How to Pronounce Scottish Town Names
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2014
- This is a request from Ryan Richards on how to pronounce the difficult towns and city names within Scotland, I tried to make it Dora the Explorer kind of fun! Enjoy! Please like, share and subscribe for new videos each week!
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Oh my god im somhappy i actual found a SCOTTISH youthbe channel im from Glasgow ❤️
Thank you so much =D I am happy you found me too! I love Weegies
Me too that's the only reason I'm watching this to laugh at the confused american people who comment XD LOLOL
RainbowForever 333 same
RainbowForever 333 me to
RainbowForever 333 same a use tae live in Inverness but a moved tae Glasgae 12 years agae
I actually really enjoyed that! It was different and I liked the way you presented it. 😁
Cheers from Australia 👍🏻
Oh my God, I stumbled upon this video while writing a short story set in Scotland for my film class, and now I'm watching every one of your videos.
I seriously love this channel. You've got such an awesome combination of both education and humor, the Dora the Explorer bits killed me!
Thanks for your time!
YEY Good I'm so glad I could help =D thanks for finding me =DDD Good luck with your story =D
I’m so relieved to have the pronunciation of Edinburgh cleared up for me. I’ve actually been wondering for quite some time .
Yes, it's pronounced more like "Edin-bruh" than "Edin-bra". But as a small correction, which not many people even from here seem to know, is that people from Edinburgh are actually Edinborians, not "Edinburghers" or "Edinburgers".
@@polbecca Edinburgers do sound tasty tho... :P
Haha I'm Glaswegian and I don't say it like socks hall street I say it more like sucky hall street :) xx
me to mate
I'm from fife, but also pronounce it suckie hall street.
+rimmelgirl23 i same
Same sucky hall street. It's sooooooooooooooo long a street
i ken i had to walk along the whole thing
I found your channel a few weeks ago, I love it! You're so cute and fun. Funny, my husband's Arab, I'm Canadian (French-Italian origin) and I dunno always had a fascination for Scotland and Ireland. I've been listening to different videos of Gaelic pronunciation and I've noticed the "ch" that you call the cat hissing sound hehe, makes me think of those throat "r" they have in Arabic "kh" and "gh" that sounds like you're clearing something from your throat.
Anyways, I really love the sound of Gaelic! It's really special. Keep up the good work 😊
I am used to your recent videos (last 2 years) so it is very fun to see 6 years ago! You have come a long way :D Thanks for the name lessons :D :D
Her enthusiasm and energy is contagious!
Btw I would love to have Scottish Dora the Explorer aired on T.V
I need that shit ye ken
Dora: can you see the irn bru?
The first time I learnt the pronunciation of Milngavie & the second time I went to Glasgow, I was standing on Platform 8 at Glasgow Queen Street when I heard an announcement for the "9:52 Scotrail Service to Milgai". Looking at a map of the railway network I saw no station with this name, so being in possession of an SPT Roundabout ranger I got on the mystery train. It went west out of Glasgow, turning right everywhere except for Anniesland, & it ended up in Milngavie.
Watching your videos makes my day brighter. Well done and please keep them coming!
Love you DORA THE EXPLORER! visited Scotland in 70’s and now I’m going back,and I’m delighted to watch your charming videos!
Ah I love Scotland so much 🙈 performed in the Edinburgh tattoo in 2013 and came back last summer to stay in Inverness and Kircudbright, completely fell in love with the country 🙈 I love your accent too x
I'm English and the town of Kircudbright really threw me looks like "Kirk ud bright" but sounds something like "kir coo bri" lol.
I can say it !!! Since we have that "ch" sound in German x'D
David Kilbride not the same at al!!
@@Eivor85 We literally have teh "Ch" as in "Loch" in German as well.
It's called a voiceless velar fricative.
I’m part German, but I learn Welsh, Welsh also has that ch sound, I’ve been to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (and yes I know how to pronounce that)
i’m scottish and that’s why am i’m good at pronouncing things in german, the only thing i’m bad is pronouncing t’s properly
I have no idea why TH-cam decided to put this is my recommended videos considering how old is it....but I'm glad it happened. Subscribed. You're lovely. Haha.
Hi! I'm really glad I found your channel!
