Eaglesham

[Helen K]

Could someone please tell me the correct pronunciation of Eaglesham?

Is it Eagles ham?

or Eagle sham?

or something else?


Regards

Helen K

[Raven-Anne]

Hi Helen

The pronunciation is Eagle sham

Anne

[Helen K]

Thanks Anne

Much appreciated


Regards

Helen K

[Arranroots]

I beg to differ: Eagle sum is how my rellies pronounce it!

kind regards, Arranroots 

[Raven-Anne]

was trying to be polite...lol
 
I suppose it would be sort of

Eagleshum

[Arranroots]

Well, definitely an "sss" rather than a "shhh" in the middle, anyway!

 

(could be that they need new teeth, lol!)

[A R Hill]

Definitely never a "shhh" in the middle. On those rare occasions when I go home to see my mum and then go out, that's one way in which (after 15 years absence) I can still pick out the incomers and strangers in the pub .

After being spelt Egglesham when it first appears on record in 1161 (not 1157 as often wrongly quoted) it was more or less consistently spelt Eglisham and Eglishame until the mid 1700s when most writers switched to Eaglesham or Eagleshame.  However in the 1680s an "ignorant" soldier in despatches neatly summed up even the modern pronunciation by writing "Eglesum". 

Except in my mum's "telephone voice" (when it ends in "ham" not "um") Arranroots has it down to a "t" (so to speak)...

[Raven-Anne]

Maybe its my Ayrshire accent...lol
I am from Kilmarnock and I have always pronounced it as
Eagleshum... lol

[A R Hill]

Raven-Anne - that must be it!

I'm in danger of getting off topic (moderator please note it's geographically near to Eaglesham and I can't see a way to cross-post into Ayrshire!) but out of interest how would you pronounce Moscow (Ayrshire)?

I was always brought up to say Moss-cow, but recently read somewher that it actually was named after the Russian city after Napolean's 1812 defeat...