Greetings to all for 2011. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could send me the phonetic pronunciation of Mauchline - the home of Jean Armour, Robert Burns' wife. Is it as in "Morsh-lyne" or as in "Moush-leen" etc? Many thanks ...David

David, It is 'Mauch' as in loch with the gutteral 'ch' and 'line' as in 'linn' Phonetically equivalent to Moch linn ` Happy New Year from Brisbane where today's weather will be the same as Perth's forecast for today Rain, thunderstorm risk maximum 29 °C. Sam Heron Brisbane Queensland in sunny Australia where much of our state is under flood. ` ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bishop David Murray" <[email protected]> To: "Wigtown List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 9:24 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] Phonetic pronunciation > Greetings to all for 2011. > > I would greatly appreciate it if someone could send me the phonetic > pronunciation of Mauchline - the home of Jean Armour, Robert Burns' wife. > Is it as in "Morsh-lyne" or as in "Moush-leen" etc? > > Many thanks ...David > > > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3358 - Release Date: 01/04/11 17:34:00