I'm adopted and recently have done a few DNA tests that showed, very surprisingly, I am approximately 92% English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish 😯. Surprising because I always thought I am Eastern European (long story why). So, I want to learn about languages, cultures, history and all I can about these places and the people there.
Funny, the correct pronunciation of the ch in Loch is the same as the Ch in my name. I have the hardest time trying to teach people how to say it. I usually tell people to clear their throat but I like your way of using the cat hiss! That will probably be easier for people to learn the correct way to say my name. Most people say it with a ch sound like in chair and it eventually it as a k sound.
I have looked through your other videos and look forward to learning more about Scotland!
Im fae glesga and iv never heard it called socky-hall st we always call it Sucky-hall st
I once asked one of my Scottish teachers how the inhabitants of Edinburgh are called, and I added "Are you like - edinburgers?? lol". He laughed and said yes, the problem is I thought he was making fun of me 😂😂
Lol me dad says the same
This video made me so happy. Like I know how to pronounce each and every city but I am living in exile so hearing you talk and being so passionate about pronouncing Edinburgh right. Haaa, made me so happy
I'm from Glasgow, which is the biggest city in Scotland. But if you stand on a tall place, you can see the edges of the city. It's like Scotland is just a miniature country.
Am fae Glasgow and a don't have a fucking clue about any of these fuckin places like whit the fuck is Penicuik
Hang about Glasgow central or Queen st a while ull soon hear em all
I'm twelve and I even know where penicuik is
+Ellis Brown I'm 10 and i dont
ProDarkshadows am fae Glasgae aswell
ProDarkshadows dae ye know we're Inverness is
Am fae Ayr Scotland !i believe Scottish people have the best accent but that’s my opinion 😂#Scottishpeoplearethebest👍
Ur absolutely right
Am fae Glasgow
Am fae Ullapool if u know where it is
Yeah. True. Newcastle and Bristol up there too.
Same, I am from Dumbarton though
love your show. Here in Texas we have a few strange street names as well. For example we pronounce humble without the H, and we have a street called Kuykendahl and a city called Waxahachie. Have fun trying to pronounce those last two always makes me laugh when other people not from Texas say it, or try to. Keep making videos
I'm Scottish and I live in an area of Aberdeenshire called Garioch. Which is pronounced a bit like 'Geerie' I grew up with it and hadn't realised how weird the spelling was until I started hearing people pronounce it wrong. 😂 I love your videos x
'Sucky hall street is that no a wee bit dodgy?' -Kevin Bridges
Scottish Dan why is sucky hall street so famous?? its in catfish and the bottleman song "glasgow" too z
Jodie O'Neill it's Sauchiehall street (said Socky hall street) but a lot of Glaswegians say "sucky hall Street"
I almost died from laughter of the Dora the Explorer lessons! I spent a good few minutes rolling around on my bed laughing. I like your version of Dora ahaha so much better! xD
Thank you so much I'm so pleased you liked it =D
I half expected you to include Kirkcudbright in this! It's my favourite town name!
Love this. My rule when I lived in Cupar was to try to sound out Scots words then leave out all the difficult bits. Worked every time. Loved watching locals try to teach Americans how to say Edinburgh. Harder than Auchtermucty for my countrymen.
I am from the USA, and my home town was Paducah. I also lived in Atascadero . many people get those wrong
Paducah!! I’m from the heartland area. I love visiting Paducah when I get the chance. Lots of towns around here that people can’t say. 😂 I don’t think twice about it but I guess they’re difficult?? I don’t know.
I just remember they have a truck stop with the best sweet tea I ever had.
As an American with heavy Scottish roots, (I apologize if I sounds like every American with Scottish heritage), but my family actually moved to the states around 1920, specifically the Appalachian area of America, and a lot of us here in the Appalachian mountains have a slight Scottish tinge to our accent because a lot of Scottish immigrants came here to the Appalachian mountains. my great grandparents were from Perthshire. So, for me, this video is extremely helpful. I thank you for helping me understand more about the pronunciation of the areas around Scotland. :)
Its great for you to keep in touch with your roots and the name hillbillies is due to ancient roots of the scottish/irish roots and being protestant roots of supporting and singing about(billy) william of orange and of course living in the hills
@@PaddyPowerofficial That is so awesome! Thank you for that tid bit of knowledge!
