[Dixielandjazz] Scottish pronunciation (for Scotch lovers - the rest of you swine simply delete)

[Bill Gunter]

Hello all,

Quick note for those jazz/Scotch lovers . . .

In the Scottish dialect the "ch" sound is pronouced as "K" (as in Loch 
Lomond). So Glenfiddich (a pleasant single malt) is pronounced 
"glen-Fidd-ik" and not "glen-Fidd-itch.

"Bruichladdich" is pronounced "Bruik-la-duh" (sort of a schwa sound on the 
final syllable) in spite of the fact that the word ends with a "ch" (don't 
ask me why).

By the way - the Bruichladdich folks have a wonderful website featuring a 
beautiful song someone wrote to eulogize the distillery.

Respectfully submitted,

Bill "You can look up 'schwa' for yourselves" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


>From: "Ron Wheeler" <ronald_wheeler at bellsouth.net>
>To: "'DJML'" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Islay
>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:55:26 -0400
>
>For Brother Bill Gunter -- and at the risk of dragging this non-OKOM topic
>out even further -- I offer the following from The Independent Newspaper 
>for
>Islay and Jura - Community Newspaper of the Year:
>
>How do I pronounce Islay so that I don't sound like a tourist?
>
>Islay is pronounced 'Eye-lah' and not Izlay. The latter pronunciation is
>darned annoying but, if you can master the proper version, you'll do 
>alright
>until you have to say Bunnahabhain or Bruichladdich. (Nobody said this 
>stuff
>was easy)
>
>http://www.ileach.co.uk/faq/index.html
>
>But then again, what do I know?  I'm perfectly happy with the
>reasonably-priced and excellent blend, Famous Grouse.
>
>Respectfully submitted,
>
>Ron
>
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