Bridge of Djoum Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Smithee said: I'm choosing to take that the nice way! Good choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Ae or Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Bridge of Djoum said: Good choice Even though I've never rid a horse since one bit me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 22 hours ago, Tazio said: Another Edinburgh one that's been niggling at me since my morning bus started having stop announcements. Drumsheugh. I always said and heard people say Drumshooch with the ch the same as loch. Now it seems to be Drumshoo. The latter is an abomination. I had never heard it until recently. Similarly, and in the same area, the pronunciation of Learmonth is now much abused. Another thing about Edinburgh place names that will soon have me reaching for the Kalashnikov is the disappearance of the definite article from (the) Maybury, (the) Gyle and even, on one occasion, (the) New Town. “I’m going shopping at Gyle.” No, you ****ing aren’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Smithee said: I think it's an anglicisation of a French word, in the same way we say cavalier. Quite a few years ago, a buddy of mine had a Vauxhall Cavalier as his company car. To make it sound more exotic than it was, he would pronounce is Cav-ah-le-ay - a sort of French thing. Whenever I see that word, that's how I pronounce it. Ugly bugger, he still never pulled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge of Djoum Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 I'm one of those Scots who loathes using the throat crackling ''ch'' in names and places. It's lock and Drumshoo, not Loch and Drumsheuch. Pretentious arseholes and tartan wearing nationalist lunatics use the ''ch''. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, I P Knightley said: Quite a few years ago, a buddy of mine had a Vauxhall Cavalier as his company car. To make it sound more exotic than it was, he would pronounce is Cav-ah-le-ay - a sort of French thing. Whenever I see that word, that's how I pronounce it. Ugly bugger, he still never pulled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, Bridge of Djoum said: I'm one of those Scots who loathes using the throat crackling ''ch'' in names and places. It's lock and Drumshoo, not Loch and Drumsheuch. Pretentious arseholes and tartan wearing nationalist lunatics use the ''ch''. Och, ye cannae say that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge of Djoum Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, Morgan said: Och, ye cannae say that! Ever tries to read poetry in Scots? An utter nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Boy Named Crow Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 46 minutes ago, redjambo said: Strath is the anglicisation of the Gaelic word srath which is a large valley, typically a river valley. Aven/Avon is the anglicisation of abhainn which is a river or stream - in this case the actual river is named "river" (very imaginative ). So, Strathaven most probably means "river valley", or in this case, valley of the Avon/Aven (spelling was a hazy concept in former times), so no "acrosses" at all. Ha, fair enough. Just goes to show you shouldn’t believe everything you hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 3 hours ago, leginten said: The latter is an abomination. I had never heard it until recently. Similarly, and in the same area, the pronunciation of Learmonth is now much abused. Another thing about Edinburgh place names that will soon have me reaching for the Kalashnikov is the disappearance of the definite article from (the) Maybury, (the) Gyle and even, on one occasion, (the) New Town. “I’m going shopping at Gyle.” No, you ****ing aren’t. I’ve heard a few older people refer to Waverley Station as “The Waverley”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 7 hours ago, martoon said: I remember one of the Wimbledon tennis commentators said umpire John Frame came from "the quaintly named Penny-quick". Was once asked for directions to "ork hard brae" and heard a weegie newsreader describe a crime in "more a din". Slightly off topic but I've heard some refer to Stockbridge as Stoke-areeeee? Yep, sounds familiar. I went to school there, a long time ago. The missus used to live in Montague St, which Southsiders pronounce Montaygay St. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 1 hour ago, FWJ said: I’ve heard a few older people refer to Waverley Station as “The Waverley”. Sounds right to me. The train station at the west end was The Caley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 22 hours ago, FWJ said: I’ve heard a few older people refer to Waverley Station as “The Waverley”. Just heard Souness answering a question about the new Arsenal manager provoking friction with players to get the best out of them saying he thinks he's tried to do that from the day he walked in to The Arsenal The Arsenal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Amhuinnsuidhe. This was always my favourite when listening to tourists and visitors asking for directions, even some locals up here can't pronounce it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) 45 minutes ago, superjack said: Amhuinnsuidhe. This was always my favourite when listening to tourists and visitors asking for directions, even some locals up here can't pronounce it properly. That's just an accident with a Scrabble board. Doesn't deserve an attempt to be pronounced. Edit - how do you folks pronounce "Grabhair"? Edited March 10, 2019 by I P Knightley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, I P Knightley said: That's just an accident with a Scrabble board. Doesn't deserve an attempt to be pronounced. Edit - how do you folks pronounce "Grabhair"? Gra veer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) My wife said she was having difficulty pronouncing the name of a town in Wales. I said 'do you mean Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogog"? She said 'no, it's the one spelt T E N B Y" Edited March 10, 2019 by Morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 1 hour ago, I P Knightley said: That's just an accident with a Scrabble board. Doesn't deserve an attempt to be pronounced. Edit - how do you folks pronounce "Grabhair"? Worked on a fish farm there, pronounced Gravir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 1 hour ago, superjack said: Amhuinnsuidhe. This was always my favourite when listening to tourists and visitors asking for directions, even some locals up here can't pronounce it properly. Ahvinsooee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 50 minutes ago, FWJ said: Ahvinsooee? Well done, as a reward, pronounce this 1. Airidh a' bruaich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 54 minutes ago, superjack said: Well done, as a reward, pronounce this 1. Airidh a' bruaich. Arry ah brroo ach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 1 hour ago, FWJ said: Arry ah brroo ach? Arry vroo och. Suppose I'm cheating by using names from