Loved the energy, I like to study languages and accents, scottish is one of my favorites... so, I just here to hear you talk
On the Beatles White album, Lennon has song with a line, "the Duchess of Kirkcaldy always smiling and arriving late for tea". He pronounces it correctly, probably because when he was young, he spent some of the summer each year with relatives in Edinburgh. And as Kirkcaldy is just over the Forth Bridge, he might have even been through it.
I've noticed you say "Hasten ye back!" Here we say "Y'all come back now. Y'hear?"
edinburger here.
i lived in fife for a while. bumped into a few americans who asked where
'kilconker' is hahahaha
guess he ment Kilconquhar
'ken-uch-ker'
funny how he was on about killing conkers haha x
Fife isnt Edinburgh, you jealous bastards across the bridge shouldnt say your fi Edinburgh, haha no hard feelings just kidding😂
Omg you are so lovely! I`ve just moved to Edinburgh and your channel is so helpful and fun! :)
This American/Scot (born in Kirkcaldy to a Scottish family, grew up in the states) got about 90% correct! Great video!
Thank you!! I'm sending this to literally all my family abroad. Nice to see another Scottish person on here, so hey :)
YEY are you a Scottish vlogger too?? I will have to check out your channel as soon as I get home! ^^ I'm so pleased you found my channel!
Aye I am!! Aw thanks very much :) I'm please I found it too :D
***** We need a community of Scottish youtubers! Did you see the Scottish tag set up by BeautyCreep? I am going to do it next week I think, we Scots need to take our place in youtube! FREEEEEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!
WeeScottishLass We totally do!! Hoping to organise a gathering for next year when the weather's less shit :))) Nah I haven't but I'll go check it out :)
Thats SUCH a good idea!!!! Keep me posted on that!
You missed the chance to blow a few minds with Kirkcudbright!
Kirkcoobree .. my MacLellan ancestors were from there when they came here to the States.. they and we always called it this correct way
I love this channel, thanks for doing these videos :)
I didn’t realize until recently that US TV & Movies are watched outside the US. I know you’ve done dialect, idiom, and phrases videos, but I wonder specifically, are there things Americans say that you recognize from shows, but still wrinkle your nose or struggle not to laugh when you hear? If you had to work with an American daily, are there any sayings or dialect differences you think would just continue to make you laugh or cringe?
I ask because I went to a school here that had about 30% UK student enrollment. After two months living and working at the same small school one of my Irish friends aired all his annoyances (kindly, it was a really funny conversation) at things he said he’d never get used to us saying. The top of his list was that we call pants what we wear on the outside. He argued I should say trousers, I told him I could do my best to remember to say that for him, but we’ve literally never called them anything else, and as 1 citizen of a massive nation I don’t stand a chance of changing what we call them. It was a funny conversation, in part, because until then the only difference I noticed between our UK students and everyone else at the school was accent.
If you were wondering about the spelling of 'Sockey Hall Street', it's Sauchiehall Street.
I hear so many people pronounce it “glass gow” and ahhh nope (I’m Scottish and it always Scottish people)
it comes from Gaelic "Glas cau" aka "green hollow"... so Glas-ka is actually closer to the original
For Ecclefechan we say the e sound rather than fichan sort of sound we asking call it Fechan as a wee sort o nick name x
American here. It took me a bit of rewinding and listening closely, but the word phonetic threw me in your accent lol I kept hearing fi nit ic and I actually thought there was an interesting alphabet that I could look up and learn about, the finitic alpabet. Great video. I learned a lot, thanks !
I really liked your video. It help a lot. I'm from Québec, Canada and French is my langage. I've been to Scotland 2 times already and returning back. So thank you.
It was so cute when you hissed like a kitty 🐱 I will never mispronounce those places again.
I have a video idea for you:
What do you think of depiction of Scots and Scotland in popular Hollywood/U.S. productions such as Outlander and Highlander and Braveheart?
im from Scotland and I really like your vids
This is hilarious 😂 thanks for the video! I'm an English learner living in Kirkwall, so this was illustrative
I just found your channel and I love it!! I've always wanted a Scottish accent even tho I'm half British and half Korean soooo😂but your accentttttt❤️
Hi, Mosco. I love your Scottish Dora the Explorer. =D
I'll need to do it again in future videos xD
Yay!! my city was mentioned!! I'm from Aberdeen, I'm Aberdonian!
