Pronunciation of Scallops

[TheShellBeach]

Just that, really.
Do you say "scallops" or "scollops"?

Ooh they look good!

Now that a civilised chippy. We just had to stand in the queue salavarating. Using that word could trigger another thread.

I say scollop for the seafood and scalloped for the frilled edge on fabric.

Rhymes with dollops.

"My in-laws say Aldi like Oldi, which probably deserves a thread of its own."

@OhItsOnlyCynthia my Mum says 'Oldies' - it drives me insane!

do you think there is a difference between scalloped-potatoes and potato scallops????!!!

@everythingthelighttouches - scalloped potatoes is the dish of thinly sliced potatoes layered in a dish and cooked with stock (or cream, although that’s more likely to be gratin) and my Mum’s “posh” way to serve spuds throughout the 70s and early 80s.

Whereas potato scallops are the deep fried things from the chippy.

(How is it called the Chipper in N. I.? I didn’t think they called it the Chipper in Derry Girls, which is my Bible on all things Norn Irish. Must rewatch…)

@dementedpixie No potato - or should I say tattie- fritters in any chippers near here at all.

I think what's going on linguistically here is that it is easier to keep the sound at the front of the mouth rather than moving from front to back to front again.

That's why lots of words with an 'A' as the second letter end up changing the sound of the 'A' to keep it in the front of the mouth. For example think of how you pronounce Water! It's easier to keep the whole word at the front of the mouth than move back for the A sound and then forward again.

I'm guessing Scollop is the same.
Unless it's French, an import that uses a different sound.

Caveat,
I'm an historian not a linguist!

Scollops.
@DollyPartonsBeard , I’d call that a ‘scolloped’ edge, too.

Clams.

Noo! battered slices of potato deep fried from chippy are just fritters here (west Scotland), scallop potatoes are thin slices layered in a gratin dish baked in oven. For the shellfish, scallops for me.

Fish ones - scollops

Potato scallops - I had forgotten all about these! We called them Scallops and got them from the chippy. (North West growing up) Battered slices of potato.

Always had a bag of chips on the way home from swimming and asked for "a six of chips with a bit on top" and the "bit" was a scallop... And yes - I'm so old a small bag of chips was 6 pence 😆

At home (ie my parents’ home where I haven’t lived for 40 years) in the north east of Scotland it’s chipper not chippy.

NE Scotland here too and it's definitely chipper!