Aibu about how to pronounce loch

[Lime19]

Me and dh are having a disagreement about how to pronounce "loch" as in Loch Ness!

He goes all Scottish on that word and it sounds weird. It's like the ch sound in "Bach". He is a quarter Scottish but born and raised in Surrey!

I say it like "lock" because I'm English just like he is! I wouldn't say Paris or chorizo with a foreign accent.

This is light hearted but I'm right aren't I?

Is it "lock" or "loch with the ch bach sound"?

[Lime19]

If I'm wrong I will NEVER hear the end of this!

[Sunnymorningwithbacon]

It's with the ch sounds. That's why it isn't spelled lock.

[beepbeeprichie]

Yes you're wrong.

[JoshLymanJr]

It's 'loch' with the emphasis on the 'och' sound, not 'lock'.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

Lake is English. Loch with a Bach sound is Scottish. He's right.

[AlcoholandIrony]

Would you say Siobhan like See-ob-han then?

[dementedpixie]

You are wrong. There is no 'k"

[Lime19]

Damn it! I hate it when he's right

[OlennasWimple]

He's right, I'm afraid.

Call it Lake Ness if you want to use the English word

[AliTheMinx]

Your husband is right.. Sorry!! X

[Lime19]

He's so smug right now, sigh

[memyselfandaye]

Fine for the natives to pronounce it correctly but in an English accent it sounds wrong.

Does he say choritho instead of chorizo too?

[aaahhhBump]

Same argument with DH. I'm Scottish he's Irish. They say lock too. But he is so wrong.

[Lime19]

No he doesn't! It's just loch that he says all Scottish!

[PacificDogwod]

Loch with -ch.
As an aside 'Loch' in German means 'hole', so a Scottish Loch is a hole with water in it

[Jamhandprints]

I think you're wrong, it's a scottish word so I'd say it with the scottish sound at the end. And also, I hate it when people say "tortillers", "sheritso" and "jellypeenos". If we don't have a translation then you pronounce it the way it is intended. "Paris" is different, I feel, because major city names do often have an English translation and Paris is the English for that city.

[SenecaFalls]

He's right. I'm American, but went to university in Scotland. I pronounce it in a proper Scottish way. I certainly don't feel pretentious. I can also say Kirkcudbright and Milngavie.

[Tootsiepops]

I'm Scottish, husband is English - he says lock and it annoys me no end.

[tabulahrasa]

Lock is just wrong, it's lake or loch...lock is a completely different word.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

Besides, it's useful for other languages to have a few sounds we don't use in English thrown in.

[BreakfastAtSquiffanys]

aaahhhBump I'm Irish and I don't say lock.
Norn Irish normally don't go full on Baaccchhhh, but Lough is normally pronounced a little softer than lock.
(although there is an Estate Agent company called Lough and Quay..)

[JustCallMeKate]

It's loch. The only lake I know of in Scotland is the Lake of Menteith. I have absolutely no idea why that's a lake and all the rest are lochs though. DH is Irish and pronounces it loch.

[kaytee87]

Of course you're wrong. I hate people pronouncing it lock.

[Sunshinesuperman]

I was going to add my two pennies worth but you know the answer by now 😉

[kaytee87]

kate I think it's because a Dutch guy named it and didn't realise it should be a loch in Scotland rather than lake.