I've always heard it BRUFF, like the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Janice On Sep 26, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Isabella Moreland wrote: > How is Brough pronounced, please ? > Isabella > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:06 am > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Brough of Birsay > To: [email protected] > >> >> >> >> >> Anyone trying to follow this conversation will think you have to >> dance the >> way over!! Well a few hops and skips were necessary >> anyway. But worth every >> step. Don't anyone who hasn't been get discouraged by all >> this. It's an >> experience one shouldn't miss. >> >> Karen >> >> I >> >> in a message dated 9/26/2007 7:58:38 A.M. Central Daylight >> Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> >> Dear me, Karen, you led me astray with your misleading >> subject line! OK, >> here's how I responded: >> >> >> Well, as you may well recall, it's not always such a great >> way to get to >> the Brough, Karen: >> >> http://www.orcadian.co.uk/archive/2002/broughbirsay.htm >> >> Norman Tulloch >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the >> body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's new at >> http://www.aol.com_______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > Isabella > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

No, it's like 'broch', with the -och bit as in the Scottish pronunciation of loch. And Birsay is pronounced 'Birsee' And 'of' is prounced 'oh'. So 'broch-o birsee' In general the '-ay' at the end of island names is pronounced '-ee', and even Hoy is more like 'Ho-ee'. Also Harray is pronounced the same as Harry. And Yesnaby is 'Yesnabee'. You get the idea. Also Stromness is not 'Strohm-ness' but 'Strumnis!' Finstown is 'Finstoon' Dounby is 'Doonby' Holm (the parish) is 'Ham' Holm (as in small island) is 'home' Deerness is 'Dernis' KIrkwall is 'the Toon' The rest of the UK (apart from Shetland) is 'Sooth' The nearest part of which is 'Scotland', which we will only grudgingly admit to be being part of after a major sporting success for that country. So placenames are straightforward enough. Now lets move onto common areas of confusion (may vary from parish to parish)... 'How' is 'hoo' 'Who' is 'whar' e.g. 'Whar's that?'- 'Who are they?'' 'Where' is also 'whar', but with an extra 'at' often added e.g. 'Whar's that at?'- 'Where is that?' 'How?' is also often 'Whut wiy?' e.g. 'Whut wiy hid?- 'How has this come to pass?' This takes me back to Sigurd's Word of the Week, which stopped before we got to T is for Trulls. Cheers Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice Langland To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Brough of Birsay I've always heard it BRUFF, like the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Janice On Sep 26, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Isabella Moreland wrote: > How is Brough pronounced, please ? > Isabella > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:06 am > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Brough of Birsay > To: [email protected] > >> >> >> >> >> Anyone trying to follow this conversation will think you have to >> dance the >> way over!! Well a few hops and skips were necessary >> anyway. But worth every >> step. Don't anyone who hasn't been get discouraged by all >> this. It's an >> experience one shouldn't miss. >> >> Karen >> >> I >> >> in a message dated 9/26/2007 7:58:38 A.M. Central Daylight >> Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> >> Dear me, Karen, you led me astray with your misleading >> subject line! OK, >> here's how I responded: >> >> >> Well, as you may well recall, it's not always such a great >> way to get to >> the Brough, Karen: >> >> http://www.orcadian.co.uk/archive/2002/broughbirsay.htm >> >> Norman Tulloch >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the >> body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's new at >> http://www.aol.com_______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > Isabella > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Steven for the pronunciations! Peggy Steven Heddle <[email protected]> wrote: No, it's like 'broch', with the -och bit as in the Scottish pronunciation of loch. And Birsay is pronounced 'Birsee' And 'of' is prounced 'oh'. So 'broch-o birsee' In general the '-ay' at the end of island names is pronounced '-ee', and even Hoy is more like 'Ho-ee'. Also Harray is pronounced the same as Harry. And Yesnaby is 'Yesnabee'. You get the idea. Also Stromness is not 'Strohm-ness' but 'Strumnis!' Finstown is 'Finstoon' Dounby is 'Doonby' Holm (the parish) is 'Ham' Holm (as in small island) is 'home' Deerness is 'Dernis' KIrkwall is 'the Toon' The rest of the UK (apart from Shetland) is 'Sooth' The nearest part of which is 'Scotland', which we will only grudgingly admit to be being part of after a major sporting success for that country. So placenames are straightforward enough. Now lets move onto common areas of confusion (may vary from parish to parish)... 'How' is 'hoo' 'Who' is 'whar' e.g. 'Whar's that?'- 'Who are they?'' 'Where' is also 'whar', but with an extra 'at' often added e.g. 'Whar's that at?'- 'Where is that?' 'How?' is also often 'Whut wiy?' e.g. 'Whut wiy hid?- 'How has this come to pass?' This takes me back to Sigurd's Word of the Week, which stopped before we got to T is for Trulls. Cheers Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice Langland To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Brough of Birsay I've always heard it BRUFF, like the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Janice On Sep 26, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Isabella Moreland wrote: > How is Brough pronounced, please ? > Isabella > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:06 am > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Brough of Birsay > To: [email protected] > >> >> >> >> >> Anyone trying to follow this conversation will think you have to >> dance the >> way over!! Well a few hops and skips were necessary >> anyway. But worth every >> step. Don't anyone who hasn't been get discouraged by all >> this. It's an >> experience one shouldn't miss. >> >> Karen >> >> I >> >> in a message dated 9/26/2007 7:58:38 A.M. Central Daylight >> Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> >> Dear me, Karen, you led me astray with your misleading >> subject line! OK, >> here's how I responded: >> >> >> Well, as you may well recall, it's not always such a great >> way to get to >> the Brough, Karen: >> >> http://www.orcadian.co.uk/archive/2002/broughbirsay.htm >> >> Norman Tulloch >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the >> body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's new at >> http://www.aol.com_______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > Isabella > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.