How would you pronounce.....

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Alisdair
Struan
Seamus
Lachlan
Ruairidh

I'm Scottish and living in England.

Alas dare
Strew an
Shay mus
Lack lan
Rory

Im scottish, no particular accent.
Alisdair- a liz tir
Struan - as it looks
Seamus - shay muss
Lachlan - lack lan
Ruairidh - ru-ary or ru-ray

Can I ask why people pronounce Lachlan as Locklan? It’s why we didn’t choose it as it drove dh mad despite him loving the name. I’d never heard of it so had never pronounced it anyway despite being English but I’d assume Lacklan as that’s how it’s spelt.

And I want to know about ’lock’ lan too, including why the hard ck sound in the middle?

Can I ask why people pronounce Lachlan as Locklan?

BecUse the very first time I heard th name that is how it was pronounced.

Lochlan is a different name from lachlan I much prefer Lachlan pronounced lach-lan. There is no "ck" sound in either name.

Struan - as it looks
Just spent a good five minutes wondering how Struan could be pronounced 'as it looks'!

I'd pronounce Lachlan as Locklan because I've heard people being called Locklan I don't know if it's a different name or mispronounciation but that's what sprung to mind. How should it be pronounced?

Those are all names of people I know.
Lachlan is pronouced as spelt, the ch sounded like the ch in loch. Often called Lachie as knickname
Ruairidh- roor ay. To me Rory is a different name entirely
Seamus-Shay mus
Struan- stroo an
Alsadair- know a couple , most folk say Al a ster ( the s runs into the t) but one likes the D pronounced in his name so Al as dare.

Well I would say LACH-lan, with the ch pronounced as in loch and a definite ‘a’ sound in the first syllable.

Is there some confusion with Laughlin, maybe?