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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:52:00 GMT, "spongebob" wrote:
[...] Try http://www.munromagic.com/ You can click and listen to the pronunciation. Thanks! Best wishes, -- ,, (**)PeeWiglet~~ / \ / \ |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:03:13 GMT, Dave Mclaughlin
wrote: [...] Spongebob beat me to it - by about 30 seconds!! http://www.munromagic.com/ Thank you too :-) Best wishes, -- ,, (**)PeeWiglet~~ / \ / \ |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:01:51 GMT, "Sandy Birrell"
wrote: [...] Knowing how much you like to shop, these might help ![]() http://www.hillwalker.org.uk/Products/Hillwalker/Munros/4/Reviews%20by%20Professionals/TM4%20Montagnes%20et%20Collines(in%20English).htm Kewl, thanks! Best wishes, -- ,, (**)PeeWiglet~~ / \ / \ |
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"spongebob" wrote
Try http://www.munromagic.com/ You can click and listen to the pronunciation. You get some good effects from doing loads of clicks in quick succession. (Some of us are easily amused). |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:15:58 -0000, "AndyP"
wrote: "spongebob" wrote Try http://www.munromagic.com/ You can click and listen to the pronunciation. You get some good effects from doing loads of clicks in quick succession. (Some of us are easily amused). Oooh yes! I see what you mean!! :-) Wow, my head's spinning now! Best wishes, -- ,, (**)PeeWiglet~~ / \ / \ |
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![]() "spongebob" wrote in message ... Try http://www.munromagic.com/ You can click and listen to the pronunciation. Brilliant. If your out on the hill without your iPod, Ralph Storer's "100 best routes on Scottish mountains" has pronunciations. Roy. |
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ok I'm drunk now, after the office christmas dinner but...
Hmm - God know if this has already been posted - why doesn't stuff just work...? Bah humbug... Anyway, as I was saying... 1. Ignore Ralph Storer! Before I became a munro-bagger I followed his routes and climbed the middle 2 peaks of the South Shiel Ridge. Middle two? What use was that!! Any decent guide would have told you to get off your bum and do the whole ridge, 7 munros and all. Which I did several years later, feeling aggrieved that I was having to repeat a couple because of Ralph Storer. 2. I hate the use of the word 'kewl'! Please bring back flogging for all who should know better... 3. Finally, more to the point, I just try and pronounce the Scottish hills in English. So when I've taken a pic on my digital I press the record button and say 'This is me at the top of 'Sgoor Fuooar Fuill' (Sgurr Fhuar-thuill). Totally mispronounced, of course, but what the hell, eh. As long as it means something to you. |
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![]() Peewiglet wrote: On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:01:51 GMT, "Sandy Birrell" wrote: [...] Knowing how much you like to shop, these might help ![]() http://www.hillwalker.org.uk/Products/Hillwalker/Munros/4/Reviews%20by%20Professionals/TM4%20Montagnes%20et%20Collines(in%20English).htm Kewl, thanks! Best wishes, -- ,, (**)PeeWiglet~~ / \ / \ ok I'm drunk now, after the office christmas dinner but... 1. Ignore Ralph Storer! Before I became a munro-bagger I followed his routes and climbed the middle 2 peaks of the South Shiel Ridge. Middle two? What use was that!! Any decent guide would have told you to get off your bum and do the whole ridge, 7 munros and all. Which I did several years later, feeling aggrieved that I was having to repeat a couple because of Ralph Storer. 2. I hate the use of the word 'kewl'! Please bring back flogging for all who should know better... 3. Finally, more to the point, I just try and pronounce the Scottish hills in English. So when I've taken a pic on my digital I press the record button and say 'This is me at the top of 'Sgoor Fuooar Fuill' (Sgurr Fhuar-thuill). Totally mispronounced, of course, but what the hell, eh. As long as it means something to you. |
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![]() "spongebob" wrote in message ... "Peewiglet" wrote I've been poring over the map of Scotland, but no sooner to I begin to develop an idea of where I might like to walk than I forget where it was, because I can't begin to pronounce about 95% of the place names. Is it all a malignant plot to keep nesh Southerners out? How on earth does anyone ever tell anyone else where they've been? Or do those in the know just make a few gutteral grunting noises and make it up as they go along? Try http://www.munromagic.com/ You can click and listen to the pronunciation. Graham But be careful. I wouldn't know myself, but a friend's wife, who is a native Gaelic speaker, tells me the pronunciation on this site is not very good. Regards Pat Macguire |
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![]() "Syke" wrote But be careful. I wouldn't know myself, but a friend's wife, who is a native Gaelic speaker, tells me the pronunciation on this site is not very good. Yes, I did wonder how much Gaelic varies across Western Scotland (Liathach being the one everyone debates about -th =g or th = silent?). The language is supposed to be logical, yet there seems to be room for dispute? Graham |
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