the Faroe Islands and villages
Faroe Islands - Your questions answered

Whaling

Whaling on the Faroe Islands
BBC account of a hunt

Language

Wikipedia
Languagesandpeoples.com - contains sound links
Faroese Tutorial - Useful phrases, numbers and pronunciation guide
History and Simple Pronunciation guide - This guide here is a bit confusing.

The Pronunciation guide from above:

a and æ = /Ea/ or /æ/ as in “hat”, sometimes /a/ shorter than in “car”
á = /Oa/ approx. as in “saw” /sO:/
e = /e/, /e:/ or /@/
i and y = /i:/ or /I/ as in “see” or “sit”
í and ý = /Ui/ approx. as in “ruin” but shorter
j = /j/ as in yes
o = /Å/ as in “long”
ó = “oh”, but preceding “lk” = as in “fur” and preceding “gv” = /e/ as in “leg”
u = /U/ as in “put”
ú = /u:/ as in “you”
ø = /´:/ as in “fur”
ei = /aI/ as in “I”
ey = /eI/ as in “page”
oy = /OI/ as in “join”
ge = /dZe/ as in “jet”
gi and gy = /dZi:/ as in “jeep”
ggj = /dZ/
hv = kv
ke = /tSe/ as in “chess”
key = /tSeI/ as in “chase”
ki and ky = /tSi:/ as in “cheek”
kj = /tS/
ll = dl
ng = as in “finger”
rn = often dn
rs = /rS/
rt = /rSt/

Any corrections or suggestions for other links will be appreciated!