I've been trying to get Milngavie for weeks now! I keep talking about doing the WHW and just refer to it as the city where I'm starting because I haven't been quite able to catch the pronunciation! Lol! Thanks!!!!
Canada especially the provinces Ontario and Nova Scotia have many small towns and villages named after Scottish cities, often with slightly different pronunciation.
You're reaction to my 'loch' was accurate.
Your
As a Swiss i don't have any problems with pronouncing CH, we have a lot ch words like: chuchichäschtli, ,you see it has 3 ch's in it, it means cupboard
I'm Swiss too and I thougt the same.😂
*coughs*
I see 4 of them.
3 CH and one SCH, thas a other thing
then you're Swiss German then? cause I'm swiss aswell and I speak french haha
I love videos that gets you thinking . Good Job.
Thanks very much for your time been in and out of Scotland 46 years and i am still learning thank you my dear
I’m just down the road from Ecclefechan and we all pronounce the ‘cc’ as ‘ch’ and the third ‘e’ as ‘e’ not ‘i’
Holy shit. NO way, you're from Livingston!!! You're beautiful😮😍 great video and even I was pronouncing some words wrong!! Xx
Jade Ward Thanks Jade ^^
Loved your video, thank you for all the pronunciation tips. Some place names that I would ask you to add: Poolewe, Kinlochewe, and Loch Maree. Thanks from Canada 🙂.
Holy, you are beautiful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge around Scottish Town Names. Big appreciation from México. Thank you!!!
I'm fae too roon aboot glesgy n a say sucky hall street like if yer fae glesgy or neae it
+TheScottishGamerzzz I'm not but I'll like it anyway because I like your name!
I had so much fun reading it and understood it hehe
born and raised!
OMG a funny Scottish youtuber😂 I am from Glasgow 🙋🏻😬
Sammmmeeee
What's weird is u also have the same name as Me......
Sanquhar pronunciation is spot on I know that is in Forres where my Father was Born not sure if there is another Sanquhar.
Loving This you are a breath of fresh air.xxxxx
The way you say vlog kills me haha it's so cute
You're hilarious. I got Edinburgh correct. No way I would ever get Milngavic correct.
The whole lock loch thing does my head in 😂
You are great! Thanks for all the great information. From US, NY
love that I've found this I have family in Scotland around Livingstone Broxburn Uphall and Bo'ness x
Hey, I can say loch. Maybe cuz' I'm german, and we actually have the word loch pronounced the same. But loch in german means hole. :))
Glaswiegans would never say Glasgae that is what English say, but your right its Glesga
+Michael Kerrigan My gran is from Glasgow and she calls it that, maybe it's just a word the oldies use xD
WeeScottishLass aye a ken che
a say Glesga anol, im no i far glegsa either
Michael Kerrigan GLESGAAA
Michael Kerrigan actually ur wrong
Great vid. Pretty funny and potentially useful if I ever make my way through Scotland.
I don't know who you are, but I think I love you😁 you do good work. keep it up, girl!!!
like for glesga, wecumfegoven
Hey, do you know of any audiobooks that are narrated by someone in a Glaswegian or Scots accent? It's not that I'm trying to learn how to do the accent, it's that it's very relaxing to listen to (as weird as that sounds)--like auditory potpourri.
You could always try and look for poems by Robert burns who have been narrated by someone who is Scottish (Robert burns is a Scottish poet if you don't know who that it, his poems are very relaxing to a lot of people) hope this helps :)
+April McLeod A lot of the "Scottish" readers sound closer to London than Glasgow. Even my last trip to Edinburgh the tour guide was crazy English =(
"Auditory Potpurri"---Love it! I feel the same way!
Loved the Dora the Explorer bit. Still chuckling. I spent ages practising Loch with a soft ch just so I could ask for a quaich at a scottish shop in Sydney and try and get the pronunciation half right. Probably still got it badly wrong but the shop owner seemed to know what I was after straight up.
