Laing--pronunciation please....

[hdw]

If you type Laing into the search-engine at the top of the page and click on Search, you will find literally hundreds of threads that have mentioned Laing over the years.

In my native East Neuk of Fife it was certainly (and probably still is) pronounced LAY-ng.

David "Dr. Who" Tennant has just starred as Dr. RD Laing in a new film.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-38512736

I'm sure that when Laing was growing up in Glasgow, his family would have pronounced their name LAY-ng, but of course he made his name (sorry, didn't intend a pun) among the media crowd in London and elsewhere and Laing was probably seen as a funny variant of the more familiar Lang, and pronounced accordingly.

Harry

[Archivos]

Definitely LAY-ng from me too (having been at school with a number of Laings in NE Scotland, they bristled if it was pronounced Lang).  I've always thought of them as two distinct surnames, though I can see how the spelling may have been mixed over time.

[larkspur]

Thank you one and all. I thought this would be a simple question when I first posted it.
To sum up. I am just going with LANG, which is how I have always thought it was pronounced, and just avoid mentioning the name to any Scots- persons I may come across, less they think I am either a social climber or a down and out   

Incidently I am very proud of my Scottish great granny, but would like to have gotten her in a hard chair under a lamp and put some very serious questions to her......naughty, naughty girl 

[Skoosh]

Once worked with an Auld Wullie Laing, long gone & nothing Lang aboot him, certainly no toff!

Skoosh.

[hdw]

Just to establish my Laing credentials - I descend from Alexander Laing and Janet Brown, "both in this parish", married at Kilrenny on November 22nd 1723. Same day, same place, John Murray married Margaret Tervit or Tarvit. Both couples were my 5 x great-grandparents.

Harry

[terianne]

i'm a Borderer and its LAY-NG for us too

NB: might be a good idea if you are searching LAING to checkout Lane/Lang, because names where recorded mostly from verbal conversation and with different accents & dialect they could sound different the the person documenting the records.

[buckhyne]

i'm a Borderer and its LAY-NG for us too

NB: might be a good idea if you are searching LAING to checkout Lane/Lang, because names where recorded mostly from verbal conversation and with different accents & dialect they could sound different the the person documenting the records.

Of course names can sound different depending on the accent.
You just need to view the censuses to see that happening.
My own name LAWRIE has been spelled Laurie, Lowrie, Lourie etc.
I once got a letter from an insurance company addressed to a Mr. Lorry 
We had spoken on the phone.

[Indiana.59]

Having a Scottish Laing gt gt gt grandmother, I, an English woman have always pronounced this as LANG. Having watched Ricky Tomlinsons WDYTYA it was pronounced as LANE.
Please could someone tell me the "correct" one. I am sorry for my ignorance on this matter   

Laing building construction - pronounced - Lang - another one for the pot x

[buckhyne]

Having a Scottish Laing gt gt gt grandmother, I, an English woman have always pronounced this as LANG. Having watched Ricky Tomlinsons WDYTYA it was pronounced as LANE.
Please could someone tell me the "correct" one. I am sorry for my ignorance on this matter   

Laing building construction - pronounced - Lang - another one for the pot x

Then it's wrong!
If it's spelled LAING why would ye pronounce it LANG and omit the I ?