Thanks as well. Last time I was over, I know I just shredded the pronunciation of all of those. David On 9/27/07, Jacqueline Howell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steven - > > I really appreciate the wit of the sentence beginning "The nearest part > of which..." > > Thanks! > > And thanks everyone for the pronunciation clues...coaching... > > Jackie > > > Margaret Bainton wrote: > > 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. > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > -- > Jacqueline Howell > 510 302-4200 > 510 302-4242 FAX > > Receptionist/Asst. 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