tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778677550717681224.post761978303620876349..comments2023-04-23T19:15:24.250-04:00Comments on Walking Across...<i><u>What</u></i>?: PronunciationsMark Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270585272042104685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778677550717681224.post-1437249226259866512008-02-13T12:34:00.000-05:002008-02-13T12:34:00.000-05:00Thanks, Alistair. I already use your excellent gui...Thanks, Alistair. I already use your excellent guide, but wasn't sure if I was putting the sounds together properly. (I wasn't, quite.) Now I'll just mumble "roo-ee aatch-ih-chen" to myself over and over while I walk!<BR/><BR/>And I'm interested to learn it's goosy, not gussy.Mark Alvarezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270585272042104685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778677550717681224.post-4622199916685043022008-02-13T03:24:00.000-05:002008-02-13T03:24:00.000-05:00Never heard Kingussie pronounced that way. I and e...Never heard Kingussie pronounced that way. I and everyone I know says "Kingyoosy".<BR/><BR/>Ruigh aiteachain = "roo-ee aatch-ih-chen", which "ch" as in "loch".<BR/><BR/>I suspect there's an accent missing from aiteachain, should be perhaps àitcheachain. It means (I think), the shieling of the cultivated place.<BR/><BR/>That last "i" gives the game away as a genitive, meaning "of"!<BR/><BR/>You can work out pronunciation using my wee guide if it helps:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.stravaiger.com/blog/?p=103" REL="nofollow">Spelling and pronouncing Gaelic mountain names</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com