Lewis as they are mostly in Gaelic. A bit like when another poster used malt whisky names. On another note, when I was a bairn and we first moved to gala, I always though that hawick was pronounced ha - wick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swavkav Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Cambuslang is pronounced camslang to the locals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 7 hours ago, swavkav said: Cambuslang is pronounced camslang to the locals Sh1thole to everyone else though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 9 hours ago, swavkav said: Cambuslang is pronounced camslang to the locals Looks like they've missed the bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Looks like they've missed the bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, Morgan said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: I’ll get you Butler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Morgan said: I’ll get you Butler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Haken Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Holyrood. Is it holy rood or holly rood. I've always thought it shold be the former, and that if it is the latter (because presumably the rood in question was made from holly) then they should have spelt it correctly in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Haken said: Holyrood. Is it holy rood or holly rood. I've always thought it shold be the former, and that if it is the latter (because presumably the rood in question was made from holly) then they should have spelt it correctly in the first place. No holly involved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyrood_(cross) Remember that spelling wasn't a strong point hundreds of years ago, particularly given that most people couldn't write and dictionaries didn't exist. Edited March 14, 2019 by redjambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, redjambo said: No holly involved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyrood_(cross) Remember that spelling wasn't a strong point hundreds of years ago, particularly given that most people couldn't write and dictionaries didn't exist. In Scotland they could. It's more the vowel sounds we use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haken Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 57 minutes ago, redjambo said: No holly involved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyrood_(cross) Remember that spelling wasn't a strong point hundreds of years ago, particularly given that most people couldn't write and dictionaries didn't exist. So it should be pronounced Holy-rood rather than Holly-rood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 4 hours ago, ri Alban said: In Scotland they could. It's more the vowel sounds we use. Man, you have a very flowery, biased view of your own country. A few hundred years ago, a great percentage of folk couldn't even spell their own names. The census taker often/mostly used to guess how a name was spelled from how the person said their surname at the doorstep. Hence the very wide range in spellings in Scottish censuses. I should know, I've waded through a lot of them. https://www.nls.uk/collections/rise-of-literacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Haken said: So it should be pronounced Holy-rood rather than Holly-rood. Probably, but who's quibbling? Our language has evolved organically, as seen by the weird pronunciations seen all through this thread. There's no real "should". Things are pronounced as we've decided to pronounce them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haken Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Ok, thanks. Close thread, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 2 hours ago, redjambo said: Man, you have a very flowery, biased view of your own country. A few hundred years ago, a great percentage of folk couldn't even spell their own names. The census taker often/mostly used to guess how a name was spelled from how the person said their surname at the doorstep. Hence the very wide range in spellings in Scottish censuses. I should know, I've waded through a lot of them. https://www.nls.uk/collections/rise-of-literacy Fact bud. Scotland was the most literate country on the planet. Good auld Presbyterians wanting us to read the Bible. ? I've waded through it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 On 07/03/2019 at 18:12, Maroon Sailor said: Edinbruh or Edinburruh Edinberra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, ri Alban said: Fact bud. Scotland was the most literate country on the planet. Good auld Presbyterians wanting us to read the Bible. ? I've waded through it too. Not at the time that the original Holyrood Abbey was in existence. Bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gordons Gloves Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Here's a local town to me, see if you can get it. Mahtomedi My mum is from Wishaw which seems to actually be pronounced Wishy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Riva Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Being an airport/golf transfer driver on the Costa del Sol I hear the resorts being pronounced all sort of ways. The resorts = How it's pronounced by the Spanish Nerja = Ner - ka Benalmadena = Benal - ma - den - a Fuengirola = Foooing - ga - rola Mijas = Me - hass Marbella = Mar - bay - a Beers = San me gel Mahou = Ma - oow top tips to speak like the locals. Grassy - arse, me - o - me - gos Edited March 14, 2019 by Hector Riva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) Caiystane View on the 400 is pronounced as Key Stain View Edited August 14, 2019 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Caiystane View on the 400 is pronounced as Key Stain View Ca Muss or Kay Muss ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 1 hour ago, jonnothejambo said: Pretentious wanks and up their ain erse locals who pronounce Gullane as Gillan. Take the bools oot and get tae feck. Chinless turds. Correct! Gullane is where the Mallard is. Gillan was lead singer with Deep Purple. Don’t confuse the two, you Barbour and tweed wearing erseholes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Morgan said: Correct! Gullane is where the Mallard is. Gillan was lead singer with Deep Purple. Don’t confuse the two, you Barbour and tweed wearing erseholes. Ir- vine, does ma nut right in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Just now, ri Alban said: Ir- vine, does ma nut right in. Hi ri, yeah, that’s another really annoying one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Morgan said: Hi ri, yeah, that’s another really annoying one. Alright Morgs. There's a few street names in Inverness, that aren't what it says on the sign. I gave my workmates a wee laugh, when I said them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 I was once asked directions to "Kor-Storr-Feenay". Took me a couple of seconds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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