On 27/08/2007 10:12:00, Norman Tulloch ([email protected]) wrote: > In "Orkney, The Magnetic North" by John Gunn, first published in 1932, > there is the following: > > "The next important channel separates the Mainland from the South Isles. > It begins on the west as Hoy Sound, and then widens out into the > expanse of Scapa Flow, with an area of more than fifty square miles. > (Note that 'Flow' is pronounced to rhyme with 'how'.)" > > Now > I've always pronounced "Flow" to rhyme with "show". Is the how/Flow > pronunciation still the usual one in Orkney? I have always pronounced it as in "how", Norman, except when using my "pan loaf" accent :-) -- Mike Clouston

Oddly enough, Orcadians say Scapa Flow, rhyming with show but more usually refer to it as the Flow, rhyming with how. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Clouston Sent: 27 August 2007 10:38 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] How now Scapa Flow? On 27/08/2007 10:12:00, Norman Tulloch ([email protected]) wrote: > In "Orkney, The Magnetic North" by John Gunn, first published in 1932, > there is the following: > > "The next important channel separates the Mainland from the South Isles. > It begins on the west as Hoy Sound, and then widens out into the > expanse of Scapa Flow, with an area of more than fifty square miles. > (Note that 'Flow' is pronounced to rhyme with 'how'.)" > > Now > I've always pronounced "Flow" to rhyme with "show". Is the how/Flow > pronunciation still the usual one in Orkney? I have always pronounced it as in "how", Norman, except when using my "pan loaf" accent :-) -- Mike Clouston ------------------------------- 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