How to pronounce ancestors names.

[pharmaT]

Scottish place names are fun...

Anstruther
Culzean
Dalziel
Kilconquhar
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcudbright
Scone
Wemyss

But try swimming in Lochnagar! 

Annie

Your post has made me think. I pronounce Wemyss in Wemyss Bay differently from the Wemyss in East Wemyss. Wonder why.

I pronounce the others:

Ain-ster
Cull-ain
Day-al
Kill-conkar
Kir-caw-day
Kir-coo-bray
Skoon
Wimss if Wemyss Bay but Weems if East Wemyss.

[Rosinish]

Dalziel = D'liel (so I'm told) - my father was born there.
Kilconquhar = Kinnocher/Kinnucher (how I've heard it)
Wemyss = Weems (how I've heard it)

Scone = Scoon but heard tv presenters & others pronounce it as * Scoane or Scone (a baked scone).

How can anyone get Scone wrong which is known to all as an historic place i.e. Scone Palace but tv folk have a habit of referring to it as either of the above *...why aren't they told the correct pronunciation?

Annie

[Viktoria]

An old joke, slightly off Topic, try GHOTI.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti

Viktoria, the Loughborough arts Festival is called the Loogabarooga Festival!

Martin

Oh ,and I thought that was in The Anti podes(rhymes with nodes)
And the place named Egg wiped , Capital city Cairo
There was a Queen there ,Clee op tra.
Thanks Mart,nice to know these things

What about Slough ,which we pronounced as Sluff when we used to listen to Radio Luxembourg, and Horlicks had competitions, you sent in labels but I never heard it spoken, we had a Park not too far away known as Boggart Hole Clough,( Cluff) so it was Sluff to us.
I told you we were common as muck!
Viktoria.

[SwissGill]

Dalzell I was told by my aunt (Born Pfisterer!!) was pronounced De-ell,

[Mike in Cumbria]

And I would say Slaithwaite = Slawwit ?

And you would be right.

[Gan Yam]

Place-names are difficult too.

How would you pronounce Ulgham?

or Slaithwaite or Torpenhow?  (Neither as you might think!)

Trpenha - this makes me think us Cumbrians have problems with the placement of the letter "r" in placenames as the pronunciation bears no relation to it spelling - thinking about Burgh, Longburgh, Drumburgh and Thurstonfield!

Also I've always wondered how Happisburgh in Norfolk got its pronuciation or spelling!

[Viktoria]

Dalziel = D'liel (so I'm told) - my father was born there.
Kilconquhar = Kinnocher/Kinnucher (how I've heard it)
Wemyss = Weems (how I've heard it)

Scone = Scoon but heard tv presenters & others pronounce it as * Scoane or Scone (a baked scone).

How can anyone get Scone wrong which is known to all as an historic place i.e. Scone Palace but tv folk have a habit of referring to it as either of the above *...why aren't they told the correct pronunciation?

Annie


It is strange because when The Stone of Scone(Scoon) was stolen from the Coronation chair I remember hearing the pronunciation Scoon,on Radio and
T.V!

People in The Lake  District do have trouble with r ,especially those who live
Near Whitehaven.



Viktoria

[JenB]

Place-names are difficult too.

How would you pronounce Ulgham?

or Slaithwaite or Torpenhow?  (Neither as you might think!)

Trpenha - this makes me think us Cumbrians have problems with the placement of the letter "r" in placenames as the pronunciation bears no relation to it spelling - thinking about Burgh, Longburgh, Drumburgh and Thurstonfield!

Yes, I’m always confused that Burgh by Sands is pronounced Brough by Sands!

[Gan Yam]

Place-names are difficult too.

How would you pronounce Ulgham?

or Slaithwaite or Torpenhow?  (Neither as you might think!)

Trpenha - this makes me think us Cumbrians have problems with the placement of the letter "r" in placenames as the pronunciation bears no relation to it spelling - thinking about Burgh, Longburgh, Drumburgh and Thurstonfield!

Yes, I’m always confused that Burgh by Sands is pronounced Brough by Sands!

That's the posh way (ough) - locally Bruff