I have an Australian friend who left a message on my answerphone in the early 00's:'Hi, just to let you know I've got a job in Scotland! It's in a place called 'Kirk-Cud-Brite', it's near 'Dumb-fries'.' I made sure to correct him on the pronunciation of both places before he went there.
Years later I met up with him in Canberra, and he said 'I had a couple of Scottish customers here last week. I told them I'd worked in Kirkcudbright, and they didn't believe me!'
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Sun 7 Jan 2024, 15:02,
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Years later I met up with him in Canberra, and he said 'I had a couple of Scottish customers here last week. I told them I'd worked in Kirkcudbright, and they didn't believe me!'
HeheMany Scottish place names are cruel if you've not heard a local pronounce the name. Decades here & I still get the occasional surprise.
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eclectech is older but no wiser,
Sun 7 Jan 2024, 15:30,
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TurriffKilchoan, Bonawe, Fionnphort, Lesmahagow, Milngavie. I could go on.
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Sun 7 Jan 2024, 19:25,
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"No spelleheck or other such dudbright
Could help a poor Saxon from Nudbright.
He thought he would davie
When he got to Milngavie,
So he ran off to live in Kirkcudbright."
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Sun 7 Jan 2024, 23:51,
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Could help a poor Saxon from Nudbright.
He thought he would davie
When he got to Milngavie,
So he ran off to live in Kirkcudbright."