"fanks " Isabella ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Heddle <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 4:15 pm Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Brough of Birsay To: [email protected] > 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 ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Isabella