Dan Steele Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Jazz man Charlie kens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 30 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: Finzean does fit with the false 'z' or 'yogh' model. Just down the south Deeside road from Strawn Strachan which is just fucking weird. There's a few places in Scotland where you don't have a clue how they're pronounced until you hear a local say it...there's a wee village out the arse end of Dumfries called Torthorwald which I was a bit surprised to find was pronounced something along the lines of T'thurrol like a minor female Vulcan character in Star Trek. The name Menzies is a weird one...used to go out with a girl with the surname, and she code-switched the two pronunciations depending on who she was with...used "Mingiss" when speaking to her (posh) family, but "Men-zees" in everyday life because she claimed it was a pain in the arse to have to spell it out to every second person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Hillonearth said: There's a few places in Scotland where you don't have a clue how they're pronounced until you hear a local say it...there's a wee village out the arse end of Dumfries called Torthorwald which I was a bit surprised to find was pronounced something along the lines of T'thurrol like a minor female Vulcan character in Star Trek. The name Menzies is a weird one...used to go out with a girl with the surname, and she code-switched the two pronunciations depending on who she was with...used "Mingiss" when speaking to her (posh) family, but "Men-zees" in everyday life because she claimed it was a pain in the arse to have to spell it out to every second person. Place names are impossible to work out. I'm heading to Southwark tomorrow and my train will get into Marylebone... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Brazil Forever Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, GordonD said: The former Lib-Dem leader Menzies Campbell was known as 'Ming' for short. Big Ming was a Cowden hero and Legend. He used to go to the Cowdenbeath Palais de Danse on a Saturday night (the Pally, alas no more). Edited March 20, 2023 by Blue Brazil Forever Addition 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 I'd always pronounced John Menzies as men-zees until I learned that ming-iss was the correct pronunciation. That failed badly when I was trying to chat up a girl whilst at Uni and pronounced her name ming-iss. She was not very amused and corrected me that it was pronounced men-zees. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, The_Kincardine said: Place names are impossible to work out. I'm heading to Southwark tomorrow and my train will get into Marylebone... It’s far from a local issue too…around here we have: Mexia - Pronounced “Meh-hay-a” Natchitoches - “Knack-e-tish” Of course, we also have fun stuff like “Bald Knob, Arkansas”, “Intercourse, Pennsylvania”, and “French Lick, Indiana”. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 3 hours ago, The_Kincardine said: Place names are impossible to work out. I'm heading to Southwark tomorrow and my train will get into Marylebone. We have a suburb in Adelaide called Southwark and until a few years ago a Southwark Bitter beer, commonly referred to as the green death after the colour of the label and the fact it was utter pish. They changed the label colour to dark blue, it was still pish. Anyway I’ve no idea how the London suburb is pronounced but it’s pronounced Suthick here. It’s also quite funny how a lot of Aussies refer to Wimbledon as Wimbleton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 58 minutes ago, Eednud said: We have a suburb in Adelaide called Southwark and until a few years ago a Southwark Bitter beer, commonly referred to as the green death after the colour of the label and the fact it was utter pish. They changed the label colour to dark blue, it was still pish. Anyway I’ve no idea how the London suburb is pronounced but it’s pronounced Suthick here. It’s also quite funny how a lot of Aussies refer to Wimbledon as Wimbleton. Don't get me started on how they pronounce "maroon"! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Swarley said: Don't get me started on how they pronounce "maroon"! Don’t forget Helensburgh and Scone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipa Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 7 hours ago, Eednud said: Don’t forget Helensburgh and Scone. I once ate a scone in Scone! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 14 minutes ago, Shipa said: I once ate a scone in Scone! Yes but the silly c***s here can’t pronounce scone properly let alone Scone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellDel Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Inbetween Carluke and Lanark there's a village called Kilncadzow which used to have a fantastic wee bakers, where the cakes they sold were huge and an absolute fkn delight. It somehow gets pronounced Kil-Kay-Gee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Brazil Forever Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 How about Milngavie, another place where the pronunciation is completely at variance with the spelling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 11 minutes ago, Blue Brazil Forever said: How about Milngavie, another place where the pronunciation is completely at variance with the spelling. I think it's like Leachkin in Inverness, pronounced Larkin, where the pronunciation has stuck with the old Gaelic name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Shipa said: I once ate a scone in Scone! I once had a shite in a hole in Perth! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Yogh - Wikipedia but why isn't yoghurt spelt zurt then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 11 hours ago, Eednud said: Don’t forget Helensburgh and Scone. I once ate a Helen in, oh, never mind… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 13 hours ago, Eednud said: Don’t forget Helensburgh and Scone. I wonder how many think Scone Palace is probably some massive eatery where you can get every kind of scone you can imagine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Fullerene said: I wonder how many think Scone Palace is probably some massive eatery where you can get every kind of scone you can imagine. that's a fantastic idea for a business!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Raidernation said: that's a fantastic idea for a business!! https://justscones.com https://justdeliciousscones.com https://mrsbakewells.com/pages/just-scones https://www.justjans.com/products/cream-scones https://savannahsconecompany.com/bluffton-scones/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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