Getting increasingly annoyed by Scots who pronounce "ch" as "ck"

[Salmotrutta]

Yes, I know...in the grand scheme of things it's trivial.

But, it's intensely irritating to hear Scottish born and bred people talk about Auckterarder or Lock Lomond.

Just stop it! You're Scottish and you can say the "ch" sound!

veryproud - Hah! From someone who probably says "fill-um" for film...

I couldn't have cared less about any of this until we got to 'and when did New Year's become a thing?'

Oh My God I HATE HATE HATE that American 'New Year's' nonsense, especially when it's said with the emphasis on the word New. It makes no sense as a phrase in that context whatsoever and I want to throttle someone when I hear it.

I had a boss called Carl. I couldn't take the verbal gymnastics required to pronounce his name without calling him Carol, and I couldn't cope with the mental gymnastics of working out ways to never ever use his name at all.

Thank fuck he left.

And what I hate even more than Americans saying it is the recent fucking annoying trend for British people to say it too. Why do we have to start adopting every American habit and turn of phrase lately?

yeh Irish - so what's the thing that hangs on the bathroom wall that you look at your reflection in? A murrrrrr?

Does no-one appreciate my trumpet joke

And how do Northern Irish people say cow again?

"Cah-oo"?

Just kidding veryproud

Pruties?

You got me there.

Trumpet joke was a triumph. :)

Myrrh? :o

Ah!

Thank god you didn't make us guess endlessly - like those bloody annoying threads "Guess who I bumped into in Waitrose today?"

Yeah, we know veryproud contrary to popular opinion, some Scottish people do have a sense of humour :)

anyway, why aren't you busy over in Craicnet aka The Hot Press?

We know you're kidding verproud.

That pronunciation is so great there is no actual way to spell it. And I though Craicnet was supposed to be for everyone across the water - just a place full of general Irishness?

Findochty is pronounced Finechty.

I never got how the old stationery chain was John Menzies but we had a boy in our class called.Donald Menzies which was pronounced Ming-eez but I've also heard Ming-iss.

On the subject of fillum etc I put my hand up to saying mod-ren for modern and patt-ren for pattern

Ming-is is definitely the correct traditional pronouncitaion.

There are people who are wrong who say "Meeng-is" or "Menz-ees" and there are Dundonians who refer to "MeenisHill" (an area in Dundee)

They are all wrong.

It's "Ming-is" and "MingisHill"

Euphemia - Be careful what you ask. If you stop a local in the street in Auchtemuchty and ask them what they call their town, they'll probably say 'Muchty!

Gah - missed out an "R" .

Tough - I think is pronounced something like Tooch?

Footdee anyone?

I struggle with the "Hough" pronunciation - I'm used to it being a ho or hoff sound, but it's often a hoch up here.

Does no-one appreciate my trumpet joke

I got it, OP, and I'm American. But with the benefit of a partly Scottish education.