I'm a fifer 😂 I got so excited as I finally found a fellow Scottish youtuber 😙
Loved this video! I'm from America and haven't heard these pronounced before. I've been butchering Edinburgh eeeeekk. You are so funny haha.
Like for Kirkcaldy !!! Imo the best town in Scotland
Hey Mosco Moon - just discovered you! I have a coworker who's face is EXACTLY like yours - she could be your American twin, it's crazy. The thing I love about both of you is your eyes - you both have very pretty, extremely kind looking "doe" eyes. It makes me feel comforted, haha. Anyway, I sent her a link of your show, curious to see if she agrees with me. Thank you for the fun videos! I have a Scottish coworker and I occasionally like to check out things like this because I want to learn more about him and his culture and not be an ignoramus (hopefully it makes him feel more welcome). He's from Glasgow I think :) Okey doke - coffee time!
Lived in Dunfermline which is fun to make my friends try and say and the way Americans say Edinburgh drives me frakking crazy!!!
You missed out Kirkcubright :>
when you hissed like a cat, i died hahaha 😂😂😂
I've been in Dunfermline for the past week on vacation and still can't pronounce it. It's so cool here in Scotland!
I once had an absolutely cracking night out in Livingston! ! Probably before you were born, wee bairn!! Btw, it's pro nunce eeayshun, emphasis on the nunce. Much love xx
It's pronounced mull guy
Robert Law I call it maw guy
"Milngavie", "Islay", "Kirkcaldy" - the famous Gaelic phantom consonants! :P but I did get Edinburgh right. :) Now I get to make my fellow Yank whisky enthusiasts insane when I keep talking about "Eye-la" malts. And native linguistics is on my side!
+Doug Parkhurst In those words, it is just normal sound change where letters stop getting pronounced. A similar thing happened to the words calm, would, could and should as happened to Kirkcaldy.
I love your videos!
I just learned over this passed weekend (from my ancestry DNA test) that I descend from the Scots who came to Nova Scotia during the Highland Clearance in 1800-1825!
I am adopted so I had no idea who my biological father was or where he was from. So far I have not found him but I have found my Great Great Grandparents on his side who were Scottish and they are from Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland!
Thanks for posting the video's that you post! It's been so cool to just hear someone explain all the proper pronunciations!
Nova Scotia actually means New Scotland and there are places all around here that the Scots named! Like "New Glasgow" haha which is about 30 minutes from me =^.^=
I'm from edinburgh and I've never heard of us been called "edinburgers" 😂😂😂
+Danielle Boydon Oh no!!!! Now they know x'DDD Hahaha yeah thats what we Livingstoners call you xD
+WeeScottishLass haha! Well I've been called worse 😂😂
+Danielle Boydon We say that in Arbroath too haha.
+Danielle Boydon same im from edinbrugh
+Danielle Boydon we call you the same in the isles
I am from Aberdeen and we pronounce it like Aberdeen but using a capital A sound rather than an a sound
aberdeen =Aberdeen
if you know what i mean
aye lad a ken whit yer tawkin'
aye i’m fae Aberdeen(the granite city) and we call it Ayberdeen like a capital A for the start of it | so i totally agree
You are awesome.. Always makes me smile.
MoscoMoon. You are adorable. Nice idea of a video and well done. Very informative by a true authority on the subject.
I was gonna say you should have done Inverness (where I'm from) but it's not that hard to pronounce 😂 people could get confused though cause we have a few nicknames for it lol
yeah man, neither is Paisley.
Holy shit! You're from Livingston too!!!
I just love your videos! I love learning new things and im 50 percent scottish even though ive never left the us lol
The strangest but most beautiful place ive been in Scotland is a place called Freuchie i am moving to kelty in a few weeks i cant wait! I love your videos keep them coming
Omg Sanquhar my dads from there and it's close to where I live ☺️😂
My Aunts and uncles and some cousins live in there. A few in Kelloholm also.
Have you done Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow?
adrian whiteley yes you did, thanks.
Just came back from Scotland And I loved it. Edinburgh pitlochry and Glasgow. The first two were my fave. Great people. Lovely country. I felt very much at home there and missing it badly
Just ran into your videos, I'm sure you will also find it fun trying to learn my 'Spanish' as much as I like your accent... great...!!!