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crabbyob

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Re: Just because....
« Reply #30 on: Apr 26, 2021, 11:25:03 AM »
you missed Jimmy Shand Granny.. ;D
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« Reply #31 on: Apr 26, 2021, 12:29:04 PM »
Crabby, I missed out Andy Stewart too! There's a statue of Jimmy Shand  in Auchtermuchty. Only a few of us will be able to pronounce that!  Did you know he was a miner in his young days?
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« Reply #32 on: Apr 26, 2021, 12:34:05 PM »
Ermm.. You don't have to be a Scot to know how to pronounce Auchtermuchty Mac.. ;D
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« Reply #33 on: Apr 26, 2021, 12:35:26 PM »
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« Reply #34 on: Apr 26, 2021, 03:39:03 PM »
I live near a village named Cogenhoe. I bet nobody can guess how that is pronounced.
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« Reply #35 on: Apr 26, 2021, 04:30:55 PM »
Cowen?
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« Reply #36 on: Apr 26, 2021, 04:32:57 PM »
Ermm.. You don't have to be a Scot to know how to pronounce Auchtermuchty Mac.. ;D


My London born ma in law could never get the hang of the 'ch' sound, pronouncing it as a hard 'k' as in muck.  Many with English accents do the same.  Apologies if I'm wrong. 😌
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« Reply #37 on: Apr 26, 2021, 04:33:28 PM »
I live near a village named Cogenhoe. I bet nobody can guess how that is pronounced.


No idea. 😀
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« Reply #38 on: Apr 26, 2021, 04:48:11 PM »

My London born ma in law could never get the hang of the 'ch' sound, pronouncing it as a hard 'k' as in muck.  Many with English accents do the same.  Apologies if I'm wrong. 😌


I'm sure you're right. Brits, and the English particularly, seem happy to ignore the correct way to pronounce 'foreign' words and names. It's not that hard to hear a word and mimic the user's pronunciation and it's always appreciated everywhere, except back home. Had a squirmy occasion in the Co-op when I asked for a bottle of Rioja, pronouncing it correctly and was assured that they didn't sell it. I was stupid enough to point it out, to the obvious embarrassment of the lady assistant and my mortification.
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« Reply #39 on: Apr 26, 2021, 05:03:57 PM »
Rioja with a 'k'? 😉 OH and son both like it.
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« Reply #40 on: Apr 26, 2021, 05:41:09 PM »
No idea. 😀
Cogenhoe = cookno in these parts. Just occasionally it gets a mention on local TV news. They get it wrong. Bit like those posh folks names that are pronounced totally differently from the spelling. Probably caused by some illiterate recording the name in council archives way way back.
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« Reply #41 on: Apr 26, 2021, 06:30:51 PM »
Rioja with a 'k'? 😉 OH and son both like it.


Exactly that Mac.. She said "Ohh, you mean RioJa.."
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« Reply #42 on: Apr 26, 2021, 08:05:39 PM »
No Granny i never knew he was a miner, but his music always cheered me up
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« Reply #43 on: Apr 26, 2021, 09:00:18 PM »
Cogenhoe = cookno in these parts. Just occasionally it gets a mention on local TV news. They get it wrong. Bit like those posh folks names that are pronounced totally differently from the spelling. Probably caused by some illiterate recording the name in council archives way way back.


No clue in the spelling. Like Featherstonehaugh or Marjoribanks. 😆
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Re: Just because....
« Reply #44 on: Apr 27, 2021, 08:12:15 AM »
"There's a statue of Jimmy Shand  in Auchtermuchty"

Aye, and did ye ken that 'Auchtermuchty' means 'field of grice'?


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